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Damon Albarn's take on the Chinese tale in purpose-built theatre, created to host this kaleidoscope of music, animation and martial arts
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Until Sat Dec 13, Royal Opera House
Offenbach's tale of a romantic poet in whose imagination the women he loves are repeatedly stolen from him by a succession of villains
Concert pianist and professor at Trinity College of Music, Karl Lutchmayer answers your classical music queries
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Sat Dec 6, Barbican Hall
Britten's cantata 'Saint Nicolas' is a family-friendly event and the final concert in tenor Ian Bostridge's Homeward Bound series at the Barbican. He is...
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Mon Dec 8, Queen Elizabeth Hall
London Sinfonietta under Diego Masson, with Simon Haram, saxophone, Patricia Rozario (soprano) and actor Nadim Sawalha. Samir Odeh-Tamimi's 'Hutaf al Arwah...
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Mon Dec 8, Royal Festival Hall
Sir Simon Rattle conducts the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in Berlioz's Overture to 'King Lear'; Schumann's Symphony No 4 in D minor (vers orig,...
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Tue Dec 9, Queen Elizabeth Hall
The accalimed Portuguese pianist Artur Pizarro plays Granados's 'Goyescas': Seven pieces for piano; Ravel's 'Gaspard de la nuit'; and Prokofiev's Piano...
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Tue Dec 9, Royal Festival Hall
Sir Simon Rattle conducts the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in Berlioz's Overture to 'Les francs-juges'; Schumann's Symphony No 1 in B flat...

Time Out looks forward to the best in capital classical this autumn, including the Royal Opera House’s ‘Don Giovanni’ and ‘Beethoven Unwrapped’ at new venue King’s Place
East End boy and - having written classic scores for Peter Greenaway films and ‘The Piano’...
It takes a rather special conductor to drag Time Out’s classical editor Jonathan Lennie away...
Nigel Kennedy talks to Time Out about why it has taken him 21 years to play the Proms again
Find your way around a symphony orchestra with Time Out's weekly series of interviews with some...
Sir Harrison Birtwistle’s latest opera, ‘The Minotaur’, is premiered this week. Time Out...
Time Out chats with Daniel Barenboim about Beethoven, life in swinging '60s London and his...
Karl Lutchmayer tells Time Out how to truly appreciate Beethoven's 'Moonlight' Sonata
Former heavy metal addict Seb Hunter knew nothing about classical music until he decided it was...
Whether you’re after a reconditioned Steinway or a brand new sitar, there’s a shop in...
London may have its Royal Albert Hall and its Royal Opera House, but the city is also home to...
A great tradition of midday performing has grown up in London's beautiful churches, with...