Alexandra Coghlan

Joyce DiDonato seduces you within the first 10 minutes: Royal Opera’s Agrippina reviewed

Plus: a vivid trip to the cabaret courtesy of Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Philharmonia

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    Royal Opera House, in rep until 11 October

  • Weimar Berlin: To the Cabaret!

    Queen Elizabeth Hall

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