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Musical splendours in a wonderful performance of Handel’s Ariodante livestreamed from the Royal Opera House

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Handel, Ariodante in Concert: Soloists, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Christian Curnyn (conductor). Livestream (directed for TV by Peter Jones) from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 20.11.2020. (JPr)

Chen Reiss (Ginevra), Gerald Finley (King of Scotland) & Paula Murrihy (Ariodante)

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This Wigmore Hall lunchtime performance confirms Nicky Spence as a prime Janáček interpreter

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Janáček: Nicky Spence (tenor), Jess Dandy (mezzo), Julius Drake (piano), with Ellie Neate, Leila Alexander (sopranos) and Catherine Backhouse (mezzo). Wigmore Hall, London, 16.11.2020, livestreamed from Wigmore Hall website (and available until 17.12.2020). (CC)

Janáček’s Muzikanti encore

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English National Opera’s deeply affecting Mozart Requiem is a matter of life and death

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart, Requiem in D Minor: Elizabeth Llewellyn (soprano), Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Ed Lyon (tenor), and Gerald Finley CBE (bass-baritone). Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera / Mark Wigglesworth (conductor). Pre-recorded (6.11.2020) at the London Coliseum and broadcast on BBC Two on 14.11.2020. (JPr)

Elizabeth Llewellyn © Clive Barda

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Simply the dance: highlight after highlight from The Royal Ballet: Live – Within the Golden Hour

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom The Royal Ballet: Live – Within the Golden Hour: Dancers of The Royal Ballet, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Jonathan Lo (conductor). Live-streamed from The Royal Opera House, London, 13.11.2020 (JO’D)

Monotones II – Nicol Edmonds, Melissa Hamilton, and Reece Clarke

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BBC Two will broadcast Mozart’s Requiem from English National Opera on 14 November

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English National Opera (ENO) is delighted to announce that BBC Two is to broadcast Mozart’s Requiem from English National Opera on Saturday 14 November at 7pm. Presented by Danielle de Niese, it has been performed and recorded specially for a lockdown television audience at the London Coliseum, with strict safety measures in place for the performers, crew and presenter.

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Guildhall School’s Triple Bill is an impressive, if thought-provoking, socially distanced achievement

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Guildhall School of Music and Drama’s Triple Bill: Guildhall School Orchestra / Dominic Wheeler (conductor). Live stream from the GSMD’s Silk Street Theatre and reviewed on 2.11.2020. (JPr)

Zanetto – Ella de Jongh (Silvia) and Jessica Ouston (Zanetto)

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Refined music-making by Bostridge, Connolly and the Carducci Quartet at Barbican Hall

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Vaughan Williams, Chausson: Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Ian Bostridge (tenor), Carducci String Quartet (Matthew Denton & Michelle Fleming [violins], Eoin Schmidt-Martin [viola], Emma Denton [cello]), Barbican Hall, London, 1.11.2020. (CS)

Ian Bostridge, Julius Drake and the Carducci Quartet (c) Mark Allan

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LSO’s Duke Bluebeard’s Castle all too briefly opened the door to a live audience

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bartók: Karen Cargill (mezzo-soprano), Gerald Finley (bass-baritone), London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Concert filmed (directed by Jonathan Haswell) on 3.9.2020 at Jerwood Hall, LSO St Luke’s, London, and available (on demand for 90 days) on YouTube from 1.11.2020. (JPr)

Soloists, conductor and orchestra of LSO’s Duke Bluebeard’s Castle 

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