Aix’s carefully programmed Haydn, Tchaikovsky and Mozart is an afternoon of great beauty and power

FranceFrance Aix-en-Provence Easter Festival [3] – Haydn, Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Grand Concert pour les Aixois: The Strings of Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra / Gábor Takács-Nagy (conductor). Cathédale Saint-Saveur, Aix-en-Provence, France, 20.4.2025. (CC)

Gábor Takács-Nagy conducts The Strings of Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra © Caroline Doutre/Festival de Pâques

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Memorable Chan, Capuçon and OSR concert at Aix, with moments of magic beyond count in Prokofiev

FranceFrance Aix-en-Provence Easter Festival [2]: Ogonek, R. Strauss, Prokofiev: Renaud Capuçon (violin), Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Elim Chan (conductor). Grand Théâtre de Provence, Aix-en-Provence, France, 19.4.2025. (CC)

Elim Chan conducts the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande © Caroline Doutre/Festival de Pâques

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Tcherniakov’s Die tote Stadt has Paul as an abusive recluse at Zurich Opera

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Die tote Stadt: Soloists,  Additional Chorus, SoprAlti of the Zurich Opera, Extras at the Zurich Opera House, Children’s choir, Philharmonia Zurich / Lorenzo Viotti (conductor). Zurich Opera, 21.4.2025. (MF)

Eric Cutler (Paul) and Vida Miknevičiūtė (Marie/Marietta) © Monika Rittershaus

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Petrenko and the Berlin Philharmonic elevate Madama Butterfly in Baden-Baden

GermanyGermany Puccini, Madama Butterfly: Soloists, Tschechischer Philharmonischer Chor Brünn, Berliner Philharmoniker / Kirill Petrenko (conductor). Festpielhaus Baden-Baden, 20.4.2025. (AL-L)

Eleonora Burrato (Cio-Cio-San) and Teresa Iervolino (Suzuki) © Monika Rittershaus

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Notable young talent on violin, flute, and viola excel at Aix

FranceFrance Ravel, Fauré, Saint-Saëns – Génération @ Aix: Anneleen Lenaerts (harp/mentor), Thomas Briant (violin), Sara Ferrández (viola), Alberto Navarra (flute). Théâtre du Jeu de Palme, Aix-en-Provence, 19.4.2025. (CC)

[Clockwise from l] Anneleen Lenaerts, Thomas Briant, Sara Ferrández and Alberto Navarra

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