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ROSSINI Adelaide do Borgogna

Adelaide di Borgogna, staged in Rome in December 1817, comes between Rossini’s Armida and Mosè in Egitto. The setting is...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 08/2017

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV The Golden Cockerel

Valery Gergiev’s Kirov recordings of Rimsky-Korsakov operas for Philips in the 1990s did much to restore the composer’s reputation internationally...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 09/2017

PFITZNER Die Rose vom Liebesgarten

If you’ve ever wondered why Hans Pfitzner failed to win the hand of Alma Schindler and wound up instead with...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 09/2017

MONTEVERDI 3 X Poppea

L’incoronazione di Poppea has always been the subject of revisionist fascination. The first modern performance, directed by Vincent d’Indy at...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 09/2017

HANDEL Ottone

Premiered at the King’s Theatre, Haymarket, in January 1723, Ottone was the first Handel opera to pair his star draws...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 09/2017

DONIZETTI Rosmonda D'Inghilterra

There are plenty of Donizetti rarities for enterprising opera companies and record labels to choose from: Emilia di Liverpool, Elisabetta...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 08/2017

Sommernachtskonzert 2017

The Vienna Philharmonic’s Summer Night Concerts, open-air affairs in front of Schönnbrunn Palace, are now rushed on to the market...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 09/2017

Rysanov: In Schubert's Company

First, a name to watch, if you’re not already watching her, that is: Dobrinka Tabakova, Bulgarian-born, a prize-winning pupil of...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 09/2017

An Eventful Morning in East London: 21st Century Violin Concertos

The title is slightly confusing. This disc was recorded at Wyastone Leys, Monmouth, and the location referred to in Robert...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 09/2017

Elbphilharmonie Hamburg: The Opening Concert

Six years late, around €500m over budget and bathed in a soap-opera-worthy cauldron of lawsuits and recriminations, Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie was...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 09/2017

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