John Rhodes

Cav and Pag: Michieletto’s splendid production at Covent Garden is revived once again

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana and Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Daniel Oren (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 30.11.2023. (JR)

Pagliacci: Dimitri Platanias (Tonio) and Jorge de Léon (Canio) © Marc Brenner

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Elder statesman steps in to conduct a majestic Mahler’s Third with the LPO at the Royal Festival Hall

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mahler: Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano), London Philharmonic Choir (chorus director: Madeleine Venner), Trinity Boys Choir (chorusmaster: David Swinson) London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Mark Elder (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London 25.11.2023. (JR)

Sir Mark Elder © Alex Burns

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The Bach Choir are powerful and affecting in Brahms’s A German Requiem at the Royal Festival Hall

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Coleridge-Taylor, Beach, Brahms: Claire Rutter (soprano), Katherine Gregory (mezzo-soprano), Harry Jacques (tenor), Ross Ramgobin (bass), The Bach Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra / David Hill (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 2.11.2023. (JR)

David Hill conducting Ein deutsches Requiem with soloists Ross Ramgobin (bass), Claire Rutter (soprano), Katherine Gregory (mezzo-soprano) and Harry Jacques (tenor) © Andy Paradise

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English National Opera revives their uproarious Iolanthe: an undeniable smash hit

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Gilbert & Sullivan’s Iolanthe: Soloists, Chorus of English National Opera (chorus director Martin Fitzpatrick), Orchestra of English National Opera / Chris Hopkins (conductor). London Coliseum, 5.10.2023. (JR)

Fairy Queen (Catherine Wyn-Rogers) and Private Willis (Keel Watson) © Craig Fuller

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