Gregor Tassie

Scottish Opera’s The Great Wave is a colourfully musical celebration of Japanese art and culture

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Fujikura, The Great Wave (world premiere): Soloists, Chorus of The Great Wave and Orchestra of Scottish Opera / Stuart Stratford (conductor). Theatre Royal, Glasgow, 12.2.2026. (GT)

Daisuke Ohyama (Katsushika Hokusai) and Julieth Lozano Rolong (Katsushika Ōi) in The Great Wave © Mihaela Bodlovic

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Andris Nelsons’s direction of Shostakovich Ten is a masterly finale to this magnificent concert in Berlin

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GermanyGermany Dupré, Dvořák, Shostakovich: Benjamin Beilman (violin), Jan Liebermann (organ), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Andris Nelsons (conductor). A Digital Concert Hall broadcast from the Philharmonie Berlin, 13.12.2025. (GT)

Andris Nelsons conducts violinist Benjamin Beilman and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra © Frederike van der Straeten

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Superbly contrasting evening of twentieth-century French music from Ilan Volkov and the BBC SSO

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Barraine, Ohana, Ravel, Debussy: Nicholas Hodges (pianist), Upper Voices of the RCS Chamber Choir (director: Andrew Nunn), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Ilan Volkov (conductor). City Halls, Glasgow, 11.12.2025. (GT)

Ilan Volkov conducting the BBC SSO © Andy Paradise

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This 90th anniversary celebratory concert shows the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra on top form

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Grieg, Tippett, Witter-Johnson: Sir Steven Hough (pianist), Pumeza Matshikiza (soprano), Beth Taylor (alto), John Findon (tenor), Ashley Riches (bass), National Youth Choir of Scotland (director: Christopher Bell), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor). City Halls Glasgow, 4.12.2025. (GT)

  Sir Stephen Hough plays Greig with the BBC SSO © Martin Shields

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Veronika Rovná gives a sensational performance in the lead role in Ostrava’s revival of Rusalka

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Czech RepublicCzech Republic Dvořák, Rusalka: Soloists, Ballet, Chorus and Orchestra of Národni Divadlo Moravskoslezské Opera and Ballet / Marek Šedivý (conductor). Antonín Dvořák Theatre, Ostrava, 30.11.2025. (GT)

The National Moravian-Silesian Theatre’s Rusalka: Martin Gurbaľ (Vodník) and Veronika Rovná (Rusalka) © Martin Popelář

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Ostrava’s revival of Turandot is a magnificent triumph, highlighted by Iordanka Derilova in the title role  

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Czech RepublicCzech Republic Puccini, Turandot: Soloists, Ballet, Chorus and Orchestra of Narodni Divadlo Moravskoslezské Opera and Ballet / Marek Šedivý (conductor). Antonín Dvořák Theatre, Ostrava, 29.11.2025. (GT)

The National Moravian-Silesian Theatre’s Turandot (previous cast) © Martin Popelář

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