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The Glasshouse (formerly Sage Gateshead) / Royal Northern
Sinfonia

In October, Halloween gets scarier with Psycho in concert. Tippett’s A Child of our

Time is performed in November, featuring more than two hundred musicians and
four star soloists in Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha, Sarah Connolly, Nicky Spence

and Willard White. Víkingur Ólafsson brings Brahms in February, before conductor
Stephanie Childress takes to the podium for Dvořák in April.

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Glyndebourne

Glyndebourne’s first-ever production of Parsifal is the headline, in a new staging by

Jetske Mijnssen, who makes her directorial debut there. Mariame Clément provides
a new staging of Le nozze di Figaro. The four revivals include Barrie Kosky’s take on

Handel’s Saul, which has travelled the world since its inception at Glyndebourne 10
years ago.

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Hallé Orchestra

Kahchun Wong takes the reins as Principal Conductor, while Sir Mark Elder
becomes Conductor Emeritus, presenting Strauss’s An Alpine Symphony. Thomas
Adès continues in his role as artist-in-residence, conducting Stravinsky’s The Rite of

Spring, two Sibelius symphonies and a new extended version of his America: A
Prophecy featuring mezzo-soprano Kelley O’Connor and the Hallé Choir. Elsewhere,

the popular Rush Hour concert series returns, including a weekend devoted to Philip
Glass starring his Grammy-winning friend the vocalist Angélique Kidjo.

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Kings Place

Danielle de Niese sings classical song, opera and Broadway showtunes in

September. October will see Black Lives in Music produce the Classically Black
series for Black History Month, including a show from Ayanna Witter-Johnson and

two newly commissioned works by Pete Letanka and Jason Yarde. And in