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Benjamin Bernheim: Boulevard des Italiens

Paris’s beautiful Opéra-Comique is just a 10-minute stroll from the equally opulent Palais Garnier via the Boulevard des Italiens and...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 05/2022

ROUSSEL La Testament de La Tante Caroline (Corlay)

Aunt Caroline is dead, and the three nieces who shunned her during her career as a grande horizontale are suddenly...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 05/2022

PUCCINI La bohème (Alapont)

In Irish National Opera’s short history the company has shown bags of vitality and innovation, and a little thing like...

Reviewed by Neil Fisher in issue: 05/2022

HANDEL Saul (Moulds)

With its unflinching portrayal of the Israelite king’s descent into madness and terrible final lucidity, Saul is arguably both the...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 05/2022

GIORDANO Siberia (Noseda)

Siberia was Giordano’s favourite of his own operas. First performed in 1903, it reflects the growing fin de siècle fascination...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 05/2022

DURÓN Coronis (Dumestre)

If you fancy something off the operatic beaten track, take a wander back into the Spanish Golden Age. Coronis is...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 05/2022

Stella: Renaissance Gems and Their Reflections, Vol 3

After volumes focusing on Byrd and Tallis (3/16, 9/17), ORA and their music director Suzi Digby go international for the...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 05/2022

O Jerusalem! City of Three Faiths

Etymologists trace a late fourth-century transition from Jerusalem as the ‘city of peace’ to the ‘vision of peace’ (the term...

Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: 05/2022

Mirabilia Musica: Echoes From Late Medieval Cracow

While Ukraine suffers from an unspeakably murderous invasion, it is good to remember that neighbouring Poland has a fairly rich...

Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: 05/2022

The Covid-19 Sessions

Looking back in years to come, historians will find a musical time-capsule in the releases of the current period: recordings...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 05/2022

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