Manfred Honeck leads a thoughtful presentation of Mozart in Dresden  

GermanyGermany Mozart, Haydn, and Gregorian Chant: Nikola Hillebrand (soprano), Marie Henriette Reinhold (contralto), Sebastian Kohlhepp (tenor), Mikhail Timoshenko (bass), Ulrich Tukur (reciter), Dresden Chamber Choir (chorus director: Tobias Mäthger), Dresden Kreuzchor (chorus director: Karl Pohlandt), Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden / Manfred Honeck (conductor). Semperoper, Dresden, 11.4.2022 (MB)

Manfred Honeck (c) Oliver Killig

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Superb musicianship at odds with a dire production of Le nozze di Figaro at the Berlin Festtage

GermanyGermany Berlin Festtage 2022 [3] – Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists, Staatsopernchor Berlin (chorus master: Martin Wright), Staatskapelle Berlin / Daniel Barenboim (conductor). Staatsoper Unter den Linden, 9.4.2022 (MB)

Elsa Dreisig (Countess Almaviva) (c) Matthias Baus

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Superbly constructed and performed programme from François-Xavier Roth and the LSO

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Järventausta, R. Strauss, Grime, Coll: Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), Håkan Hardenberger (trumpet), London Symphony Orchestra / François-Xavier Roth (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 3.4.2022. (MB)

Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), François-Xavier Roth (conductor) and LSO © Mark Allan

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