The Staatsoper Berlin’s Siegfried and Götterdämmerung are superb in both musical and vocal terms

GermanyGermany Der Ring des Nibelungen [2] – Wagner, Siegfried, Götterdämmerung: Staatsopernchor, Staatskapelle Berlin / Daniel Barenboim (conductor), Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 26 & 29.9.2019. (JMI)

Siegfried, Act III (c) M. Rittershaus

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Despite John Butt’s strong presence, Spears’s music isn’t Mozart’s in Glasgow

United KingdomUnited Kingdom 2019 Glasgow Cathedral Festival –Bruckner, Mozart: Mhairi Lawson (soprano), Beth Taylor, (mezzo-soprano), Christopher Bowen (tenor), Brian Bannatyne-Scott (bass), Orchestra, Glasgow Cathedral Choir, Glasgow University Chapel Choir / John Butt (conductor), Glasgow Cathedral, 28.9.2019. (SRT)

2019 Glasgow Cathedral Festival (c) Tommy Ga-Ken Wan

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A voice of ravishing beauty – Nina Stemme dazzles in NY Phil’s double-bill of Schoenberg and Bartók

United StatesUnited States Schoenberg, Bartók: Nina Stemme (soprano), Katarina Karnéus (mezzo-soprano), Johannes Martin Kränzle (baritone), Nancy Allen (harp), New York Philharmonic / Jaap van Zweden (conductor), David Geffen Hall, New York, 26.9.2019. (RP)

Nina Stemme (Judith) and Johannes Martin Kränzle (Bluebeard)
© Chris Lee

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