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Barkouf review – Offenbach’s lost operetta is a quirky shaggy dog story

Barkouf review – Offenbach’s lost operetta is a quirky shaggy dog story

Bridgewater Hall, Manchester Opera Rara revive the 1860 work in which a dog is appointed Sultan. A fine cast, the Hallé and ENO chorus, and impeccable rhyming narration from Alistair McGowan, ensure things fizz An operetta in which a dog is appointed Sultan of Lahore and, thanks to a resourceful market trader, ushers in a more enlightened despotism – what’s not to like? Plenty, to judge by the critical mauling doled out in 1860 to Offenbach’s Barkouf. Even Berlioz – a fine one to talk – accused the composer of crimes against harmonic convention. It duly sank without trace until unpublished bits and pieces resurfaced in recent decades. It’s fallen to Opera Rara to splice it back together again, fill in the odd blank and give us a chance to judge for ourselves. Barkouf followed hot on the heels of Orpheus in the Underworld, against which it must inevitably be considered a failure. Eugène Scribe’s workaday lyrics lack the divine silliness of the composer’s finest collaborators while blunting the story’s satirical potential. Offenbach, on the other hand, was never short of an idea and his energetic score has sufficient tics and quirks to suggest he was on the trail of something a little bit different. The orchestrations are original (there’s four horns) and a string of witty ditties go off like uncorked bottles of pop. Unfortunately, at other times it runs on a lower level of inspiration. Continue reading...

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Oct 5, 2026 · byThe Guardian
Hallé/Wong review – MacMillan’s new symphony centres a great concert hall’s birthday celebrations

Hallé/Wong review – MacMillan’s new symphony centres a great concert hall’s birthday celebrations

Bridgewater Hall, Manchester James MacMillan’s sixth symphony proved an intricate, intriguing and forward-looking work. It was well paired with Stephen Hough’s exuberant ‘Emperor’ piano concerto and a Liszt rarity We complain a lot about concert halls in the UK. The acoustics of the Barbican, Royal Festival Hall and Royal Albert Hall; the practicality of Usher Hall and St George’s Bristol; those seats at Snape Maltings, and that foyer at Birmingham’s Symphony Hall. But do we really have it so bad? As Manchester’s Hallé opens its season with a celebration of 30 years of the Bridgewater Hall, it’s a good moment to remember what we’ve gained in the three decades since a car park became Britain’s best acoustic. A flagship London hall may still be a fantasy, but with Gateshead’s Foster-designed Glasshouse, Saffron Hall, Kings Place and Milton Court all opening their doors since 2000, it’s hard to feel despondent. Continue reading...

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Sep 25, 2026 · byThe Guardian
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Turkish Airlines Permanently Removes 11 destinations into 2027

Published at 0700PDT / 1400GMT 11SEP26 Turkish Airlines in recent weeks gradually adjusted operation schedules, up to this week. The Star Alliance member earlier this year cancelled service to selected destinations, which would be resumed by Northern winter 2026/27 season and Northern summer 2027 season. As of 11SEP26, majority of these cancelled destinations are now permanently removed from future schedules, with certain exceptions. Further changes remain highly possible. Following destinations to be resumed from the week of 28MAR27 at the earliest, instead of the week of 25OCT26: Aqaba, Havana. Following destinations permanently removed, previously cancelled until 24OCT26 inclusive: Juba, Kinshasa, Libreville, Luanda, Lusaka. Following destinations permanently removed, previously cancelled until 27MAR27 inclusive: Billund, Ferghana, Kirkuk, Leipzig/Halle, Najaf, Turkistan. Following destinations in Iran are now tentatively scheduled to resume from 28MAR27 at the earliest: Esfahan, Mashhad, Shiraz, Tabriz, Tehran Imam Khomeini.

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Sep 11, 2026 · byAeroRoutes