Beautifully Curated Selection of Wolf and Schubert Songs from Arcayürek and Lepper
09/08/2018
Edinburgh International Festival 2018 [5] – Wolf, Schubert: Ilker Arcayürek (tenor), Simon Lepper (piano), Queen’s Hall, 9.8.2018. (SRT)
Ilker Arcayürek (c) Janina Laszlo
UPDATED! The 2018 Dala-Floda Opera Festival
09/08/2018
Dala-Floda Opera Festival 2018 (GF)
[1] Mascagni, Cavalleria rusticana: Soloists, Dala-Floda Opera Chorus, Orchestra / Sven-Olof Juvas (conductor). Dala-Floda. Björbo. 5.8.2018.
Mathias Zachariassen (Turiddu) & Paulina Pfeiffer (Santuzza) (c) Göran Forsling
A Superb Production at Glyndebourne of Barber’s Unjustly Neglected Vanessa
09/08/2018
Glyndebourne Festival Opera 2018 [3] – Barber, Vanessa: Soloists, The Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra / Jakub Hrůša (conductor), Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Sussex, 6.8.2018. (RB)
Emma Bell (Vanessa) & Edgaras Montvidas (Anatol) in Vanessa (c) Tristram Kenton
Sir Mark Elder Brings a Lifetime of Wagner Experience to Hallé’s EIF Siegfried
09/08/2018
Edinburgh International Festival 2018 [4] – Wagner: Hallé / Sir Mark Elder (conductor), Usher Hall, 8.8.2018. (SRT) Read more
Thea Musgrave is Honoured During Richard Farnes’ Notable Proms Debut
08/08/2018
BBC PROM 33 – Musgrave and Brahms: Golda Schultz (soprano), Johan Reuter (baritone), BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra / Richard Farnes (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 7.8.2018. (AS)
Golda Schultz (soprano), BBC SO & Richard Farnes (conductor) (c) BBC/Chris Christodoulou
Vänskä and the Minnesota Orchestra’s Superb Account of Ives’ Second Symphony
08/08/2018
BBC PROM 31 – Bernstein, Gershwin, Ives: Inon Barnatan (piano), Minnesota Orchestra / Osmo Vänskä (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 6.8.2018. (CC)
Minnesota Orchestra & Osmo Vänskä (conductor) (c) BBC/Chris Christodoulou
A New Production of The Magic Flute Premieres at the Festival Castell Peralada
08/08/2018
Festival Castell Peralada 2018 [2] – Mozart, Die Zauberflöte: Liceu Chorus and Orchestra/Josep Pons (conductor), Castle Gardens Auditorium, Peralada, 6.8.2018. (JMI)
Festival Castell Peralada 2018’s Die Zauberflöte © T. Ferrer
Cultured and Technically Adept Chamber Music from the Navarra Quartet
08/08/2018
Lake District Summer Music – Haydn, Britten, Schubert: Navarra Quartet (Magnus Johnston, Marije Johnston, Rebecca Jones, Brian O’Kane), St. Thomas’s Church, Kendal, Cumbria, 6.8.2018. (MC)
Navarra Quartet
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