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Charming Purcell evening opens the winter season of the Stoke Newington Early Music Festival

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom One Charming Night – Purcell, Lully: Nicholas Mulroy (tenor), Toby Carr (lute), Sarah Sexton (violin), Sarah Moffat (violin), Rachel Stott (tenor viola), Sarah McMahon (violoncello). Stoke Newington Old Church, London, 18.1.2026 (JR)

One Charming Night at Stoke Newington Old Church

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Ermonela Jaho disappoints in the umpteenth revival of Sir Richard Eyre’s Covent Garden La traviata

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Verdi, La traviata: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Antonello Manacorda (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Ian Russell) from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 14.1.2026. (JPr)

Aleksei Isaev (Georgio Germont) and  Giovanni Sala (Alfredo Germont) © Pamela Raith

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Laura Samuel and Alfred Brendel: Two extraordinary lives celebrated through sound, memory and love

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Laura Samuel Memorial Concert: The Belcea Quartet, Stephanie Gonley, Benjamin Nabarro, Yuri Zhislin, Annabelle Meare, Katherine Gowers, David Routledge (violins), Scott Dickenson, Laurence Power (violas), Alice Neary, Amy Norrington, Adrian Brendel (cellos), Graham Mitchell (double bass), Richard Watkins (horn), Richard Hosford (clarinet), Mark Padmore (tenor), Ian Bostridge (tenor) Imogen Cooper, Julius Drake, Ryan Wigglesworth (pianos), Alasdair Tait, Martyn Brabbins (speakers). Wigmore Hall, London, 4.1.2026. (CSa)

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