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Ermonela Jaho gives a tragic twist to Puccini's La rondine @operarara.bsky.social
✍️ Peter Quantrill
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December 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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A revelation: Konstantin Krimmel and Ammiel Bushakevitz’s Schwanengesang at @92ndstreety.bsky.social
✍️ Edward Sava-Segal
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December 9, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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Rare Vaughan Williams from Pappano and the @londonsymphony.bsky.social
✍️ Chris Garlick
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December 8, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Modern mayhem from Thomas Adès and the Czech Philharmonic
✍️ Frank Kuznik
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December 8, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony make a strong Shostakovich statement @carnegiehall.bsky.social
✍️ No’a L. bat Miri
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December 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Raw truth, refined art: Shostakovitch’s Lady Macbeth conquers La Scala on opening night
✍️ Laura Servidei
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December 8, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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An empty glitter bomb: Aschenbrödels Traum at the Volksoper Wien
✍️ Chanda VanderHart
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December 8, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Winter light and vintage grain: Yunchan Lim and Daniel Harding with the Santa Cecilia in Seoul
✍️ SangKwon Lee
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December 8, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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Wickedly delicious: Richard Jones’ Hänsel und Gretel returns to the Bayerische Staatsoper
✍️ Mark Pullinger
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December 8, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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Giedrė Šlekytė conducts the @rsno.bsky.social in passionate, exciting Mahler
✍️ Simon Thompson
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December 8, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died on this day in 1791. How, we're not sure, but he wasn't poisoned by Antonio Salieri... It makes for a good story though:
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December 5, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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Thinking of propagating the myth that Salieri poisoned Mozart with a laced Mozartkugel...
Anyway, Shaffer's Amadeus gets a new serialisation on Sky soon, so I wrote about it: bachtrack.com/feature-amad...
December 3, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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I just wish more people understood that Amadeus is a work of fiction.
December 3, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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English Symphony Orchestra brings total transparency to Strauss and Mahler @englishsymphony.bsky.social
✍️ Simon Cummings
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December 3, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Inventing the diva: ballet stars of the 19th century
✍️ Elsa Giovanna Simonetti
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December 3, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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Envy, poison and an unfinished Requiem
As a new serialisation of Peter Shaffer’s Amadeus hits our screens later this month, what’s the real story behind Mozart and Salieri?
✍️ Mark Pullinger
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December 3, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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Disappointing cuts skew English National Ballet’s Sleeping Beauty
✍️ Jonathan Gray
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December 2, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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Maria Callas was born OTD in 1923. What are you favourite Callas roles? Here are our editor's: bachtrack.com/playlist-top...
December 2, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Beethoven with the brakes off: Concerto Budapest on fire in Dublin
✍️ Andrew Larkin
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December 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Joyce DiDonato’s Berlioz takes flight in Auckland as NZSO is grounded in Wellington
✍️ Simon Holden
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December 1, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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How to change your life: Augustin Hadelich on the Indianapolis Violin Competition
✍️ Frank Kuznik
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December 1, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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María Dueñas enlivens Philadelphia Orchestra's holiday weekend concert @philorch.bsky.social
✍️ Cameron Kelsall
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December 1, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Yuja Wang and The Cleveland Orchestra serve an iridescent musical feast @clevelandorch.bsky.social
✍️ Sam Jacobson
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December 1, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Wagner's Lohengrin finally returns – swanless – to the @operaroma.bsky.social
✍️ Pia Maltri
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December 1, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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An Italian Krimi in Berlin: Giordano's Fedora at the @deutscheoperberlin.bsky.social
✍️ Elena Luporini
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December 1, 2025 at 1:19 PM