Mark Berry

A fairytale Die Zauberflöte in Salzburg

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AustriaAustria Salzburg Festival [6] – Mozart, Die Zauberflöte: Soloists, Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera (chorus director: Jörn Hinnerk Andresen), Angelika-Prokopp-Summer Academy of the Vienna Philharmonic (stage music), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Joana Mallwitz (conductor). Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 27.8.2022. (MB)

Ilse Eerens (First Lady), Sophie Rennert (Second Lady), Noa Beinart (Third Lady), Wiener Sängerknaben (Three Boys), Mauro Peter (Tamino), Roland Koch (Grandfather), Valérie Junker (Third Priest) © SF/Sandra Then

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Katya Kabanova in Salzburg

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AustriaAustria Salzburg Festival [5] – Janáček, Katya Kabanova: Soloists, Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus (chorus director: Huw Rhys James), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Jakub Hrůša (conductor). Felsenreitschule, Salzburg, 26.8.2022. (MB)

Salzburg Festival’s Katya Kabanova: Corinne Winters (Katěrina/Káťa) © SF/Monika Rittershaus

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Superb Saint-Saëns is the highlight from Barenboim at the Salzburg Festival

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AustriaAustria Salzburg Festival [3] – Saint-Saëns and Wagner: Elina Garanča (soprano), Brandon Jovanovich (tenor), Michael Volle (baritone), Members of the Young Singers Project, Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus (chorus director: Jörn Hinnerk Andresen), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Daniel Barenboim (conductor). Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 22.8.2022. (MB)

Elīna Garanča (Dalila/Kundry), Brandon Jovanovich (Samson/Parsifal), Vienna Philharmonic © SF/Marco Borrelli

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Il trittico is largely a triumph at the Salzburg Festival

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AustriaAustria 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

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

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United KingdomUnited 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

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

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United KingdomUnited 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

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