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The best classical concerts and opera this week

You can see Killian Farrell, Yannis Kyriakides, the Irish Baroque Orchestra and the Sestina choir

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Camerata Ireland, Ben Johnson and Sean Shibe, and Anja Bihlmaier and the RTÉ NSO

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Meredith Monk’s credo is at the heart of John Scott’s dance-based exploration of the physicality of the operatic soprano

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Irish mezzo-soprano Tara Erraught appears in La Cenerentola as Angelina

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The Veiled Prophet of Khorassan in Wexford; American conductor JoAnn Falletta at NCH

Jessye Norman, international opera star, dies aged 74

The Grammy award-winning soprano gained worldwide fame for her roles at New York’s Metropolitan Opera

Communal virtuosity is abundant in NSO’s Strauss performance

National Symphony Orchestra and Kazuki Yamada perform almost flawlessly

Opera in Waterford and an Irish debut: This week’s classical music highlights

The Blackwater Valley Opera Festival returns with two operas this year

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Report finds college leaders knew of abuses at the time

Good pairings: The best classical music and opera concerts this week

Tara Erraught collaborates with pianist John O’Connor, while Sharon Carty will be accompanied by Siobhán Armstrong

Byrne and Workman soar with intensity in Korngold’s masterpiece

The huge orchestra required for Die tote Stadt made the NCH right for the Irish premiere

Best classical concerts: Emily Anderson remembered

Plus Nathalie Stutzmann’s French tribute and Rafael Payare’s final season

Galway’s ‘Swansong’ festival offers talent and retrospective themes

Music for Galway programme is full of highlights with promise of new cello festival

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