International Concerts

All non-UK concert reviews

Mozart or ‘Woke-zart’ in Cleveland? Apollo’s Fire provokes discussion

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United StatesUnited States Various, ‘Mozart’s Requiem: A Tapestry’: Sonya Headlam (soprano), Guadalupe Paz (mezzo-soprano), Jacob Perry (tenor), Kevin Deas (bass-baritone), Elora Kares (soprano), Charles Wesley Evans (baritone), Apollo’s Singers, Apollo’s Fire / Jeannette Sorrell (conductor). Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 8.11.2025. (MSJ)

Jeannette Sorrel conducts ‘A Mozart Tapestry’ with Apollo’s Fire and soloists © Malcolm Henoch

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Conductor Karina Canellakis shapes precise, expressive narratives with the San Francisco Symphony

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United StatesUnited States Dvořák, Prokofiev, Sibelius: Alexandre Kantorow (piano), San Francisco Symphony / Karina Canellakis (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 6.11.2025. (HS)

Alexandre Kantorow and Karina Canellakis take a bow after Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No.3 © Brittany Hosea-Small

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A terrific evening in Paris as Brahms is juxtaposed with Mozart

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FranceFrance Brahms, Mozart: Axelle Fanyo (soprano), Agnieszka Rehlis (mezzo-soprano), Werner Güra (tenor), Guilhem Worms (bass), Chœur Orféon Donostiara, Le Cercle de l’Harmonie / Jérémie Rhorer (conductor). Philharmonie de Paris, 4.11.2025. (CC)

Jérémie Rhorer conducts mezzo-soprano Agnieszka Rehlis, Chœur Orféon Donostiara and Le Cercle de l’Harmonie © Caroline Doutre

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Metamorphosis as method: from a Vivaldi pasticcio to a drag revue

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AustriaAustria Salzburg Festival 2025 [9] – Vivaldi/ Ovid, Hotel Metamorphosis: Soloists, Il Canto di Orfeo chorus, Les Musiciens du Prince – Monaco / Gianluca Capuano (conductor). Recorded live (directed by Tiziano Mancini) at the Haus für Mozart, Salzburg, June 2025 and viewed on arte.tv.

United StatesUnited States Various, Orgy & Bess: Deep Throats and High Notes: Soloists, Band, Heartbeat Opera. Judson Memorial Church, New York, 31.10.2025. (ES-S)

John Taylor Ward, Angela Yam, Jamilyn Manning, Bernard Holcomb and Sishel Claverie in Orgy and Bess © Russ Rowland

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