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© Karen Almond | Met Opera
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© Andy Ross
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© Allie Ippolito
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© Michael J Lutch, courtesy of the BSO
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© LSO | Mark Allan
Paavo Järvi marks his new LPO appointment in Tchaikovsky and Sibelius
© Marc Gasgoigne
Ballet Black at 25: irrepressible talent
© Photography by ASH
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© Marek Olbrzymek
In New York, immersed in Noé Soulier’s The Waves
© Steven Pisano
Julia Bullock in Perle noire: Meditations for Joséphine at the Adelaide Festival
© Andrew Beveridge
LA Dance Project: a fugitive Romeo & Juliet Suite in New York
© Stephanie Berger
Totally stunning Monteverdi Vespers by Pygmalion at the Adelaide Festival
© Claudio Raschella
Architecture over opulence: Vienna Philharmonic close their Carnegie Hall residency
© Chris Lee
Astonishing Mahler 2 from Runnicles and the BBC Scottish SO
© BBC | Martin Shields
Porgy and Bess: Catfish Row arrives in Kansas City
© Andrew Schwartz
Love is in the hare: a new Cunning Little Vixen opens at the Staatsoper Berlin
© Monika Rittershaus
Greenwood everywhere: avant-garde echoes meet minimalist soundscapes in Manchester
© Sharyn Bellemakers | The Hallé
A poignant Rigoletto revival in Tokyo
© Rikimaru Hotta | New National Theatre, Tokyo
Ólafsson and Salonen channel Bach for a brilliant UK premiere of John Adams’ After the Fall
© Philharmonia Orchestra | Marc Gascoigne
Fast Forward: Hamburg Ballet’s mixed bill proves a mixed success
© Kiran West
Lyrical insights from Felix Klieser playing Strauss with the RSNO, before Bruckner exodus
© Clara Cowen
From snow to sludge: Icelandic music at the Barbican Centre
© BBC | Mark Allan
Skating on Thin Ice: a bracing Ondřej Adámek premiere in Prague
© Matěj Komár
From authority to spontaneity: Canellakis, Mutter and the LPO at the Elbphilharmonie
© Sebastian Madej
Nederlands Dans Theater’s Wildsong: innovative dance set to cinematic scores in Amsterdam
© Rahi Rezvani
Unsteady circus act blown away by spectacle: The Opera Circus reaches Utrecht
© Bart Grietens
Contours in motion: Kavakos and Rouvali at the New York Philharmonic
© Chris Lee
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© Ros Kavanagh
© Karen Almond | Met Opera
© Andy Ross
© Allie Ippolito
© Alexander Iziliaev
© Michael J Lutch, courtesy of the BSO
© LSO | Mark Allan
© Marc Gasgoigne
© Photography by ASH
© Marek Olbrzymek
© Steven Pisano
© Andrew Beveridge
© Stephanie Berger
© Claudio Raschella
© Chris Lee
© BBC | Martin Shields
© Andrew Schwartz
© Monika Rittershaus
© Sharyn Bellemakers | The Hallé
© Rikimaru Hotta | New National Theatre, Tokyo
© Philharmonia Orchestra | Marc Gascoigne
© Kiran West
© Clara Cowen
© BBC | Mark Allan
© Matěj Komár
© Sebastian Madej
© Rahi Rezvani
© Bart Grietens
© Chris Lee
© Ros Kavanagh
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