Top ten performances I went to in 2022, and also 2021

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These were (not in any particular order):

2022

Vivaldi: Bajazet – ROHCG; Linbury

Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben – Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Barbican

Wagner: Lohengrin – ROHCG

Wagner : Parsifal – Opera North

Janacek: Cunning Little Vixen – Bayern Staatsoper

Handel: Alcina – ROHCG

Wagner: Siegfried – Bayreuth Festival

Mahler: Symphony No 7 – Berlin Philharmonic, RAH

Handel: Theodora – ROHCG

Mahler: Symphony No 3 – Halle, Bridgewater Hall

2021

Mozart: Clemenza da Tito – ROHCG

Wagner: The Valkyrie – ENO

Tippett: Midsummer Marriage – LPO, RFH

Wagner: The Rhinegold – Birmingham OC

Bach/Shostakovich: Olafsson, Jarvi, Philharmonia, Proms RAH

Stravinsky: The Rake’s Progress – Glyndebourne Touring, Milton Keynes

Verdi: Rigoletto – ROHCG

Janacek: Cunning Little Vixen – Opera Holland Park

Macagni: L’Amico Fritz – Opera Holland Park

Hindemith, Walton, Stravinsky – LPO, Jurowski, Proms RAH

Published by John

I'm a grandfather, parent, churchwarden, traveller, chair of governors and trustee!. I worked for an international cultural and development organisation for 39 years, and lived for extended periods of time in Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Egypt and Ghana. I know a lot about (classical) music, but not as a practitioner, (particularly noisy late Romantics - Wagner, Mahler, Bruckner, Richard Strauss). I am well travelled and interested in different cultures and traditions. Apart from going to concerts and operas, I love reading, walking in the hills, theatre and wine-making. I'm also a practising Christian, though not of the fierce kind. And I'm into green issues and sustainability.

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