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Classical music & opera
‘I’m not humble. I expect miracles’
why violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja wants to blow you out of your seat
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Sir Andrew Davis, ex-chief conductor of BBC Symphony Orchestra, dies aged 80
Musician had held top roles at Glyndebourne opera and in Chicago, Melbourne and Toronto orchestras
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Simon Boccanegra – vast forces bring Verdi’s ‘fiasco’ to vivid life
Opera Rara joined with the Hallé under Sir Mark Elder for this semi-staged performance of the original version of Verdi’s opera
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Southbank Sinfonia/Reynolds – remarkable young orchestra shows that less can be more
Amadeus, Elgar, a bogus gold disc and Goldie Hawn
Neville Marriner’s best recordings
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Leeds Lieder festival Opening Gala – a good old-fashioned Schubertiade
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Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius – Spence soars in otherwise passion-light period instrument recording
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Lucia di Lammermoor review – a vocally breathtaking, disturbing to witness descent into madness
The week in classical: Roman Fever/ The Human Voice; NYO, National Youth Brass Band; Celebrating Sir Neville Marriner – review
ASMF Chamber Ensemble review – Perahia makes welcome return to celebrate Marriner’s centenary
LSO/Pappano/Balsom review – elephant honks kick off Wynton Marsalis’s trumpet showcase
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Music in Time of War: Debussy and Komitas album review – fascinating collection of composer’s final works
Britten: Violin Concerto Chamber Works album review – bravura and brilliance as Faust turns to Britten’s violin writing
Rose in Bloom album review – crystalline debut of a new high coloratura star
Metamorphosis: Works by Finnis, Vivier, Leith & Strauss album review – teasingly diverse
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‘Music for you must only be an ornament’
How Fanny Mendelssohn’s voice was stifled, then saved
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ENO’s music director resigns over proposed cuts to musical staff positions
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Joana Mallwitz is the first woman to lead a Berlin orchestra. And, no, she hasn’t seen Tár
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Christian Thielemann picks up baton as director of Berlin State Opera from old rival
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‘We’re all agog’:
Behind the scenes at Welsh National Opera’s Death in Venice – a photo essay
‘He had a mystical aura’
Cellist Guy Johnston on John Tavener’s masterpiece The Protecting Veil
Soaring, searching and silent for too long
The remarkable life – and music – of composer Mel Bonis
‘There’s a certain madness to it'
Fans await new chord in John Cage gig with 616 years left to run
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Without Ethel Smyth and classical music's forgotten women, we only tell half the story
Leah Broad
The best classical music works of the 21st century
A guide to contemporary classical music
A musical tour of Europe
Stephen Moss's guide to the music of Europe's great cities: Berlin
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