Siobhan Stagg steps in as Susanna and is the undoubted star of David McVicar’s Marriage of Figaro revival

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Royal Opera / Julia Jones (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Rhodri Huw) to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, from Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 10.9.2024. (JPr)

David McVicar’s The Marriage of Figaro Act I © Clive Barda

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Garsington Opera’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream was a Proms evening of musical magic

United KingdomUnited Kingdom PROM 68 – Garsington Opera’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Soloists, Garsington Opera Youth Company, Philharmonia Orchestra / Douglas Boyd (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 10.9.2024. (KMcD)

Lucy Crowe (Tytania) and Daniel Vening (Bottom) © BBC/Chris Christodoulou

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Cellist Trey Lee performs Piazzolla’s The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires at Cadogan Hall on 30 September

Piazzolla’s The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires at Cadogan Hall, London, on 30 September 2024

Cellist Trey Lee

Trey Lee, the Hong Kong-born, Berlin-based cellist of international renown, performs his original arrangement of Piazzolla’s The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires at Cadogan Hall, London, on 30 September 2024 with the English Chamber Orchestra for its 2024-25 season-opening concert.

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RPS Gold Medal for Thomas Adès and a stirring Bruckner 4 from Simon Rattle and his Bavarian orchestra

United KingdomUnited Kingdom PROM 61 – Adès, Bruckner: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 5.9.2024. (JR)

Sir Simon Rattle conducts the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra © BBC/Chris Christodoulou

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French themed evening at the Proms and a show-stopping return for the Orchestre de Paris and Klaus Mäkelä

United KingdomUnited Kingdom PROM 58 – Debussy, Stravinsky and Berlioz: Jean-Baptiste Doulcet (piano), Orchestre de Paris / Klaus Mäkelä (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London. 3.9.2024. (CSa)

Pianist Jean-Baptiste Doulcet at the BBC Proms © BBC/Chris Christodoulou

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Proms hero’s welcome and stellar performances from Ólafsson, Berlin Philharmonic and Kirill Petrenko

United KingdomUnited Kingdom PROM 55 – R. Schumann, Smetana: Víkingur Ólafsson (piano) Berliner Philharmoniker / Kirill Petrenko (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London 31.8.2024. (CSa)

Víkingur Ólafsson at the BBC Proms 2024 © BBC/Chris Christodoulou

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