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Pirates Ahoy! Opera returns with new chiefs at the helm

Opera Australia's 2027 season features the company's first new production of Tannhäuser in three decades, the Pirates of Penzance, and a steampunk Magic Flute.

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Faust review – darkly gothic production turns Gounod’s opera into boisterous Les Mis

The 1860s French setting mixes panache and musical charm as Faust sells his soul to Méphistophélès and seduces Marguerite

The Guardian - UK

The week in classical: The Marriage of Figaro; Proms 53, 54, 55 & 56 – review

Notable cameos and young new leads light up David McVicar’s latest Mozart revival. At the Proms, a moving tribute to conductor Andrew Davis and streamlined perfection from the Berlin Phil

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The Marriage of Figaro review – revival sparkles with young cast

David McVicar’s detailed staging of Mozart’s comedy opens Covent Garden’s new season, with conductor Julia Jones bringing energy and drive and Ying Fang, making her house debut, as an exquisite Susanna

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The week in classical: Giulio Cesare; Così fan tutte; Siegfried/Götterdämmerung – review

There is much fun and an excellent cast in David McVicar’s sparkling Handel revival; Mozart’s partner-swap opera soars with exuberant solos; and Wagner’s Ring marathon reaches a roaring climax

The Guardian - UK

Il Trittico review – an eloquent, gutsy outpouring of Puccini’s passion and pain

Welsh National Opera pull no emotional punches in this production of David McVicar’s staging of Puccini’s variously suspenseful, tragic and comic triptych

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Andrea Chénier review – Pappano ends on a high with this sensational, thrilling revival

David McVicar’s 2015 staging of Giordano’s French Revolution opera is the final production of Antonio Pappano’s tenure as music director of the Royal Opera. With leads Jonas Kaufmann and Sondra Radvanovsky, it is an exciting, affecting evening

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The week in classical: RLPO/ Hindoyan; Maxwell Quartet and Alasdair Beatson; The Marriage of Figaro – review

In Latin party mood, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and charismatic chief conductor Domingo Hindoyan bid farewell to their percussionist of 40 years. Plus, a James MacMillan fanfare and Figaro at its finest

The Guardian - UK

Nicholas Snowman obituary

Arts administrator who founded the London Sinfonietta and led the Southbank Centre and Glyndebourne

The Guardian - UK

Il Trittico review – Scottish Opera’s vivid new staging has humour and heartbreak

David McVicar’s atmospheric production of Puccini’s triptych gains from magnificent performances by Roland Wood and, in her company debut, Sunyoung Seo

The Guardian - UK

At top of opera, Yoncheva worries about classical music

Sonya Yoncheva worries about classical music

The Independent UK

Met Opera to open season with dark, murderous ‘Medea’

The Metropolitan Opera opens its new season Tuesday with its first production of “Medea,” a version of the classic Greek tale of a sorceress who murders her children after her lover chooses another woman

The Independent UK

Salome review – lethal desires and emotional extremism

Alexander Soddy made an auspicious Royal Opera debut with his wonderful conducting of this revival of David McVicar’s staging: a tragedy of horrifying power

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