Mark Berry

A Highly Successful Production of L’incoronazione di Poppea in Salzburg

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AustriaAustria Salzburg Festival [2] – Monteverdi, L’incoronazione di Poppea: Soloists, Bodhi Project and Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance, Les Arts Florissants / William Christie (conductor). Haus für Mozart, Salzburg, 22.8.2018. (MB)

L’Incoronazione di Poppea (c) Maarten Vanden Abeele

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The Overdue Proms Debut of Orchestre de la Suisse Romande is Worth the Wait

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Proms

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Prom 45 – Debussy, Ravel, and Stravinsky: Renaud Capuçon (violin), Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Jonathan Nott (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 16.8.2018. (MB)

Renaud Capuçon (violin), Jonathan Nott (conductor) & Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
(c) BBC/Chris Christodoulou

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A Thought-Provoking Prom from West-Eastern Divan Orchestra and Daniel Barenboim

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Proms

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Prom 43 – Tchaikovsky, Coleman, and Scriabin: Elsa Dreisig (soprano), Lisa Batiashvili (violin), West-Eastern Divan Orchestra / Daniel Barenboim (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 14.8.2018. (MB)

Lisa Batiashvili (violin), Daniel Baremboim (conductor) and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra (c) BBC/Chris Christodoulou
Lisa Batiashvili (violin), Daniel Barenboim (conductor) & the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
(c) BBC/Chris Christodoulou

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Very Uneven Contemporary Responses to Bach in ‘The Brandenburg Project’

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom PROMS 29 and 30 – ‘The Brandenburg Project’: Bach, Turnage, Hillborg, Caine, Neuwirth, Dean, and Mackey: Fiona Kelly, Claire Chase (flutes), Per Gross, Katarina Wiedell (recorders), Lisa Almberg, Daniel Burstedt, Mårten Larsson (oboes), Håkan Hardenberger (trumpet), Göran Hülphers, Terése Larsson (horns), Pekka Kuusisto, Antje Weithaas (violins), Brett Dean, Tabea Zimmermann (violas), Maya Beiser (cello), Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord), Uri Caine (piano), Swedish Chamber Orchestra / Thomas Dausgaard (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 5.8.2018. (MB)

Thomas Dausgaard and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard (conductor) & Swedish Chamber Orchestra (c) BBC/Chris Christodoulou

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Much to Enjoy and to Provoke in The Fiery Angel

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FranceFrance Festival d’Aix-en-Provence [4] – Prokofiev, The Fiery Angel: Soloists, Dancers, Chorus of the Polish National Opera (chorus master: Miroslaw Janowski), Orchestre de Paris / Kazushi Ono (conductor). Grand Théâtre de Provence, Aix, 15.7.2018. (MB)

The Fiery Angel © Pascal Victor / artcompress

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