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Robert Beale

Articles By Robert Beale

Cavalleria Rusticana/Aleko, Opera North review - a new foil for Mascagni

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Così fan tutte, Opera North review - a safe bet

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Tetzlaff, BBC Philharmonic, Storgårds, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester review - something of a puzzle

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Radulović, Hallé, de la Parra, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester review - fun for the young

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Albert Herring, Opera North review - immersive and intimate fun

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Dariescu, BBC Philharmonic, Storgårds, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester review - sounds of unquenchable optimism

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Hallé, Elder, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester review - championing the rich and rare

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Lang Lang, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester review - playing with the music

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Feldmann, BBC Philharmonic, Storgårds, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester review - adventures in the unusual

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Marwood, Hallé, Adès, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester review - winning way with new music

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La Rondine, Opera North review - rehabilitation for a Puccini damp squib?

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Masque of Might, Opera North review - a tale of ecological virtue

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Kim, BBC Philharmonic, Gernon, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester review - the sound of brass

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Ruisi, Hallé, Elder, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester review - returning to Ravel’s glories

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Hewitt, Basel Chamber Orchestra, Bard, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester review - 22 extraordinary musicians

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Connolly, BBC Philharmonic, Storgårds, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester review - beginning with a fanfare

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