Quotations about – not from – myth festoon both stage (pre-performance) and the accompanying freesheet: ‘The lover of myth is in a sense a philosopher; for myth is composed of wonders’ (Aristotle, from Metaphysics: follow

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02.04.2025

The Ghosts of Hamlet – Opera Today

William Shakespeare’s Hamlet is all about its melancholic title character. Yet the Danish Prince’s eloquence seduces most of us to overlook the play’s melodramatic plot: a murdered king, usurping brother, desperate son, faithless wife, and

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02.04.2025

Boulez at 100: Pli selon pli at the Barbican – Opera Today

The centenary of Pierre Boulez’s birth might well bring with it many performances of his works but perhaps none will be quite so breathtaking in the UK as this one given at the Barbican as

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02.04.2025

A blazing Verdi Requiem: Riccardo Muti and the Philharmonia – Opera Today

It has been 15 years since Riccardo Muti last returned to the Philharmonia Orchestra, and very much longer since he last conducted Verdi’s Requiem with them, so this concert should have been something special. That

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London Handel Festival Double Bill: Tales of Apollo and Hercules – Opera Today

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Boulez at 100: Pli selon pli at the Barbican – Opera Today

A blazing Verdi Requiem: Riccardo Muti and the Philharmonia – Opera Today

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