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In the last few months - largely thanks to a 'run' of bookings that seemed to land very close to each other - I've been going to...

After looking at 'Auflösung' in the first of these columns , I'm staying with Schubert but this time, his treatment of a scene f...

It's always a thrill when you find an album that gives you no obvious reference points to work with. I've been living with 'Para...

Hello, everyone. Some of you may be aware that a few of my blog articles have appeared on a music and media website I hugely admire, The Ro...

In the past few weeks, I've managed to fit in quite a few opera visits and classical concerts - and when that happens, I find myself loa...

And now... *places fingertips together in manner of Bond villain* ... an experiment. As someone whose obsession with the voice in classic...

Another relatively last-minute decision to break free of the military-campaign precision of my Royal Opera House bookings (involving the Mrs...