sat 16/08/2025

Robert Beale

Articles By Robert Beale

Buxton International Festival 2025 review - a lavish offering of smaller-scale work

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Tosca, Clonter Opera review - beauty and integrity in miniature

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Hamlet, Buxton International Festival review - how to re-imagine re-imagined Shakespeare

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Dangerous Matter, RNCM, Manchester review - opera meets science in an 18th century tale

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RNCM International Diploma Artists, BBC Philharmonic, MediaCity, Salford review - spotting stars of tomorrow

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Dandy, BBC Philharmonic, Storgårds, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester review - a destination attained

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Owen, Manchester Camerata, Takács-Nagy, Stoller Hall, Manchester review - more Mozart made in Manchester

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Hallé, Elder, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester review - premiere of new Huw Watkins work

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Simon Boccanegra, Opera North review - ‘dramatic staging’ proves its worth

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Mahler's Ninth, BBC Philharmonic, Gamzou, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester review - vision and intensity

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Small, Hallé, Wong, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester review - return to Shostakovich’s ambiguous triumphalism

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Owen Wingrave, RNCM, Manchester review - battle of a pacifist

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Connolly, BBC Philharmonic, Paterson, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester review - a journey through French splendours

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Batsashvili, Hallé, Wong, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester review - a star in the piano universe

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Manchester Collective, RNCM review - exploring new territory

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BBC Philharmonic, Bihlmaier, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester review - an International Women's Day special

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