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Northern Ireland Opera brings Sondheim’s Follies to Belfast this month: a preview

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Robert Beattie previews NIO’s new production of Sondheim’s Follies

[l-r] Allison Harding (Hattie), Christina Nelson (Emily Whitman), Pippa Winslow (Stella), Anna-Jane Casey (Sally), Jaqueline Dankworth (Carlotta), Rachel Stanley (Solange) and Annette McLaughlin (Phyllis) © Neil Harrison Photography/NI Opera

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Jakub Hrůša performs centre stage with the Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House on 20 September

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Jakub Hrůša leads special concert to mark the start of his tenure as Music Director of The Royal Opera

Special concert welcoming new Music Director Jakub Hrůša sees Orchestra of the Royal Opera House and Royal Opera Chorus perform centre stage

Concert showcases the Orchestra’s credentials with programme of Bartók’s Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin and The Spectre’s Bride by Dvořák

Kateřina Kněžíková, Pavol Kubáň make their Royal Opera debuts, alongside Pavel Černoch

Tickets from £5 at here

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Bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green in conversation with Harvey Steiman

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Bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green on the Ring road to Wotan

Ryan Speedo Green © Jiyang Chen

In the nine years since a book about Ryan Speedo Green told his story of a troubled African-American youth redeemed by opera, the bass-baritone has risen from short opera roles to a career that has made him a star at the Metropolitan Opera. His latest triumph is an astonishingly mature portrayal of Wotan in Wagner’s Die Walküre at Santa Fe Opera [click here].

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