Diana Damrau and Joseph Calleja’s singing for Met Stars Live in Concert matches the splendour of the Palatine Chapel

ItalyItaly Met Stars Live in Concert – Diana Damrau and Joseph Calleja: Roberto Morschi (piano). Broadcast live (directed by Gary Halvorson) from Capella Palatina in Caserta, Italy, on 24.10.2020. (JPr)

Met Stars Live in Concert in Caserta’s Capella Palatina

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Midori presents a revelatory Beethoven Violin Concerto with the RSNO in Glasgow

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Beethoven: Midori (violin), Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Thomas Søndergård (conductor). Performance from the RSNO Centre Glasgow and reviewed as a live stream, 23.10.2020. (GT)

Midori with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra

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Garsington Opera show how the themes in Fidelio resonate in 2020 now our freedoms are severely restricted

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Garsington Opera’s Fidelio: Soloists, Garsington Opera Chorus, Members of the Phiharmonia / Douglas Boyd (conductor). September 2020 performance filmed (directed by Sonia Lovett) in the Garsington Opera Pavilion, Wormsley, and reviewed when streamed on OperaVision, 23.10.2020. (JPr)

Garsington Opera’s Fidelio on OperaVision

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Cal Performances’s Real Enemies: virtuosic music propels a disquieting dive into conspiracy theories

United StatesUnited States Darcey James Argue, Real Enemies: Secret Society band / Darcy James Argue (conductor). Produced exclusively for Cal Performances at Home (available on demand through 19.1.2021) and streamed first on 21.10.2020. (HS)

Cal Performances at Home’s Real Enemies

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The loveliest of sounds – English lute songs performed by Kate Maroney and Adam Cockerham

United StatesUnited States T( )NIGHT – In Darkness Let Me Dwell: Kate Maroney (mezzo-soprano), Adam Cockerham (lute). Performed on 2.9.2020 at Saint Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church, New York, and viewed on tenet.nyc on 22.10.2020. (RP)

Kate Maroney (mezzo-soprano) © Tatiana Daubek

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Musical optimism from the LPO and Sir Mark Elder at the Royal Festival Hall

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Rapture and Revelry – Clyne, R. Strauss, Beethoven: Pieter Schoeman (violin), Tania Mazzetti (violin), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Mark Elder (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London (live stream), 21.10.2020. (CS)

Sir Mark Elder (c) Simon Dodd

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