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Sestina Music convey the intense spirituality of music by Charpentier and de Brossard in Belfast

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sestina Music’s Lux et Umbra – Charpentier, Sébastien de Brossard: Sestina Music (Mark Chambers [musical director / countertenor], Sarah Keating, Áine Smith [sopranos], Laoise O’Brien, Elisabeth Vogel [recorders], Sarah Groser [viols], Tristan Russcher [keyboards]). Fisherwick Presbyterian Church, Belfast, 19.9.2024. (RB)

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A blazing season opener in Cleveland with Zimmermann and Vänskä

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United StatesUnited States Prokofiev, R. Schumann, Tchaikovsky: Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin), Cleveland Orchestra / Osmo Vänskä (conductor). Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 22.9.2024. (MSJ)

Frank Peter Zimmermann performs Schumann’s Violin Concert with the Cleveland Orchestra conducted by Osmo Vänskä © Aireonna McCall-Dubé/CO

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Operalia 2024 in Mumbai: a mixed bag

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IndiaIndia Operalia 2024: Various composers and soloists, Symphony Orchestra of India / Plácido Domingo and Kamal Khan (conductors), Jamshed Bhabha Theatre, National Centre for the Performing Arts, Mumbai, 21.9.2024. (JSM)

Conductors Plácido Domingo and Kamal Khan and participants of Operalia 2024

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Gothenburg Opera’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a heartwarming and colourful fantasy

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SwedenSweden Roald Dahls Charlie och chokladfabriken (Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory): Soloists and ensemble of Gothenburg Opera / Michael England (conductor). Gothenburg Opera main stage, 21.9.2024. (NS)

[l-r] Violet Beauregarde (Amanda Lindgren), Augustus Gloop (Robert Sillberg), Mrs Gloop (Carina Söderman), Veruca Salt (Julia Carlström), Willy Wonka (Ola Salo), Mike Teavee (Oskar H Olsson) and Mrs Teavee (Åsa Fång) © Lennart Sjöberg

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