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Ralph Fiennes takes his curtain call after making his opera directing debut @operadeparis
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🌟 Vote for Gramophone’s Orchestra of the Year 2025! 🌟 Gramophone editor Martin Cullingford (@MrPhoebus) introduces each ensemble and provides some recommended listening 🎶 To vote go to gramophone.co.uk/vote25 🎼
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A cut above: Patricia Nolz leads a superior Barber of Seville @WrStaatsoper ✂️💈 Read my review of last night's fab Barbiere @Operanow gramophone.co.uk/opera-now/r…
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Voting is now open for Gramophone's Orchestra of the Year Award! Discover our shortlist of six ensembles who have produced exceptional recordings over the past year and cast your vote to decide the winner @BBCSO @the_halle @fundaciocima gramophone.co.uk/news/articl…
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"By turns beautiful and frustrating: review @Operanow of Colin Matthews and William Boyd's debut opera A Visit To Friends @BrittenPears gramophone.co.uk/opera-now/r…
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A good catch! 🐟 My review of @WelshNatOpera's new Peter Grimes for @Operanow gramophone.co.uk/opera-now/r…
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Blind faith: Evgeny Titov directs a knockout Iolanta at the @WrStaatsoper My review from last night published on @Operanow gramophone.co.uk/opera-now/r…
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We are hiring up to six composers in London, Manchester and Nottingham for Reimagining the Classics, a bold and innovative project celebrating the rich heritage of opera by exploring its relevance to today’s world. Apply by Monday 24 March. streetwiseopera.org/vacancy/…
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Plaster cast-a diva: it’s Norma or bust in Vienna @TheaterWien My review published on @Operanow gramophone.co.uk/opera-now/r…
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⭐️ The Gramophone Podcast hits 1 million downloads! ⭐️ Thank you all for listening and look out for new episodes every Friday! 🎶
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Now in print in the Spring issue of @Operanow, my double interview with @ErmonelaJaho and @Spikelmyers on being @OperaRara’s Artist Ambassadors:
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🎄 Happy Christmas from all at Gramophone! ⭐️ Editor Martin Cullingford looks back on 12 months of recording achievements
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Thank you @Operanow @GramophoneMag 🥰 Featuring @ivan17293 @AnnaTilbrook ⬇️
Today's Video of the Day is a performance of Mercadante's 'Son del tuo volto immagine' from Il proscritto by Iván Ayón-Rivas (tenor) and Anna Tilbrook (piano) from the Gramophone Awards 2024. For the full story and video go here: gramophone.co.uk/news/articl…
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Opera Now magazine retweeted
Today's Video of the Day is a performance of Mercadante's 'Son del tuo volto immagine' from Il proscritto by Iván Ayón-Rivas (tenor) and Anna Tilbrook (piano) from the Gramophone Awards 2024. For the full story and video go here: gramophone.co.uk/news/articl…
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Basic arithmetic suggests John Adams and I disagree about which productions of Nixon in China have worked. What's my opinion as a critic, audience member and fan of the opera worth, against that of its creator? Latest Prompter column for @Operanow gramophone.co.uk/opera-now/o… #opera
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Opera Now magazine retweeted
Charles Villiers Stanford’s The Critic gramophone.co.uk/features/ar…
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Replying to @Operanow @rbo_org
An extraordinarily brave, inspiring and generous story. Extra-happy now that I am coming to see the show
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I saw the dress of Hoffmann the other day and absolutely LOVED it - and reading this is so heartening. A wonderful artist speaking bravely and openly about something you would never guess from watching them be incandescent on stage. Brava for both!
As Tales of Hoffmann premieres this evening at @rbo_org , one of its singers, Marina Costa-Jackson has opened up about her mental health journey, writing about it for Opera Now Read 👇 gramophone.co.uk/opera-now/f…
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Missed out on the Oxford International Song Festival this week? Read this wonderful round up from @AdrianMourby for @Operanow via @OxfordSong's page! 🥳🌟 “After London, Oxford is possibly the most musical city in the UK...” read more below!
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It is a great honour to be reviewing the Oxford International Song Festival. Normally I review opera where singers are doing battle with an huge orchestra. Here individual voices can dazzle. And boy do they @Operanow @OxfordSong
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