A praiseworthy Opera Gala celebrates the Royal Northern College of Music’s fiftieth anniversary

United KingdomUnited Kingdom RNCM Opera Gala: Soloists, RNCM Opera Chorus, RNCM Professional Experience Scheme Students, Orchestra of Opera North (augmented by players from RNCM) / Garry Walker (conductor). Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, 28.6.2023. (MC)

Garry Walker conducts the Orchestra of Opera North (augmented by players from RNCM) © Roscoe Rutter

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Sergey ‘Spallenmann’ Malov and his violoncello da spalla triumph at Kissinger Sommer

GermanyGermany Kissinger Sommer [2] – ‘Dueling Strings’: Sergey Malov (violin, violoncello da spalla), Venice Baroque Orchestra / Andrea Marcon (conductor). Erlöserkirche, Bad Kissingen, 30.06.2023. (LV)

Sergey Malov and his violoncello da spalla © Julie Wesely

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Valentina Peleggi conducts Coleman, Saint-Saëns and Tchaikovsky at the Grant Park Music Festival

United StatesUnited States Coleman, Saint-Saëns and Tchaikovsky: Stewart Goodyear (piano), Grant Park Music Festival Orchestra / Valentina Peleggi (conductor). Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, Chicago, 29.6.2023. (JLZ)

Valentina Peleggi conducts the Grant Park Music Festival Orchestra © Elliot Mandel

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Bertrand de Billy’s conducting and Lisa Davidsen’s Elizabeth impress in Covent Garden’s Don Carlo revival

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Verdi, Don Carlo (Modena version, 1886): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Bertrand de Billy (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 30.6.2023. (CC)

John Relyea (Philip II) and Luca Micheletti (Rodrigo) © Bill Cooper

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Inspired by the Bard: Met Orchestra and constellation of stars in potent mix of tragedy, ecstasy, and rapture

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Matthew Aucoin, Berlioz and Verdi: Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano), Angel Blue (soprano) and Russell Thomas (tenor), The Met Orchestra / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 29.6.2023. (CSa)

Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano) and The Met Orchestra © Mark Allan

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