Shades of the present haunt Russia’s past as parodied by Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Golden Cockerel

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Rimsky-Korsakov, The Golden Cockerel: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English Touring Opera / Gerry Cornelius (conductor). Hackney Empire. London, 5.3.2022. (CC)

Alys Mererid Roberts (Cockerel), Robert Lewis (Astrologer) and Grant Doyle (King Dodon) © Richard Hubert Smith

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The Creation lifts the spirits on the fortieth anniversary of the Barbican Centre

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Haydn: Lucy Crowe (soprano), Andrew Staples (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone), London Symphony Chorus (chorus director: Simon Halsey), London Symphony Orchestra / Harry Christophers (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 3.3.2022. (MB)

Lucy Crowe, Harry Christophers and the LSO (c) Mark Allan

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