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Winners of International Opera Awards 2025 announced

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The 12th International Opera Awards – the opera world’s most prestigious accolade – lit up the Stavros Niarchos Hall of the Greek National Opera (GNO) in Athens tonight in a landmark celebration of the global opera community. Live-streamed worldwide, the event underscored the artform’s enduring power to inspire audiences and transform communities across borders.

Agnes Baltsa accepts Lifetime Achievement Award in the Greek National Opera’s Stavros Niarchos Hall in Athens © GNO/Andreas Simopoulos

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EXHIBITION ON SCREEN’s Caravaggio in cinemas from 11 November 2025

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Mystery, intrigue, beauty, passion, and murder… A dramatic new film reveals the real story of one of the greatest artists of all time CARAVAGGIO comes to cinemas nationwide on 11th November 2025. Five years in the making, EXHIBITION ON SCREEN’s Caravaggio is the most extensive film ever made about the revolutionary and controversial artist. Winning the audience … Read more

Briston Beacon orchestral concerts 2025-2026

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Bristol Beacon 2025/26 Orchestral Season

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra – Mark Wigglesworth (conductor) – Sir Stephen Hough (piano) – 2 October
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra – Vasily Petrenko (conductor) – 16 October
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra – Mark Wigglesworth (conductor) – Jess Gillam (saxophone) – 6 November
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra – Osmo Vänskä (conductor) – Helena Juntunen (soprano) – 20 November
Manchester Collective & The Marian Consort – 5 December
London Symphony Orchestra – Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor) – Antoine Tamestit (viola) – 13 December
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra – Mark Wigglesworth (conductor) – Elizabeth Watts (soprano) – 3 January

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