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Danielle de Niese on starring in The Merry Widow: ‘It's opera’s Love Actually... a Christmas cracker’

The superstar soprano on Franz Lehár’s giddy opera, the art form’s superpower and singing in venues from Glyndebourne to Davos

Evening Standard

Benjamin Luxon obituary

Versatile baritone who appeared on television in Britten’s opera for the medium, Owen Wingrave, and in The Good Old Days

The Guardian - UK

The week in classical: Carmen; Yuja Wang; Leonore Piano Trio; Tristan und Isolde – review

Paris’s Opéra-Comique joins forces with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra in louche yet explosive Bizet; Yuja Wang thrills with eight encores; and Stuart Skelton leads a classic Wagner revival

The Guardian - UK

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Does UK opera have a future to sing about?

Nestled deep in the Sussex countryside, Glyndebourne has been attracting opera fans for almost a century. This year, its flagship summer festival coincides with a celebration of the company’s 90th anniversary. This is no small feat, given the harsh economic climate and challenges UK opera companies face to keep the…

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‘Where do we want opera to be when we’re 100?’: how Glyndebourne is facing the future

As Glyndebourne festival turns 90, its artistic director has been championing diversity – and pursuing young audiences. Has it worked?

The Guardian - UK

The week in classical: The Merry Widow; Aldeburgh festival – review

Thomas Allen steals a witty, sparkling new production of Léhar’s masterpiece, and a cosmic world premiere from Judith Weir lives up to her star billing

The Guardian - UK

The Merry Widow at Glyndebourne review: Cal McCrystal brings Hollywood glamour to this stylish revival

There are genuinely funny moments throughout, while it also captures the heartache that makes The Merry Widow the masterpiece it is

Evening Standard

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From Girls Aloud to Doctor Who: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment

A decade on from their breakup, the UK girl band are back for a big arena tour, while Ncuti Gatwa’s Time Lord is here for his long-awaited appointment

The Guardian - UK

Sir Andrew Davis obituary

One of Britain’s greatest conductors widely admired for leading the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Proms

The Guardian - UK

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

The Guardian - UK

Peter Eötvös obituary

Hungarian conductor of modernist music who went on to compose operas with texts ranging from Three Sisters to Angels in America

The Guardian - UK

The week in classical: Proms 30: Sinfonia of London/Wilson; Prom 31: Dialogues of the Carmelites; Oxford piano festival – review

The Albert Hall swooned to the sound of the Sinfonia of London and was silenced by Glyndebourne’s semi-staged Poulenc, while in Oxford you couldn’t move for great pianists

The Guardian - UK

Semele at Glyndebourne review: a fresh angle on the incendiary story

Director Adele Thomas invites us to look at the myth in a different way

Evening Standard

Just Stop Oil protesters interrupt opera at Glyndebourne festival

Three activists use glitter cannons and air horns during performance of Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmélites

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Dialogues des Carmélites at Glyndebourne review: utterly enthralling and searingly timely

Never has Poulenc’s masterpiece seemed so searingly a work of our time

Wales Online

'Huge blow' for Glyndebourne sees 2023 tour cancelled after annual funding slashed by 50%

The Glyndebourne tour would have seen hundreds of children singing with the Glyndebourne Chorus, workshops in care homes and chamber music recitals in universities - which will no longer happen this year

The Independent UK

Glyndebourne cancels 2023 tour after cuts to its public funding

The tour would have visited Liverpool, Canterbury, Norwich and Milton Keynes.

Evening Standard

ENO’s It’s a Wonderful Life star Danielle de Niese: ‘We need opera, we can’t just do Instagram and Tiktok’

The soprano on starring in an opera adaptation of the much-loved film, being at the ENO when its funding was cut and what it feels like on stage when audiences boo

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BBC Proms 2022: Prom 44 Ethel Smyth review - a triumphant return for her long-forgotten Mass

There’s been a recent resurgence of interest in the early 20th century composer and this was a triumphant return for her Mass

The Guardian - UK

The week in classical: Alcina; The Blue Woman

Handel’s sorceress goes to the cabaret in Francesco Micheli’s fabulously glitzy production, while Katie Mitchell directs a powerful exploration of violence against women

Evening Standard

Alcina at Glyndebourne review: An extravagant mash-up

Not everything adds up, but this lavish production definitely puts on a show

The Guardian - UK

‘She’s badass’: how brick-throwing suffragette Ethel Smyth composed an opera to shake up Britain

She was bisexual, served a prison sentence, and was so outraged by cuts to her opera The Wreckers that she stormed the orchestra pit. Finally, this summer, it will be heard as its extraordinary composer intended

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