Germany Bayreuth Festival 2024 [3] – Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra / Semyon Bychkov (conductor). Festspielhaus, Bayreuth, 3.8.2024. (MB)
A satisfying and often moving Tristan und Isolde at Bayreuth
Mark Berry
Fine singing but problematic conducting as Der fliegende Holländer is revived at Bayreuth
Germany Bayreuth Festival 2024 [2] – Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer: Soloists, Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra / Oksana Lyniv (conductor). Festspielhaus, Bayreuth, 1.8.2024. (MB)
Christian Thielemann leads a fine concert performance of Capriccio in Salzburg
Austria Salzburg Festival 2024 [4] – R. Strauss, Capriccio: Soloists, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Christian Thielemann (conductor). Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 26.7.2024. (MB)
Fine performances of two twentieth-century Italian masterworks in Salzburg
Austria Salzburg Festival 2024 [3] – Nono and Dallapiccola: Soloists, Bavarian Radio Chorus (chorus director: Peter Dijkstra), Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra / Maxime Pascal (conductor). Felsenreitschule, Salzburg, 25.7.2024. (MB)
Tempi and time interact on Salzburg’s extraordinary musical journey in Grisey’s Le Noir de l’Étoile
Austria Salzburg Festival 2024 [2] – Grisey, Le Noir de l’Étoile: Motus Percussion (Christoph Sietzen, Leonhard Schmidinger, Nico Gerstmayer, Akisato Takeo, Miguel Llorente Gil, Lorenzo Manquillet). Kollegienkirche, Salzburg, 24.7.2024. (MB)
A fine concert performance of Haas’s Koma at the Salzburg Festival
Austria Salzburg Festival 2024 [1] – Haas, Koma: Soloists, Klangforum Wien, Bas Wiegers (conductor). Grosser Saal, Mozarteum, Salzburg, 24.7.2024. (MB)
Rameau’s lost Samson is evidently a labour not only of love but also of conviction for all
France Festival d’Aix-en-Provence [5] – Rameau, Samson: Soloists, Pygmalion / Raphaël Pichon (conductor). Théâtre de l’Archevêché, Aix-en-Provence, 12.7.2024. (MB)
Despite reservations, memory of Gluck at Aix will doubtless endure
France Festival d’Aix-en-Provence [4] – Gluck, Iphigénie en Aulide and Iphigénie en Tauride: Soloists, Le Choeur d’Astrée (chorus director: Richard Wilberforce), Le Concert d’Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm (conductor). Grand Théâtre de Provence, Aix-en-Provence, 11.7.2024 (MB)
