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Les Siècles/Lehmann La Damnation de Faust review – vivid colour, soaring solos and a sharp-suited demon

Period instrument grain and an energised Jakob Lehmann did a fair job with Berlioz’s concert setting of the drama, but the hall’s murky acoustic buried some of the sparkle

The Guardian - UK

Tosca at Royal Opera: the controversial return of Russian soprano Anna Netrebko

4/5 The new Tosca at Royal Opera marks the debut of Jakub Hrusa as music director but also the return of Anna Netrebko to the spotlight

Evening Standard

Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen to release new opera recording while awaiting birth of twins

Lise Davidsen, one of opera’s biggest names, is preparing to leave the stage for a few months to give birth and spend time with twins

The Independent UK

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The week in classical: Festen; Das Rheingold review – a dark, jubilant, five-star Turnage triumph

Daring, lyrical and brilliantly achieved, Mark-Anthony Turnage’s new opera is his best work yet. Plus, knockout Wagner on a shoestring

The Guardian - UK

Elijah review – LSO and Pappano make it big, bold and beautiful

Antonio Pappano conducted the London Symphony Orchestra, Chorus and an excellent lineup of soloists in this superbly detailed and rousing performance

The Guardian - UK

John Adams: Antony and Cleopatra review – European premiere fuelled by molten chemistry

In his ambitious and richly orchestrated 2022 opera, the American composer makes Shakespeare his own, with a star cast to match

The Guardian - UK

The week in classical: Tannhäuser; Isata Kanneh-Mason & Maxwell Quartet; Gesualdo Six: Secret Byrd

Majestic Lise Davidsen and Gerald Finley carry the Royal Opera’s illness-hit Wagner revival; Isata Kanneh-Mason and co shine; and in the shadows with William Byrd

The Guardian - UK

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Tannhäuser at the Royal Opera House review: a strangely torpid kind of hedonism

Conceived for a specific singer, this staging doesn’t best serve anyone

Evening Standard

The hidden world of an opera prompter

One of the world's greatest living composers, John Adams, has a new opera, and the prompter keeps Anthony and Cleopatra from flying off the rails.

WEKU

John Adams sets Shakespeare's play about love and politics

When composer John Adams decided to base his new work on Shakespeare’s “Antony and Cleopatra,” he was aware that the project might evoke an unhappy chapter in opera history

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