While the production lacks magic, vocally and musically, Glyndebourne’s Alcina is a triumph

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Glyndebourne Festival Opera 2022 [3] – Handel Alcina (1735, ed. Flesch): Soloists, Dancers, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Jonathan Cohen (conductor) with Tom Foster (harpsichord continuo). Glyndebourne Opera House, Sussex, 2.7.2022. (CC)

Samantha Hankey (Ruggiero) and dancers © Tristram Kenton

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Outstanding concert version of Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra

United StatesUnited States Verdi, Un ballo in maschera (concert version): Soloists, Chorus and Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Riccardo Muti (conductor). Symphony Center, Chicago, 25.6.2022. (JLZ)

Un ballo in maschera with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, chorus and soloists © Todd Rosenberg

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Rachel Nicholls’s remarkable versatility in Die tote Stadt delivers another Longborough success

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Longborough Festival Opera 2022 [2] – Korngold, Die tote Stadt: Soloists, Longborough Youth Chorus (pre-recorded), Longborough Festival Orchestra / Justin Brown (conductor). Longborough, Gloucestershire, 25.6.2022. (CP)

Luci Briginshaw (Juliette), Stephanie Windsor-Lewis (Brigitta/Lucienne), Alexander Sprague (Victorin/Gaston), Lee David Bowen (Graf Albert) (c) Matthew Williams-Ellis

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