Berlin’s Pelléas et Mélisande revival offers a highly moving and thought-provoking night in the theatre

GermanyGermany Debussy, Pelléas et Mélisande: Soloists, Staatsopernchor Berlin (chorus director: Dani Juris), Staatskapelle Berlin / François-Xavier Roth (conductor). Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 3.7.2026. (MB)

Staatsoper Unter den Linden’s Pelléas et Mélisande (previous cast) © Tatjana Dachsel

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A semi-staged Turandot is yet more distinguished Puccini from Opera Holland Park

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Puccini, Turandot: Soloists, Opera Holland Park Youth Chorus (chorus master: Joe Cummings) and Chorus (chorus master: Richard Harker), City of London Sinfonia / Naomi Woo (conductor). Opera Holland Park, London, 23.6.2026. (MB)

Anne Sophie Duprels as Princess Turandot and Josè de Eça as Calaf Turandot © Pablo Strong

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Kurtág centenary celebrations continue with superbly performed revival of an unqualified masterpiece

FranceFrance Illès, Mundry, Feierabend, and Kurtág: Anu Komsi (soprano), Hélène Fauchère (mezzo-soprano), Emmanuelle Ophèle (flute), Carlo Laurenzi, Augustin Müller (IRCAM electronics), Sylvain Cadars (IRCAM sound diffusion), Ensemble intercontemporain / Pierre Bleuse (conductor). Salle des concerts, Cité de la musique, Paris, 5.6.2026. (MB)

Hélène Fauchère (mezzo-soprano) with Ensemble intercontemporain and conductor Pierre Bleuse © Anne-Elise Grosbois

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