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The 2015/16 Royal Opera House Season Has Been Announced

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The 2015/16 Royal Opera House Season Has Been Announced For full details of all ROH events visit http://www.roh.org.uk/events The Royal Opera, The Royal Ballet and visiting companies will stage more than sixty works during 2015/16 and twelve productions from Covent Garden – six operas and six ballets – will be relayed live to more than … Read more

Giving the Public the Music They Want 18th Century Style

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom JC Bach, Pergolesi, Arne, Haydn: Augusta Hebbert (soprano), Andrew Ridley (counter-tenor), Julian Perkins (harpsichord), Ten Tors Orchestra / Simon Ible (conductor), The Minster Church of St Andrew, Plymouth,  18.4.2015 (PRB)

Ten Tors Orchestra with Julian Perkins (harpsichord) – pic credit Philip R ButtallTen Tors Orchestra with Julian Perkins (harpsichord) – pic credit Philip R Buttall
Ten Tors Orchestra with Julian Perkins (harpsichord) – pic credit Philip R Buttall

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A Drama of Extremes: La Damnation de Faust in Berlin

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Berlioz: Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), Charles Castronovo (tenor, Faust) Joyce DiDanato (mezzo-soprano, Marguerite), Ludovic Tézier (bass Méphistophélès), Florian Boesch (bass, Brander), Simon Halsey (chorus director), Berlin Philharmonikier, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Berlin Philharmonie, 10.04.15 (HR)   Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust   Not quite an opera and not quite a pure concert work, Hector Berlioz’s La Damnation … Read more