Annilese Miskimmon’s superbly executed Dead Man Walking for English National Opera

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Jake Heggie, Dead Man Walking: Soloists, Finchley Children’s Music Group, Chorus and Orchestra of the English National Opera / Kerem Hasan (conductor), London Coliseum, 1.11.2025. (AK)

Michael Mayes (Joseph De Rocher) and Christine Rice (Sister Helen Prejean) © Manuel Harlan

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Britten’s Albert Herring provided impressive entertainment in ENO’s first foray to Salford’s Lowry

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Britten, Albert Herring: Soloists, members of the Orchestra of English National Opera / Daniel Cohen (conductor). Lyric Theatre, The Lowry, Salford, 22.10.2025. (MC)

Carolyn Dobbin (Florence Pike) and Emma Bell (Lady Billows) © Genevieve Girling

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A fine concert performance of Carmen in Dublin

IrelandIreland Bizet, Carmen (concert performance): Soloists, Chorus Ireland (chorus director: David Young) and Cór na nÓg (chorus director: Mary Amond O’Brien), National Symphony Orchestra / Jessica Cottis (conductor). National Concert Hall, Dublin, 10.10.2025. (RB)

Soloists, choruses, conductor and the National Symphony Orchestra performing Carmen in Dublin @ Caoimhe O’Carroll

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