Bampton Classical Opera............................. 288, 436 Young Singers’ Competition................................ 24 Bangkok: Opera Siam........................................ 745-6 Barcelona Gran Teatre del Liceu................................... 72-3(p) Coronavirus crisis........................................... 1380 Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.................... 24 Bard Summerscape................................................ 438 Plans.................................................................... 432 Basel: Theater Basel... 743-4(p), 1017, 1385, 1428(p) Baton Rouge: Opéra Louisiane.................. 1478-9(p) Baugé Festival........................................................ 434 Bayreuth Bayreuth Festival............. 22, 257-9(p), 287(p), 306,
318(p), 321(p), 434, 693, 799, 964,
999(p), 1016, 1123, 1251, 1253
Plans.................................................................. 432 Coronavirus crisis............................................. 578 Bayreuth Baroque....................................... 304, 434 Markgräfliches Opernhaus..................... 1312-13(p) BBC....................................................................... 571 BBC Music Magazine Awards.............................. 799 BBC Radio Plans...................124, 266, 400, 545, 659, 779, 893,
1003-4, 1114, 1239, 1367, 1495
Beaune Festival...................................................... 434 Belfast: Northern Ireland Opera......... 83-4, 306, 1386 Belgrade........................................................... 70-1(p) Bergamo: Donizetti Opera Festival....... 22, 108-9(p),
288, 342-4(p), 436, 799, 901, 1050(p) Bergen Bergen Festival..................................................... 436 Bergen National Opera............................... 205-6(p) Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra In London...................................................... 230-1 Berkshire Opera Festival....................................... 439 Berlin Berlin Philharmonic............................................ 693 Coronavirus crisis............................................... 578 Deutsche Oper...............5, 49-51(p), 120-1(p), 287,
288, 585(p), 789, 973-4(p), 1263(p),
1386, 1399(p), 1451-3(p)
Plans.................................................................. 797 Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin.......... 1255 Komische Oper................................ 52, 318(p), 693 Poznán, Teatr Wielki Poznán................................ 51 Staatsoper........................51-2(p), 337-9(p), 575(p),
727-9(p), 813(p), 932(p), 1251, 1361-2(p) Umculo..................................................... 1085-6(p) Bern Konzert Theater Bern....................................... 1128 Stadttheater Bern........................................ 622-3(p) Bilbao: ABAO Bilbao Opera............................. 353-4 Birmingham Opera Company.164, 288, 903, 938(p) Plans.................................................................. 1385 Finances............................................................... 285 Blu-ray reviews see DVD reviews ‘Board rigid’ by John Allison.............................. 1251 Bochum Symphony Orchestra............................. 903 Bologna: Teatro Comunale........................ 614-15(p) Coronavirus crisis..................................... 455, 1015
Bonn Beethovenfest Bonn............................................ 799 Theater Bonn........... 480-2(p), 607-8(p), 1453-5(p) Book reviews ‘Before the Baton’ by Peter Holman...... 1111-12(p) ‘The Evolution of Opera Theatre in the Middle East and North Africa’ by Paolo Petrocelli.................................................. 655-6(p) ‘Georges Auric’ by Colin Roust............. 1109-10(p) ‘Georges Bizet’s Carmen’ by Nelly Furman
1234-5(p)
‘A Heap of Stones’ by Adam Pollock..........889-90(p) ‘Humperdinck’ by William Melton......... 1492-3(p) ‘Korngold and his World’ edited by Daniel Goldmark and Kevin C. Karnes............... 541-2(p) ‘London Voices 1820-1840’ edited by Roger Parker and Susan Rutherford........................... 776 ‘Michael Tippett - The Biography by Oliver Soden.............................................................. 263-4 ‘Mikado Memories’ by Richard Suart................ 542 ‘Music behind the Iron Curtain’ by Daniel Elphick.................................................... 1235-7(p) ‘Music in the present tense’ by Emanuele Senici................................................................. 397 ‘Musical Solidarities’ by Andrea F. Bohlman
1235-7
‘Opera after the Zero Hour’ by Emily Richmond Pollock.................................. 1000-2(p) ‘The Operas of Sergei Prokofiev’ by Christina Guillaumier............................................. 1364-5(p) ‘The other Toscanini’ by Sebastiano De Filippi and Daniel Varacalli Costas...................... 395-6(p) ‘Strauss’ by Laurenz Lütteken......................... 653-4 ‘The Telemann Compendium’ by Steven Zohn.......................................................... 774-5(p) ‘Wagner’s Parsifal’ by Roger Scruton. 998-1000(p) ‘Wagnerism’ by Alex Ross...................... 1438-42(p) Boston Boston Lyric Opera............................................. 493 Boston Symphony Orchestra................... 797, 1386 Odyssey Opera................................................. 492-3 ‘Bouilly and his fauvette’ by John Warrack
1407-10(p)
Bregenz Festival..........164, 318(p), 434, 649-50, 691,
1393(p)
Plans.................................................................... 432 Coronavirus crisis............................................ 796-7 Bremerhaven: Stadttheater Bremerhaven
482-3(p), 903
Brexit...........................................5, 155, 295-6, 444-6,
1404
Brighton Festival Coronavirus crisis............................................... 580 ‘Bring me my spear!’ by David Chandler... 1292-6(p) Brisbane Opera Australia................................................... 899 Plans............................................................. 1125-6 Opera Queensland...................................... 175-6(p) Brno Janáček Festival.................................................... 434 Coronavirus crisis........................................... 1380
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