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A musical arrival and a(nother) farewell: inews.co.uk/culture/arts...

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"You can sing a hymn on your own, but it doesn't feel the same - you know?" I spoke to the wonderful Abel Selaocoe, whose second album Hymns of Bantu brings his different musical worlds closer than ever: inews.co.uk/culture/arts...

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It's a magnificent spectacle and wow that orchestral writing, but... Festen review for the I Paper: inews.co.uk/culture/arts...

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A concert of musical 'What ifs?' struggled to come into focus: inews.co.uk/culture/arts...

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★★★★ Long on laughs, short on kerb appeal: The Marriage of Figaro #EnglishNationalOpera is a laugh-out-loud funny revival of an ingenious staging finds @alexandracoghlan.bsky.social theartsdesk.com/opera/marria...

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Lots to love about this zingy, properly funny Figaro from English National Opera: theartsdesk.com/opera/marria...

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Struck gold in Chiswick’s Foster Books this morning…

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This was a joy to hash out with @larkingrumple.bsky.social And if you like this, there’s more in the offing…!

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What unites Jane Austen, Bananaman, Peter the Great and the cast of EastEnders? I make my case for programming that moves beyond anniversaries: inews.co.uk/culture/arts...

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Top shows in 2025 from all of us @inews.co.uk including picks @southbankcentre.bsky.social @wigmore-hall.bsky.social @regentsopera.bsky.social @royaloperahouse.bsky.social from the classical team: inews.co.uk/culture/the-...

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Critics at The Tablet took a look ahead at the highlights of 2025. My classical & opera picks include a Turnage premiere, loads of Palestrina, a Handel oratorio and Boulez & Pärt anniversaries: www.thetablet.co.uk/arts/the-art...

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And here are the opera highlights of 2024 courtesy of @theartsdesk.bsky.social team:

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Look back over 2024's highlights in opera & classical music from all of us @theartsdesk.bsky.social scribed by @davidnice.bsky.social

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The Tablet's Culture team chose our festive highlights. Mine include a new oratorio from Gabriel Jackson @delphianrecords.com , The Royal Opera' Hansel & Gretel, the magical Dennis Severs' House and Glyndebourne's Merry Widow on the telly: www.thetablet.co.uk/arts/christm...

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Last review of the year from me: a sugary operatic treat from the Royal Opera inews.co.uk/culture/arts...

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What's your favourite - and least favourite - Christmas carol? For @AlexandraCoghlan.bsky.social, the answer is obvious: "'Oh Come, All Ye Faithful' is clearly an imposter, a sonic Scrooge in a stringy bit of tinsel and a too-small paper crown" https://buff.ly/4gES0jj

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In which I confess my secret loathing among Christmas carols, my tried-and-tested method for categorising them, and encounter some alarming festive Pentatonix: inews.co.uk/culture/o-co...

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Sumptuous orchestral playing from Pappano’s LSO in Puccini’s La Rondine: theartsdesk.com/opera/la-ron...

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It's easy to forget that Tosca is a thriller - but not in this charged revival of Jonathan Kent's venerable staging which lands at the Royal Opera in Puccini's anniversary week: inews.co.uk/culture/arts...

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welcome @theartsdesk.bsky.social's outstandingly prolific classical music reviewer to Bsky everybody!

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Looking forward so much to meeting lots of Glyndebourne Members today and tomorrow at the Open Day, and hearing the inside scoop from my brilliant colleagues from the garden, costumes, music library, music staff and more. If you’re on site do come and say hello - I’ll be in the Ebert Room all day

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I find myself going to a wedding this weekend where I will know nobody except the couple. There’s lots of downtime in the schedule for mingling/drinks etc. Any tips for navigating this optimally?

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Is it opera? Does that matter? The stories in the Sound Voice Project are undeniably moving, but I'm not sure the Linbury is the right home for this installation: theartsdesk.com/opera/sound-...

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Keep Calm and Carry On: Lots to like about ENO's new Elixir of Love. Review for the I Paper: inews.co.uk/culture/arts...

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Where do bees and mammoth bones, a shipwreck and horse urine feature in the story of the cello? Find out in Kate Kennedy's fascinating new book. Review for the Spectator: www.spectator.co.uk/article/save...

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I spoke to the most Oscar-nominated person alive - film-music legend John Williams - about retirement, inspiration, friendship and the UK premiere of his Second Violin Concerto. With a little help from Hildur Gudnadottir, Alex Ross and Tom Shone: www.thetimes.co.uk/article/john...

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Had a great chat with the dynamic Jess Gillam for the Sunday Times about the saxophone's history, finding her mission and a glittering horde of new concertos: www.thetimes.co.uk/article/jess...

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James Walvin's "Amazing Grace" traces the unlikely origins of the ubiquitous hymn, but never quite gets the nub of why it's so popular. Features "horrid impiety and profaneness" (but not nearly enough of it): www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-...

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I spoke to I Fagiolini’s Robert Hollingworth this week about the “major discovery” with a starting place on the group’s latest recording, about Monteverdi, milestones and the ‘problem’ with C17th: www.thetablet.co.uk/arts/11/2370...

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I met up with some of the Maria Callases (Marias Callas?!) from ENO’s new 7 Deaths of Maria Callas. Who spoke about the soprano’s legacy, what ‘diva’ means today, and why the show definitely isn’t karaoke Callas: www.thetimes.co.uk/article/84a3...

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Ah, those heartwarming memories…

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"If you screw up you’re screwing up the whole group." I met the brilliant Brodsky Quartet to talk 50 years of collaboration: friendships, fights, a marriage, string quartets on film and, of course, Shostakovich: telegraph.co.uk/music/artist...

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"If these cuts go ahead there will be no more ENO. The company may continue in name, but it will be too late to save it. ENO will already be gone." English National Opera at crisis point - some thoughts for the I Paper: inews.co.uk/culture/arts...

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