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MRM Artists enjoyed successes across Europe throughout March, right up to the final curtain close before the COVID-19 lockdowns began, with several notable highlights. Jette Parker Young Artist Michael Mofidian “stood out as the finished Handelian article” (Opera Magazine) in his roles as Chelsias/Judge for the Royal Opera House Linbury Theatre’s production of Handel's Susanna. Jordan de Souza “conducted the...

At the 2019 BBC Proms Markus Stenz conducts BBC NOW in Strauss, Brostroem & Brahms, Sunnyboy Dladla sings Mozart Requiem with BBC NOW with Natalie Stutzman, Hilary Summers sings Beethoven Symphony No.9 with BBC SO under Sakari Oramo, as well as Handel’s Jephtha with Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Richard Egarr, Andrew Tortise sings Bach Cantatas with Solomon’s Knot, and Elizabeth Watts...

This summer Barrie Kosky will stage Offenbach’s Orphée aux enfers at the 2019 Salzburger Festspiele, the sixth new production for the director in this season alone, which has also included Bernstein Candide, Puccini La Boheme and Moritz Eggert M – Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder based on Fritz Lang’s famous crime film of 1931, all for Komische Oper Berlin. Elsewhere...

Barrie Kosky returns to the Royal Opera, Covent Garden with a new production of Handel Agrippina, conducted by Maxim Emelyanychev, opening on 23 September; Mark Padmore takes the stage as Gustav von Aschenbach in David McVicar’s new production of Britten Death in Venice, conducted by Mark Elder, opening on 21 November; and Hilary Summers returns to the Royal Opera as...

Artistic Director Douglas Boyd continues to take Garsington Opera from strength to strength, reflected in their nomination in the Festival category. The nominees for Best Recording (Complete Opera) include Barrie Kosky’s brilliantly contentious production of  Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg from the Bayreuth festival. Last season Edgaras Montvidas enjoyed great success as Anatol in Glyndebourne’s Vanessa, which is nominated for...