Colin Clarke

John Nelson offers a message of hope with The English Concert’s Messiah at Coventry Cathedral

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Handel, Messiah, HWV 56 (1741): Lucy Crowe (soprano), Alex Potter (countertenor), Michael Spyres (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass), Choir of The English Concert, The English Concert / John Nelson (conductor). Coventry Cathedral, 24.11.2022. Reviewed from recording streamed on medici.tv.

Alex Potter (countertenor) and John Nelson (conductor) © Jamie Gray

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Radvanovsky is the Medea of the 2020s in David McVicar’s visceral Met production

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United StatesUnited States Met: Live in HD – Cherubini’s Medea: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York / Carlo Rizzi (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Gary Halvorson) to the Barbican Cinema, London, 22.10.2022. (CC)

Sondra Radvanovsky as Medea © Marty Sohl/The Met Opera

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AAM’s The Seasons at the Barbican was a supreme affirmation of Haydn’s masterpiece

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Haydn, The Seasons, Hob. XXI:3 (sung in English, translation McCreesh): Rachel Nichols (soprano, Hannah), Benjamin Hulett (tenor, Lucas), Jonathan Lemalu (bass, Simon), Nina Dunn Studio (video and projection design), Martin Parr (staging director), Academy of Ancient Music Chorus and Orchestra / Laurence Cummings (conductor). Barbican Centre, London, 4.10.2022. (CC)

Rachel Nichols (Hannah), Jonathan Lemalu (Simon) and Benjamin Hulett (Lucas) © Mark Allan

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