Concert Reviews

The complete list of posted concert reviews

Henze’s Das Floss der Medusa provides an outstanding opening to the 2025 Salzburg Festival

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AustriaAustria Salzburg Festival 2025 [1] – Henze, Das Floss der Medusa: Soloists, Bavarian Radio Chorus (chorus director: Max Hanft), WRD Radio Chorus (chorus directors: Paul Krämer, Alexander Lüken), Salzburg Festival and Theatre Children’s Choir (chorus directors: Regina Sgier, Wolfgang Götz), ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra / Ingo Metzmacher (conductor). Felsenreitschule, Salzburg, 18.7.2025. (MB)

Kathrin Zukowski (La Mort) © SF/Marco Borrelli

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Rouvali triumphs in a sparkling ‘Summers at Severance’ program in Cleveland

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United StatesUnited States ‘Summers at Severance’ 2025 [2]: Cleveland Orchestra / Santtu-Matias Rouvali (conductor). Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 17.7.2025. (MSJ)

Santtu-Matias Rouvali conducts the Cleveland Orchestra © Aireonna McCall-Dube/TCO

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Cleveland opens Blossom with Osmo Vänskä leading piercing performances of mythical epics

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United StatesUnited States Blossom Music Festival 2025 [1]: Shelén Hughes (soprano), Reginald Mobley (countertenor), John Brancy (baritone), Blossom Festival Chorus, Cleveland Orchestra Children’s Chorus, Cleveland Orchestra / Osmo Vänskä (conductor). Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, 12.7.2025. (MSJ)

Osmo Vänskä conducts Carmina Burana with soloists (from l) Reginald Mobley, John Brancy and Shelén Hughes © Roger Mastroianni/TCO

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Outstanding concert by Stéphane Degout and Quatuor Diotima at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence

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FranceFrance Festival d’Aix-en-Provence 2025 [4] – Ligeti, Respighi, and Schoeck: Stéphane Degout (baritone), Quatuor Diotima (Yun-Peng Zhao, Léo Marillier [violins], Franck Chevalier [viola], Alexis Descharmes [cello]). Conservatoire Darius Milhaud, Aix-en-Provence, 10.7.2025. (MB)

Stéphane Degout (centre) and Quatuor Diotima

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