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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