New stars enthuse a brilliant chorus and orchestra as Macbeth joins the LFO season’s successes

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Longborough Festival Opera 2026 [3] – Verdi, Macbeth: Soloists, Longborough Festival Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Nil Venditti (conductor) Longborough, Gloucestershire, 1.7.2026. (CP)

Mark Stone (Macbeth) and Viktoriia Balan (Lady Macbeth) © Matthew Williams-Ellis

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Grange Park Opera’s sparky Das Rheingold augurs well for its forthcoming Ring cycle

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Grange Park Opera 2026 [2] – Wagner, Das Rheingold: Soloists, Orchestra of English National Opera / Harry Sever (conductor) Grange Park Opera, West Horsley, 26.6.2026. (JR)

Rheinmaidens (Ailish Tynan, Olivia Rose Tringham and Charlotte Bateman) and Alberich (David Stout) © Marc Brenner

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A semi-staged Turandot is yet more distinguished Puccini from Opera Holland Park

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Puccini, Turandot: Soloists, Opera Holland Park Youth Chorus (chorus master: Joe Cummings) and Chorus (chorus master: Richard Harker), City of London Sinfonia / Naomi Woo (conductor). Opera Holland Park, London, 23.6.2026. (MB)

Anne Sophie Duprels as Princess Turandot and Josè de Eça as Calaf Turandot © Pablo Strong

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