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Muscato’s compelling new La Scala La forza del destino is dominated by Netrebko’s Leonora and Tézier’s Carlo

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ItalyItaly Verdi, La forza del destino: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan / Riccardo Chailly (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Arnalda Canali) on medici.tv from Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 7.12.2024. (JPr)

Huanhong Li (Alcalde) and Ludovic Tézier (Carlo) © Teatro alla Scala / Brescia e Amisano

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WNO petitions to stop the cuts in A Christmas Chorus with RWCMD students

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Various – A Chorus Christmas: Singers and musicians from the Welsh National Opera and the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama / Freddie Brown (conductor, organ) & Tim Rhys-Evans (conductor). Tabernacle Chapel, The Hayes, Cardiff, 7.12.2024. (LJ)

Musicians: Dean Wright and Martin McHale (trumpet, WNO); Edward Griffiths (horn, WNO); Alan Swain (bass trombone, WNO); Riccardo Fabisiak (percussion, RWCMD); and Joshua Gurner (timpani, RWCMD).

WNO Chorus and Singers from the RWCMD conducted by Tim Rhys-Evans

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Ax and Heras-Casado dig into Mozart and Shostakovich with the Cleveland Orchestra

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United StatesUnited States Mozart, Shostakovich: Emanuel Ax (piano), Cleveland Orchestra / Pablo Heras-Casado (conductor). Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 6.12.2024. (MSJ)

Pablo Heras-Casado conducts the Cleveland Orchestra as Emanuel Ax plays Mozart © Human Artist Photography/TCO

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Anthony McGill and the Pacifica Quartet find ravishing sonorities in a San Francisco recital

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United StatesUnited States Various: Anthony McGill (clarinet), Pacifica Quartet (Simin Ganatra, Austin Hartman [violins], Mark Holloway [viola], Brandon Vamos [cello]). San Francisco Performances, Herbst Theatre, San Francisco, 3.12.2024. (HS)

Simin Ganatra, Austin Hartman, Anthony McGill, Brandon Vamos and Mark Holloway © Harvey Steiman

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