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John Adams calls Berlin’s Nixon in China ‘a disgrace’

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John Adams calls Berlin’s Nixon in China ‘a disgrace’

The composer has come out bitterly against the belated first Berlin staging of his 1987 opera.

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Concerto Copenhagen, Mass in B Minor, music for Charles II: London Festival of Baroque Music returns with Iestyn Davies again as artistic director

Concerto Copenhagen, Mass in B Minor, music for Charles II: London Festival of Baroque Music returns with Iestyn Davies again as artistic director

The next generation of composers: ORA Singers' Young Composers' Showcase at Kings Place

The next generation of composers: ORA Singers’ Young Composers’ Showcase at Kings Place

Beyond the Gothic melodrama: Opera Holland Park revives Verdi's Un ballo in maschera with Elin Pritchard, Matteo Desole, Dario Solari

Beyond the Gothic melodrama: Opera Holland Park revives Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera with Elin Pritchard, Matteo Desole, Dario Solari

“Un ballo in maschera”: Verdi’s Gustavo III

Virtuosity & discipline: John Wilson & the Sinfonia of London in Respighi's Roman trilogy & Walton's Cello Concerto

Virtuosity & discipline: John Wilson & the Sinfonia of London in Respighi’s Roman trilogy & Walton’s Cello Concerto

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