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Blaze of Glory! review – WNO’s warm-hearted community opera hits all the right notes

Hymns, jazz, doo-wop and 19th-century French choral numbers form an unlikely patchwork in Caroline Clegg’s dynamic theatrical staging

The Guardian - UK

Welsh National Opera forced to pull performances in England after funding cut

It has seen a £2.2m funding reduction from Arts Council England.

Birmingham Post

WNO/Hanus review – players with an instinct to make every line sing

On the concert platform, Welsh National Opera’s orchestral musicians brought lyricism and exactitude Britten, Mahler and Janáček, while mezzo Jana Kurucová gave a glowing, sensitive rendition of Dvořák’s Biblical Songs

The Guardian - UK

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The week in classical: The Makropulos Affair; Elisabeth Leonskaja & Staatskapelle Streichquartett

Janáček’s knotty study of immortality soars at Welsh National Opera; the great pianist radiates grace and power. Plus a word on Weir and MacMillan

The Guardian - UK

The Makropulos Affair review – fast-flowing and flamboyant

WNO’s production of Janáček’s opera tackles the question of the desirability of immortality with life-affirming purpose

The Guardian - UK

Classical home listening: Haydn with Harry Christophers, and a new Welsh-language opera

Boston’s H+H shine in a live recording of Haydn’s Theresienmesse; and WNO, Stephen McNeff and Gruff Rhys do Hedd Wyn proud

The Guardian - UK

The week in classical: Migrations; Aldeburgh festival; Royal Academy of Music SO/Bychkov

WNO’s multi-stranded exploration of human migration is a joy; Aldeburgh honours Oliver Knussen in style; and the RAM’s future stars are bold as brass

The Guardian - UK

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Migrations review – ambitious and timely new opera examines freedom

Welsh National Opera’s staging of six stories of migration is a brave and far-reaching exercise in collaboration and diversity, with a heroic effort from composer Will Todd

The Guardian - UK

John Mitchinson obituary

Tenor who sang Wagner’s Tristan under Reginald Goodall, Beethoven and Mahler at the Proms, and many rarer works

The Guardian - UK

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