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Ross Ramgobin as Alberich in Rhinegold/ANDREW FOX
The best classical music and opera of the year
Richard Morrison
Rhinegold, Birmingham Opera Company, Symphony Hall, Birmingham
Staged in memory of Graham Vick, Birmingham Opera Company’s founder and guiding light,
this knockout Wagner show aptly celebrated Vick’s subversive, pioneering and popularising
genius.
James MacMillan’s Christmas Oratorio, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Festival
Hall
Compelling two-hour choral and orchestral epic mixing biblical texts with metaphysical poetry,
from a British composer at the height of his creative powers.
Everything Grows Extravagantly, Oxford Lieder Festival
Beautiful, profound and subtle song cycle from Cheryl Frances-Hoad and the poet Kate
