Festivals

Chamber music forged in performance: Dvořák and Brahms at ‘WinterFest 2026’

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United StatesUnited States ‘WinterFest 2026’ [3] – Dvořák, Brahms: Musicians of the Lyrica program. Lyrica Boston, Lincoln, Massachusetts, 11.1.2026. (LV)

Thompson Wang, May Tang, Zac Fung, Hannah Sohn and Aleksandre Roderick-Lorenz play Brahms’s String Quintet © Laurence Vittes

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Creative design and collaborative artistry make Prototype’s Precipice a triumph of small-production opera

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United StatesUnited States Prototype Festival 2026 [2] – Rima Fand, Precipice: Bass string quintet, piano & mandolin / Mila Henry (music director). La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, New York, 9.1.2026. (DS)

Daisy Press and Alison Tolan-Mee in Precipice © Maria Baranova

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Trio Laval and the art of chamber music at Lyrica Boston’s ‘WinterFest 2026’

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United StatesUnited States ‘WinterFest 2026’ [1] – Martin, Dvořák: Trio Laval (Jordan Bartel [violín], Sarina Zhang [cello], Sean Terada Yang [piano]. Lyrica Boston, Lincoln, Massachusetts, 9.1.2026. (LV)

Trio Laval at Lyrica Boston’s ‘WinterFest 2026’ © Hannah Jieun Sohn

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An outstanding account of Handel’s Deidamia at Wexford

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IrelandIreland Wexford Festival Opera 2025 [3] – Handel, Deidamia: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Wexford Festival Opera / George Petrou (conductor). O’Reilly Theatre, Wexford, 26.10.2925. (RB)

Bruno de Sá (l, Achilles) and Sophie Junker (c, Deidamia) and members of the cast of Deidamia © Pádraig Grant

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An excellent Wexford performance cannot disguise the flaws in Delius’s The Magic Fountain

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IrelandIreland Wexford Festival Opera 2025 [2] – Delius, The Magic Fountain: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Wexford Festival Opera / Francesco Cilluffo (conductor). O’Reilly Theatre, Wexford, 25.10.2025. (RB)

Wexford Festival Opera’s The Magic Fountain © Pádraig Grant

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