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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Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts Mussorgsky’s Khovanshchina at the Salzburg Easter Festival

AustriaAustria Osterfestspiele Salzburg 2025 – Mussorgsky, Khovanshchina: Soloists, Slovak Philharmonic Choir, Bachchor Salzburg, Salzburger Festspiele and Theater Kinderchor, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 12.4.2025. (AL-L)

Khovanshchina at the Salzburg Easter Festival 2025 © Inés Bacher

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Xabier Anduaga triumphs in Munich’s new production of La fille du régiment

GermanyGermany Donizetti, La fille du régiment: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Bayerische Staatsoper / Stefano Montanari (conductor). Nationaltheater, Munich, 31.12.2024. (ALL)

Bayerische Staatsoper’s La fille du régiment – Sunnyi Melles (centre, La Duchesse de Crakentorp) © Geoffrey Schied

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Sir Simon Rattle conducts a Bach St Matthew Passion of great integrity in Munich

GermanyGermany Bach, Matthäus-Passion (St Matthew Passion): Soloists, Augsburger Domsingknaben, Bavarian Radio Chorus, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Herkulessaal, Munich, 26.9.2024. (ALL)

Bach’s St Matthew Passion in Munich’s Herkulessaal © Severin Vogl/BRSO

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