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Played with heightened expressiveness, this early version turns every lingering suspension into a twinge of pain
Alice Coote’s performance as Hercules’s unhinged wife dwarfed all her colleagues’ efforts
A dutiful, revived production of Wagner’s opera is enlivened by James Levine’s conducting
Brahms dissected by a master surgeon; Beethoven delivered straight from the furnace
The directors’ vision is feeble – but Joyce DiDonato is on superlative form in the title role
Richard Egarr’s line-up of top-rank English soloists led by Sarah Connolly’s ‘Es ist vollbracht!’ crowns the performance
Vladimir Jurowski conducted an examplary performance of John Adams’s nativity oratorio
Investment in extra capacity and rate changes illustrate the continuing potential of coal, oil and gas, writes Robert Wright
Joyce DiDonato gives an exquisitely proportioned, remarkably sensitive performance in the title role
Soloists shone in an eloquent performance of this simultaneously thrilling and unsatisfactory work
In this skilfully judged performance of Bach’s B Minor Mass, conductor Harry Bicket knew how to rise to the big moments
Though Britten’s opera is sung by a superb cast, the ambiguities in David Alden’s staging come at a cost
Audio recordings performed with Glyndebourne’s ensemble
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