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Ariadne auf Naxos, which opens this year’s Hong Kong Arts Festival, pits highbrow opera against lowbrow commedia dell’arte, with powerful vocal performances and a strangely monochromatic design.
This operatic triptych never quite finds its footing
2021-04-09T14:00:00+01:00 Highlights include a residency from Sir Mark Elder, the return of the ‘Bach the European’ series and a performance of Dido and Aeneas The Royal Academy of Music is to stream 25 free performances live on YouTube in the first half of the summer term (April and May). Events launch with the Academy Symphony Orchestra performing the overture to Mozart’s Don Giovanni, conducted by Sir Mark Elder, alongside music by Haydn and CPE Bach (13 April, 1pm). Elder’s residency ends later that week with a contrasting programme of Stravinsky, Arensky and Elgar (16 April, ...