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Sunday 22 July 2018

Joyce El-Khoury  Lizzie Ball. Photo © Jim Belmont  Jennifer Davis  Tim Capes  Bottom: Akari Mochizuki and Hibiki Ichikawa. Photo © 2018 Valentina Giacomini; top: publicity photo of Custódio Castelo and Miguel Carvalhinho  Luca Luciano  Siv Iren Misund in Verdi's 'Il Trovatore' at Winslow Hall Opera. Photo © 2018 Matthew Williams-Ellis

                

 

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* Ensemble. An Opera of Two Halves - Donizetti's 'L'ange de Nisida' at Covent Garden, reviewed by Alice McVeigh

* Anniversaries: Julius Stockhausen; Jan Stulen; Thomas Füri; Joel Hastings

* Today's concert: Violin and Guitar recital; Gwynedd, UK

* Festivals, competitions and masterclasses: Glyndebourne (19 May-26 August); East Sussex, UK; Aspen Music Festival and School (28 June-19 August); Colorado, US; Tanglewood - Bernstein Centennial Summer (21 June-26 August); Massachusetts, US; Toronto Summer Music - Reflections of Wartime (12 July-4 August); Toronto, CA; Ryedale Festival (13-29 July); North Yorkshire, UK; Savonlinna Opera Festival (6 July-4 August); Savonlinna, FI; Santa Fe Opera (29 July-25 August); New Mexico, US; Glimmerglass Festival (7 July-25 August); Cooperstown, New York, US; Bologna International Opera Academy (8-22 July); Bologna, IT; Longborough Festival Opera (6 June-2 August); Gloucestershire, UK; Grant Park Music Festival (13 June-18 August); Chicago, US; Opera Holland Park (29 May-28 July); London, UK; Verbier Festival (19 July-5 August); Valais, CH; Festival Puccini (14 July-25 August); Torre del Lago, IT; Garsington Opera (11 April-22 July); Buckinghamshire, UK; Munich Opera Festival (24 June-31 July); Munich, DE; New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival; New York City, US; Mostly Mozart Festival (12 July-12 August); New York City, US; La Mariette String Masterclasses (12 July-1 September); Parcay-sur-Vienne, FR; Salzburg Summer Festival (20 July-30 August); Salzburg, AT; Yiddish Summer Weimar (22 July-18 August); Weimar, DE; Colorado Music Festival (28 June-4 August); Colorado, US; Ihlombe! South African Choral Festival (20-28 July); Cape Town, ZA; Dubrovnik Summer Festival (10 July-25 August); Dubrovnik, HR; Henry Wood (BBC) Promenade Concerts (13 July-8 September); London, UK; Petworth Festival (17 July-4 August); West Sussex, UK; Bregenz Festival (18 July-19 August); Vorarlberg, AT

Recent Articles

Ensemble. Genuine Insights - Lizzie Ball and Morgan Szymanski at the Buxton Festival impress Mike Wheeler

Ensemble. Plus and Minus - Songs and arias from Jennifer Davis and Caroline Dowdle at the Buxton Festival, heard by Mike Wheeler

Ensemble. Distinct Possibilities - Mike Wheeler listens to Haydn and Bach from the Emanon Ensemble in Derby Cathedral

Ensemble. An Odd Couple? - Music from Japan and Portugal at Rome's 'Opus' Festival, heard by Giuseppe Pennisi

Plangent and Nimble - Naples-born clarinettist and composer Luca Luciano impresses Mike Wheeler

Ensemble. Pure Joy - Roderic Dunnett visits Winslow Hall Opera for Verdi's 'Il Trovatore'

Ensemble. 'Opéra comique' meets 'Easy Rider' - Mike Wheeler reports from Buxton on Opera Della Luna's 'The Daughter of the Regiment'

Ensemble. A Potent Realisation - Mozart's 'Idomeneo' at the Buxton Festival, heard by Mike Wheeler

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Ensemble. References to Fellini - 'La Traviata' in 'La Dolce Vita', by Giuseppe Pennisi

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Ensemble. Richness of the Score - Puccini's 'La bohème' in Rome, heard by Giuseppe Pennisi

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