Jennifer France’s unforgettable Vixen crowns OHP’s Janáček production which has it all – comedy, pathos, delight and tears

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Janáček, The Cunning Little Vixen (Přiíhody lišky Bystroušky) sung in English in the chamber version by Jonathan Dove): Soloists, Chorus and Children’s Chorus of Opera Holland Park, City of London Sinfonia / Jessica Cottis (conductor). Holland Park, London, 13.7.2021. (CC)

Members of the Children’s Chorus in The Cunning Little Vixen © Ali Wright

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Beautifully planned and delivered concert by the ORA Singers LIVE from London

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tallis, Escott, Byrd, R. Panufnik, Marsh, Andrew, Bray, Ešenvalds, Roth, LIVE From London Summer 2021 [2] – All Shall Be Well: ORA Singers / Suzi Digby OBE (conductor) with Zeb Soanes (narrator) and VOCES8. Livestreamed from the VOCES8 Centre, London. 11.7.2021. (CC)

ORA Singers (c) Nick Rutter

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The Royal Ballet’s intriguing Beauty Mixed Programme both looks to the past and to the future

United KingdomUnited Kingdom The Royal Ballet’s Beauty Mixed Programme: Dancers of the Royal Ballet, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Koen Kessels (conductor). Filmed (directed by Ross MacGibbon) at the Royal Opera House and streamed on 9.7.2021. (JPr)

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The Mozartists’s terrific Cadogan Hall concert showed their sheer exhilaration at a return to the stage

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart (attrib), Mysliveček, C. P. E. Bach, Salieri, Haydn, Mozart 250: 1771 – A Retrospective: Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano), Steven Devine (harpsichord), The Mozartists / Ian Page (conductor). Cadogan Hall, London. 8.7.2021. (CC)

Ian Page conducts The Mozartists

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Mike Bartlett’s challenging Contractions got a mesmeric, triumphant production from whatstick theatre

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mark Bartlett’s Contractions: Filmed by Jessye Curtis and Alexander Masika-Ferguson (edited by Kai Cook) at the Etcetera Theatre, Camden, in June 2021 and reviewed when streamed on 4.7.2021. (JPr)

Kate Gabriel (The Manager) and Ele Robinson (Emma)

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2021 Grimeborn Opera Festival: three Hackney Empire performances of Die Walküre in August

A thrilling new production of Wagner’s Die Walküre will headline the 2021 Grimeborn Opera Festival

Wagner’s Die Walküre headlines the 2021 Grimeborn Opera Festival and is staged over three nights at Hackney Empire in a version by Jonathan Dove not seen in London since its premiere in the 1990s. Other festival productions will be staged in Arcola’s exciting new covered outdoor venue, Arcola Outside.

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