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Glyndebourne’s Excellent La clemenza di Tito Comes to the Proms

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom 2017 BBC PROMS 59: Mozart – La Clemenza di Tito: Soloists; Glyndebourne Festival Opera Chorus; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Robin Ticciati (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 28.8.2017. (CC)
performs the role of Sextus in Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment under conductor Robin Ticciati at the BBC Proms. Photo credit - Chris Christodoulou.
Anna Stéphany (Sextus) in La clemenza di Tito
(c) Chris Christodoulou.

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Stuart Skelton Is Peter Grimes at the Edinburgh International Festival

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2017 [6] – Britten, Peter Grimes (concert performance): Soloists, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus, Edvard Grieg Kor, Collegiûm Mûsicûm, Students from the Royal Northern College of Music/Edward Gardner (conductor), Usher Hall, 13.8.2017. (RP)

Stuart Skelton © Sim Canetty-Clarke
Stuart Skelton © Sim Canetty-Clarke

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A Triumphant Prom Performance of La Damnation de Faust

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom 2017 BBC PROMS 31 – Berlioz – La Damnation de Faust:  Soloists; Trinity Boys Choir; Monteverdi Choir; National Youth Choir of Scotland; Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique / Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 8.8.2017. (CC)

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Michael Spyres (Faust), Ann Hallenberg (Marguerite) & Sir John Eliot Gardiner (condiuctor)
(c) BBC/Chris Christodoulou

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