October 2026 – Page 4 – Seen and Heard International

Asmik Grigorian gives typically towering portrayals in Vienna’s new Zemlinsky/Bartók double-bill

14/10/202612/10/2026 by Jim Pritchard

Austria Zemlinsky, A Florentine Tragedy; Bartók, Duke Bluebeard’s Castle: Soloists, Orchestra of Vienna State Opera / Alain Altinoglu (conductor). 8.10.2026 Vienna State Opera performance (directed by Jakob Pitzer) livestreamed on 10.10.2026. (JPr)

Dmitry Golovnin (Guido), Asmik Grigorian (Bianca) and Christopher Maltman (Simone) in *A Florentine Tragedy* © WS/Marcel Urlaub

Takács Quartet fashions a ferocious Frank/Franck program

14/10/202612/10/2026 by Harvey Steiman

United States Various: Jeremy Denk (piano), Takács Quartet (Edward Dusinberre, Harumi Rhodes [violins], Richard O’Neill [viola], Mihai Marica [cello]). Cal Performances, Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley, 11.10.2026. (HS)

Edward Dusinberre, Harumi Rhodes (violins), Jeremy Denk (piano) and Mihai Marica (cello) takes bows © Harvey Steiman

Spring Snow: A Kabuki Winterreise at Wigmore Hall was an unforgettable evening

14/10/202612/10/2026 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Spring Snow: A Kabuki Winterreise: Fleur Barron (mezzo-soprano), Suleiman Suleiman (dancer), Jong Sun Woo (piano), Hibiki Ichikawa (shamisen/shinobue), Sonoko Kamimura-Ostern (choreography), Lifeng Liao (costume and lighting designer), Misa Koide, Sophie Daneman (movement directors). Wigmore Hall, 11.10.2026. (CC)

*Spring Snow: A Kabuki Winterreise* © Hugo Glendinning

Refined, virtuosic accounts of the Brandenburg Concertos from Bach Collegium Japan

14/10/202612/10/2026 by Robert Beattie

Ireland Bach: Bach Collegium Japan / Masato Suzuki (conductor and harpsichord). National Concert Hall, Dublin, 10.10.2026. (RB)

Masato Suzuki conducts the Bach Collegium Japan © K Miura

Önaç’s new music is certainly impressively constructed; the ideas lofty and a piece to hear live

13/10/202612/10/2026 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Önaç Atlantic Requiem (2026, world premiere): Brittany Renne (soprano), J’Nai Bridges (mezzo-soprano), Orson Van Gay II (tenor), BBC Singers, London Symphony Orchestra / Malcolm J. Merriweather (conductor). Jerwood Hall, LSO St Luke’s, 11.10.2026. (CC)

David Önaç’s *Atlantic Requiem* at St Luke’s, London © Mark Allan

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Asmik Grigorian gives typically towering portrayals in Vienna’s new Zemlinsky/Bartók double-bill

Takács Quartet fashions a ferocious Frank/Franck program

Spring Snow: A Kabuki Winterreise at Wigmore Hall was an unforgettable evening

Refined, virtuosic accounts of the Brandenburg Concertos from Bach Collegium Japan

Önaç’s new music is certainly impressively constructed; the ideas lofty and a piece to hear live

Anna Netrebko and Piotr Beczała excel in an otherwise tedious Aida in Barcelona

Oldenburg’s La forza del destino packs a punch

Ági Gubik gives a virtuoso performance in the monodrama Evenings of Janka in Budapest