Month: August 2024

Andreas Homoki’s Carmen returns full circle to Paris’s Opéra-Comique at the EIF

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2024 [4]: Bizet, Carmen: Soloists, Accentus, Maitrise Populaire de l’Opéra-Comique, Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Louis Langrée (conductor), Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 8.8.2024 (SRT)

Opéra-Comique’s Carmen: the smugglers’ quintet © Andrew Perry

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Abundant Entertainment: G&S’s The Yeoman of the Guard from Charles Court Opera and Opera Holland Park

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Gilbert and Sullivan: The Yeoman of the Guard: Soloists, Chorus of Opera Holland Park, City of London Sinfonia / David Eaton (conductor). Opera Holland Park, London. 7.8.2024. (JR)

Amy J Payne as Dame Carruthers in The Yeomen of the Guard at Opera Holland Park © Ellie Kurttz

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New Art from Old: the Danish String Quartet present a final gift from Schubert and a wreath from Adès

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United StatesUnited States Tanglewood Festival 2024 [9] – Various: Danish String Quartet (Frederik Øland, Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen [violins], Asbjørn Nørgaard [viola], Fredrik Schøyen Sjölin, Johannes Rostamo [cellos]). Seiji Ozawa Hall, Lenox, 1.8.2024. (CSa)

Danish String Quartet at the Tanglewood Festival 2024 © BSO / Hilary Scott

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Benjamin Grosvenor gives a titanic performance of Busoni’s Piano Concerto at the BBC Proms

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom PROM 23 – Rachmaninov, Busoni: Benjamin Grosvenor (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Edward Gardner (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 5.8.2024. (CK)

Benjamin Grosvenor plays Busoni’s Piano Concerto with the LPO conducted by Edward Gardner © BBC / Andy Paradise

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