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In Eugene Onegin Wild Arts’s greatest strength is that it acts as a collective not a collection of starry individuals

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin (arr. Orlando Jopling, sung in English translation by Siofra Dromgoole): Soloists, The Wild Arts Ensemble / Otis Lineham (conductor). (conductor). Thaxted Parish Church, Essex, 12.7.2025. (CC)

Xavier Hetherington (Lensky) and Timothy Nelson (Onegin) © Allan Titmuss

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Longborough’s Pélleas et Mélisande uses audience imagination to tell the story and the music is terrific!

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Longborough Festival Opera 2025 [3] – Debussy, Pélleas et Mélisande: Soloists, Longborough Festival Orchestra / Anthony Negus (conductor). Longborough, Gloucestershire, 28.6.2025. (CP)

Julian Close (Arkel) © Matthew Williams-Ellis

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Bedlam reigns at Longborough’s sparkling The Barber of Seville

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Longborough Festival Opera 2025 [2] – Rossini, The Barber of Seville (Il barbiere di Siviglia): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Longborough Festival Opera / Elaine Kelly (conductor). Longborough, Gloucestershire, 8.6.2025. (CP)

Longborough Festival Opera’s The Barber of Seville © Clive Barda

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Garsington’s delightful production of L’elisir d’amore captures its warm-hearted Italian spirit and comedy

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Garsington Opera 2025 [2] – Donizetti, L’elisir d’amore: Soloists, Garsington Opera Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra / Chloe Rooke (conductor). Garsington Opera at Wormsley, 7.6.2025. (CR)

[l-r] Oleksiy Palchykov (Nemorino), Madison Leonard (Adina) and Carles Pachon (Belcore) © Julian Guidera

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