Richard Bratby

Imagine a school concert hosted by Bela Lugosi: Budapest Festival Orchestra and Ivan Fischer, at the Proms, reviewed

Plus: at Opera Holland Park a bright, fast, funny production of Gilbert & Sullivan's Ruddigore

A superb one-woman show on the Mitfords by Emma Wilkinson Wright. Image: Richard Daniels / Ardquoy
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  • Proms 38 & 39: Budapest Festival Orchestra, Fischer, Schiff

    Royal Albert Hall

  • Ruddigore

    Opera Holland Park

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