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Longborough’s Anna Bolena Continues the 2019 Season’s Success

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Longborugh Festival Opera 2019 [2] – Donizetti,  Anna Bolena: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Longborough Festival Opera / Jeremy Silver (conductor). Longborough, Gloucestershire,  25. 6. 2019. (CP)

Linda Richardson (Anna Bolena) & Lukas Jakobski (King Henry) (c) Matthew Williams Ellis

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Robert Hugill’s The Gardeners: A Beautiful Piece, Beautifully Performed

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Robert Hugill, The Gardeners: Instrumental Ensemble (Oliver Wass {harp], Charlotte Amherst [violin] Joanna Patrick [viola], Sophie Hayes [cello], Anthony Friend [clarinet]) / William Vann (conductor). Conway Hall, London 18.6.2019. (CC)

Robert Hugill’s The Gardeners (c) Robert Piwko

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A Memorable Boris Godunov at Covent Garden

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mussorgsky – Boris Godunov: Soloists, Trinity Boys’ Choir, Royal Opera Chorus and Extra Chorus (chorus master: William Spaulding), Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Marc Albrecht (conductor). Royal Opera House, London, 19.6.2019. (MB)

Bryn Terfel as Boris Godunov, Joshua Abrams as Fyodor (c) ROH/Clive Barda

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WNO’s Admirable Dallapiccola and Beethoven Double Bill Reveals Similarities and Differences

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Dallapicolla, The Prisoner and Beethoven, Fidelio (Act II): Soloists, WNO Chorus, WNO Community Chorus, BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Lothar Koenigs (conductor). Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 14.6.2019. (GPu)

WNO’s The Prisoner – Lester Lynch (The Prisoner) & Peter Hoare (The Gaoler)
(c) Richard Hubert-Smith

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