Mark Berry

A vividly direct performance and production of Gluck’s Iphigenia in Tauris by Blackheath Halls Opera

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Gluck, Iphigenia in Tauris (Iphigénie en Tauride): Soloists, Students from Greenvale School and Charlton Park Academy, Blackheath Halls Chorus and Youth Company, Blackheath Halls Orchestra / Chris Stark (conductor). Blackheath Halls, London, 28.9.2025. (MB)

Francesca Chiejina (centre, Iphigénie)  and the cast of Iphigenia in Tauris © Julian Guidera

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A splendid, fascinating and, at the end, courageous Prom led by Ilan Volkov

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [31] – Gabrieli, Stravinsky, and Brahms: Jess Dandy (contralto), Ashley Riches (bass-baritone), National Youth Choir, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Ilan Volkov (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 11.9.2025. (MB)

Conductor Ilan Volkov and bass-baritone Ashley Riches © BBC/Andy Paradise

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Franz Welser-Möst and the peerless Vienna Philharmonic at the BBC Proms

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [28] – Berg and Bruckner: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 8.9.2025. (MB)

Franz Welser-Möst conducts the Vienna Philharmonic at the BBC Proms 2025 © BBC/Chris Christodoulou

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Estimable Salzburg Festival production and performance of Eötvös’s Three Sisters

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AustriaAustria Salzburg Festival 2025 [7] – Eötvös, Three Sisters: Soloists, Actors, Klangforum Wien / Maxime Pascal, Alphonse Cemin (conductors). Felsenreitschule, Salzburg, 24.8.2025. (MB)

Salzburg Festival 2025 –  Three Sisters © SF/Monika Rittershaus

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Another splendidly Boulezian programme at the Salzburg Festival 

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Salzburg Festival 2025 [6] – Ravel, Boulez, Varèse: Sarah Aristidou (soprano), Klangforum Wien / Sylvain Cambreling (conductor). Haus für Mozart, Salzburg, 23.8.2025. (MB)

Klangforum Wien, soprano Sarah Aristidou and conductor Sylvain Cambreling © SF/Jan Friese

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