Mark Berry – Page 29 – Seen and Heard International

Il trittico is largely a triumph at the Salzburg Festival

25/08/202224/08/2022 by Mark Berry

Austria Salzburg Festival [2]: Puccini – Il trittico: Soloists, Dancers, Salzburg Festival and Theatre Children’s Choir (chorus director: Wolfgang Götz), Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus (chorus director: Jörn Hinnerk Andresen), Angelika-Prokopp-Summer Academy of the Vienna Philharmonic (stage music), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst (conductor). Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 21.8.2022. (MB)

*Gianni Schicchi*: Alexey Neklyudov (Rinuccio), Manel Esteve Madrid (Betto di Signa), Caterina Piva (La Ciesca), Iurii Samoilov (Marco), Enkelejda Shkosa (Zita), Lavinia Bini (Nella), Scott Wilde (Simone) © SF/Monika Rittershaus

Ivor Bolton seems to miss the smile in Mozart’s music

18/10/202222/08/2022 by Mark Berry

Austria Salzburg Festival [1] – Mozart: Alexander Melnikov (piano), Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra, Ivor Bolton (conductor). Grosser Saal, Mozarteum, Salzburg, 21.8.2022. (MB)

Alexander Melnikov (piano), Ivor Bolton (conductor), Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg © SF/Marco Borrelli

Magnificent Elgar crowns an English Prom from Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra

18/10/202217/08/2022 by Mark Berry

United Kingdom BBC Proms 2022 [17], Prom 39 – Turnage, Vaughan Williams, and Elgar: Constantin Hartwig (tuba), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Sakari Oramo (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 15.8.2022. (MB)

Sakari Oramo conducts Constantin Hartwig (tuba) and the BBC SO © BBC/Chris Christodoulou

Opera Holland Park’s new double-bill of Delius and Puccini operatic rarities proves a great success

03/07/202427/07/2022 by Mark Berry

United Kingdom Opera Holland Park 2022 [2] – Delius, Margot la Rouge / Puccini, Le Villi: Soloists, Opera Holland Park Chorus (chorus director: Dominic Ellis-Peckham), City of London Sinfonia / Francesco Cilluffo (conductor). Holland Park, London, 23.7.2022. (MB)

Anne Sophie Duprels (far r, Margot) and the cast of *Margot la Rouge* © Ali Wright

Eccentric programming and music of little interest brought no sense of occasion to a ‘Royal’ Prom

23/07/2022 by Mark Berry

United Kingdom BBC Proms 2022 [5], Prom 10 – ‘Music for Royal Occasions’: BBC Singers (chorus master: Martin Fitzpatrick), BBC Concert Orchestra / Barry Wordsworth (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 22.7.2022. (MB)

Barry Wordsworth conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra © BBC/Chris Christodoulou

Enjoyable and, at times, delectable Rimsky-Korsakov from Matiakh and the BBC NOW at the Proms

22/07/2022 by Mark Berry

United Kingdom BBC Proms 2022 [4], Prom 9 – Ravel, Beamish, and Rimsky-Korsakov: Catrin Finch (harp), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Ariane Matiakh (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 21.7.2022 (MB)

Ariane Matiakh (conductor) © BBC/Chris Christodoulou

The Blue Woman thoughtfully addresses the subject of sexual violence

11/07/202211/07/2022 by Mark Berry

United Kingdom Laura Bowler, The Blue Woman: Soloists, Actors, Instrumentalists, Matthew Fairclough (sound design), Jessica Cottis (music director), Jamie Man (conductor). Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House, London, 6.7.2022. (MB)

*The Blue Woman* (c) ROH / Camilla Greenwell

The striking London premiere of Tom Coult’s first opera, Violet

24/06/202224/06/2022 by Mark Berry

United Kingdom Tom Coult – Violet: Soloists, Sound Intermedia (sound design), London Sinfonietta / Andrew Gourlay (conductor). Hackney Empire, London, 23.6.2022. (MB)

Richard Burkhard, Frances Gregory and Anna Dennis in *Violet* (c) Marc Brenner

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