sat 07/06/2025

Miranda Heggie

Articles By Miranda Heggie

Don Pasquale, Royal Opera review - fun and frolics in stylish new production

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Dariescu, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Simonov, Symphony Hall, Birmingham review - Soviet fear and loathing

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Kolesnikov, Britten-Shostakovich Festival Orchestra, Latham-Koenig, Symphony Hall, Birmingham review - cross-country friendships flourish

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Don Jo, Grimeborn review - conceptual style over musical substance

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Edinburgh International Festival 2019: JARV IS review - Britpop legend still delivers

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Edinburgh International Festival 2019: Eugene Onegin, Komische Oper review - no-holds-barred romanticism

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Edinburgh International Festival 2019: Lawrence Brownlee, Iain Burnside - enthralling song duo

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Rinaldo, Glyndebourne Festival review - teenage dreams

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theartsdesk Q&A: composer Alastair White on his new opera ROBE

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Goodyear, Chineke! Orchestra, Marshall, Symphony Hall, Birmingham Review - engaging and uplifting

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Kuusisto, Aurora Orchestra, Collon, Birmingham Town Hall review - aural voyage through space

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Benedetti, SCO, Birmingham Town Hall review - a powerful musical alliance

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St Matthew Passion, Ex Cathedra, Skidmore, Symphony Hall Birmingham - powerful, poignant Bach

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Franco Fagioli, Il Pomo d’Oro, Birmingham Town Hall review - flair and flamboyance

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Total Immersion: Ligeti, Barbican review - exploring a 20th-century master mind

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Johnson, Carducci Quartet, Warwick Arts Centre review - new work with well-loved quintets

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