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Boyd Tonkin

Articles By Boyd Tonkin

The Railway Children, Glyndebourne review - right train, wrong station

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France, LPO, Gardner, RFH review - the sound of other worlds

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Cinderella/La Cenerentola, English National Opera review - the truth behind the tinsel

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BBC Proms: Ehnes, Sinfonia of London, Wilson review - aspects of love

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Lammermuir Festival 2025 review - music with soul from the heart of East Lothian

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Willis-Sørensen, Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra, Wilson, Cadogan Hall review - romantic resilience

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BBC Proms: The Marriage of Figaro, Glyndebourne Festival review - merriment and menace

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BBC Proms: Faust, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Nelsons review - grace, then grandeur

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BBC Proms: Suor Angelica, LSO, Pappano review - earthly passion, heavenly grief

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BBC Proms: Akhmetshina, LPO, Gardner review - liquid luxuries

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BBC Proms: Batsashvili, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ryan Wigglesworth review - grief and glory

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Falstaff, Glyndebourne review - knockabout and nostalgia in postwar Windsor

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Fidelio, Garsington Opera review - a battle of sunshine and shadows

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Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Suzuki, St Martin-in-the-Fields review - the perfect temperature for Bach

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Aldeburgh Festival, Weekend 1 review - dance to the music of time

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Così fan tutte, Nevill Holt Festival/Opera North review - re-writing the script

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