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The Excursions of Mr Brouček review – Rattle’s illuminating touch lets Janáček’s sozzled antihero soar

In this beautifully balanced live recording Simon Rattle, the London Symphony Orchestra and an outstanding cast make the music sing and dance

The Guardian - UK

Brodsky Quartet / William Barton review – two hemispheres meet in winning didgeridoo collaboration

An unlikely alliance cut a swathe through folk songs, Janáček and music from Australia and New Zealand in an eclectic and beautiful evening

The Guardian - UK

Lily Allen’s live return, Charli xcx’s Wuthering Heights and Simon Rattle’s Janáček: music to listen out for in 2026

Raye, Deftones and Yungblud do UK tours, Jill Scott returns for more neo-soul, and classical world gears up to celebrate György Kurtág at 100

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Shock and awe: our critics pick their best live classical events of 2025

Turnage’s Festen at the Royal Opera House swept all before it, but there was plenty of extraordinary new music, exhilarating performances and triumphs of talent, commitment and resourcefulness across the UK this year. We pick our best moments

The Guardian - UK

Bavarian Radio SO/Rattle review – consistently fine and fervent playing

Janacek’s spine-tingling Taras Bulba was paired with Bruckner’s 7th in an evening of illumination and excitement

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The Makropulos Case at Royal Opera: A retort to 'endemic misogyny' in opera

3/5 Katie Mitchell exits opera production with a feminist telling of Janáček’s work which has plenty of attitude but flaws too

Evening Standard

The Excursions of Mr Brouček at the Barbican: 'laboured comedy in comic opera'

4/5 Simon Rattle’s latest Janáček opera with the LSO is one of his less frequently performed works and manages to triumph over the difficulties

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The Excursions of Mr Brouček review – Simon Rattle embraces Janáček’s baffling but beautiful opera

Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra’s survey of Janáček’s operas arrives at the zany Mr Brouček. With Peter Hoare in the lead role and the likes of Lucy Crowe and Aleš Briscein, the performances could not be bettered

The Guardian - UK

The Makropulos Affair review – immaculately paced and gripping opera storytelling

Olivia Fuchs’ production of Janáček’s opera is a remarkable achievement, with Orla Boylan’s riveting performance at its heart. In the pit, Martyn Brabbins is superb

The Guardian - UK

BBCSO/Biss/Hrůša review – radiance, juggernaut power and soulfulness

The conductor put his stamp on the BBCSO programme with lyrical Haas, energising Beethoven, introspective Schubert and Schostakovich that may have been the loudest orchestral music ever heard at the Barbican

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Jenůfa review – this opera is in Hrůša’s DNA, his account is not to be missed

The Royal Opera’s incoming music director conducts a performance of rare intensity and authority, with Corrine Winters and Karita Mattila compelling in the two central roles

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Otto Schenk, director known for traditional opera productions, dies at 94

Otto Schenk, an actor who became a noted director praised for traditional opera productions and criticized by advocates of contemporary approaches, died Thursday

The Independent UK

Janáček: The Excursions of Mr Brouček album review – eccentric opera has sparkle and muscle

Jaroslav Březina is characterful in the title role for this new studio recording, heading an excellent cast and orchestra who know this music inside out

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Nash Ensemble: Terezín-Theresienstadt review – incredibly moving survey of composers lost to the Holocaust

Works by Hans Krása, Viktor Ullmann, Pavel Haas and Gideon Klein were wonderfully performed, while Konstantin Krimmel gave a heart-rending account of of songs written in the ghetto-camp – an essential and unforgettable experience

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Bartók, Janáček, Szymanowski album review – Anderszewski beguiles and seduces

The Polish pianist Piotr Anderszewski’s new, and long awaited, recording is a beautiful collection of miniatures by composers all working around the edges of modernism

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Betts-Dean/Armida Quartet review – drama and charisma as Brett Dean, and daughter, turn to Mary Queen of Scots

Matthew Jocelyn and Brett Dean’s 2021 song cycle based on the Scottish Queen’s letters was perfectly partnered with Dean’s new arrangement of Schumann, and Janáček’s second string quartet

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Jenůfa review – muscle and lyricism as Rattle leads superb cast through Janáček’s formidable opera

With the power of the LSO on stage alongside them, this concert performance found Agneta Eichenholz magnetic in the title role and tenor Aleš Briscein a particular standout

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LSO/Ward review – soaring and accomplished, Faust resisted flashy indulgence

In Bartók and Chausson, violinist Isabelle Faust was elegant and expressive, and conductor Duncan Ward brought orchestral colour and focus to orchestral showpieces by Debussy and Janáček

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WNO/Hanus review – players with an instinct to make every line sing

On the concert platform, Welsh National Opera’s orchestral musicians brought lyricism and exactitude Britten, Mahler and Janáček, while mezzo Jana Kurucová gave a glowing, sensitive rendition of Dvořák’s Biblical Songs

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The Makropulos Affair review – fast-flowing and flamboyant

WNO’s production of Janáček’s opera tackles the question of the desirability of immortality with life-affirming purpose

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The week in classical: La bohème; Madama Butterfly; The Excursions of Mr Brouček – review

Puccini’s story of doomed love is burdened by an oppressive set and a new character, but elsewhere his Japanese tragedy is brilliantly performed. Meanwhile Janáček’s farcical landlord is a hoot

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The week in classical: A Midsummer Night’s Dream; The Cunning Little Vixen; Bath BachFest

Enchantment, glee and fresh voices are well met in Scottish Opera’s winning new production of Britten’s opera, while Janáček’s music holds court at ENO

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The Cunning Little Vixen review – colourful staging takes Janáček’s opera to the dark side

Anguish rather than sentiment is to the fore in Jamie Manton’s new production, with Sally Matthews and Pumeza Matshikiza a well-matched central pair

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