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Handel's
Messiah
Sir Colin Davis
bids farewell to the
London Symphony Orchestra
with a performance of the most popular of all choral works. But was it the best piece with which to end this marvellous musical relationship?
operas
Juan Diego Flórez
Barbican Hall
The Peruvian tenor comes to the Barbican with a wide ranging programme of his favourite songs and arias by Mozart and Rossini.
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Academy of Ancient Music
Wigmore Hall
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Carolyn Sampson
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Paul Goodwin
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Bach Christmas Cantatas
SDG
A timely release of beautiful cantatas for the Christmas period, the latest in the John Eliot Gardiner series.
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Francesca Zambello
Interview
The director reveals her thoughts on the ROH's new production of Bizet's Carmen - and why she's leaving opera for musicals.
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London Concerts and Opera Preview: November-December
The Queen of Spades
at Covent Garden and
L'enfance du Christ
with the LSO are just two of the coming highlights.
Francesca Zambello: interview feature
The feminist director reveals her thoughts on the Royal Opera's new production of
Carmen
- and why she's leaving opera for Broadway musicals.
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Carmen
@ Royal Opera House, London
Anna Caterina Antonacci
stars in the Royal Opera's first new production of Bizet's classic in 15 years.
La voix humaine
Opera North @ Sadler's Wells, London
Joan Rodgers
plays the suicidal heroine of Poulenc's opera, conducted by
Paul Watkins
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London Philharmonic/Jurowski
@ Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
The London Philharmonic Orchestra's Principal Conductor-Designate conducts works by Shostakovich, Stravinsky and Barber.
LSO/Davis
@ Barbican Hall, London
Sir Colin Davis
concludes his immense reign as Principal Conductor of the LSO with a performance of Handel's
Messiah
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Gardiner: Bach Christmas Cantatas
SDG
A timely release of beautiful cantatas for the Christmas period, the latest in the John Eliot Gardiner series.
Ora Divina
Opera Rara
The ninth volume of
Il Salotto
- 19th Century salon songs, including rarities by Offenbach, Donizetti and many others.
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The Nutcracker
St Petersburg Ballet @ Royal Albert Hall, London
The famous Russian ballet company brings Petipa and Tchaikovsky's perennial favourite to the Albert Hall.
Four Temperaments Triple Bill
Royal Ballet @ Royal Opera House, London
Two world premieres and a revival of Balanchine's classic
The Four Temperaments
with stars such as
Darcey Bussell
.
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PROM 73:
BBCSO/Mark Elder
Last Night of the Proms
9 September 2006
PROM 72:
OAE/Sir Charles Mackerras
Mozart
8 September 2006
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FILM REVIEW:
Here be dragons:
Eragon
heralds Christmas
THEATRE REVIEW:
Mark Ravenhill pens a panto for the Barbican
GIG REVIEW:
Josh T Pearson
starts a religion in London
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's 007 theme
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FESTIVAL REVIEW:
ATP's Nightmare Before Christmas - aptly named?
CONCERT REVIEW:
Colin Davis
bids farewell to the LSO with
Messiah
OPERA FIRST NIGHT:
ROH
's first performance of
Carmen
in 12 years
INTERVIEW:
Grumpy Old Man
Rick Wakeman
says
Yes
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