Classical music & opera
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WNO takes on Tolstoy, Lothian’s other festival grows in stature, and Gershwin pays a visit to the Coliseum
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The superlative musicians and the glories of the setting remain unparalleled, but the festival would be enriched by risking more new to balance the old
People
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Extraordinary talents are missing from our musical lives. Ahead of a BBC documentary, the singer and presenter wonders why, still, we hear so little of our greatest female composers
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3 out of 5 stars.