An outstanding performance of Marco Tutino’s La Ciociara at Wexford

IrelandIreland Wexford Festival Opera 2023 [3] – Marco Tutino, La Ciociara: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Wexford Opera Festival / Francesco Cilluffo (conductor), O’Reilly Theatre, National Opera House, Wexford 2.11.2023. (RB)

Wexford Festival Opera’s production of La Ciociara © Clive Barda/ArenaPAL

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Andreea Soare impresses as Wexford Festival Opera revives Erlanger’s L’Aube Rouge

IrelandIreland Wexford Festival Opera 2023 [2] – Camille Erlanger’s L’Aube rouge: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Wexford Festival Opera / Christophe Manien (conductor). O’Reilly Theatre, National Opera House, Wexford, Ireland, 1.11.2023. (RB)

Wexford Opera Festival 2023’s L’Aube rouge © Clive Barda/ArenaPAL

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A first-rate performance of an early Donizetti opera in Wexford

IrelandIreland Wexford Opera Festival 2023 [1] – Donizetti’s Zoraida di Granata: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Wexford Festival Opera / Diego Ceretta (conductor). O’Reilly Theatre, National Opera House, Wexford, Ireland, 31.10.2023. (RB)

Zoraida di Granata at Wexford Festival Opera © Clive Barda/ArenaPAL

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Combining Schubert, Vaughan Williams and Blake in Oxford was intriguing rather than enriching

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Oxford International Song Festival 2023 [3] – Schubert, Vaughan Williams: Anna Cavaliero (soprano), Robin Tritschler (tenor), James Turnbull (oboe), Dame Janet Suzman (reader), Graham Johnson (piano). Holywell Music Room, Oxford, 22.10.2023. (CR)

Anna Cavaliero (soprano) 

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London Sinfonietta in the Forbidden City Concert Hall: a fascinating concert in Beijing’s beautiful venue

ChinaChina Debussy, Tansy Davies, Adès, Chou Wen Chung, Penderecki, Messiaen: Members of the London Sinfonietta, with Ruifeng Lin (violin). Forbidden City Concert Hall, Beijing, China, 9.10.2023 (CC)

Beijing’s Forbidden City Concert Hall

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Bathed in Golden Light at the Oxford International Song Festival

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Oxford International Song Festival 2023 [1] – Loewe, Vaughan Williams, Williams, Haydn, Clarke, Bathed in Golden Light: Christine Rice (alto), Edward Kim (baritone), Timothy Ridout (viola), Julius Drake and Emily Hoh (pianists). Holywell Music Room, Oxford, 17.10.2023. (CR)

Christine Rice (alto) and Julius Drake (piano) at a Wigmore Hall concert

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