Concert Reviews

The complete list of posted concert reviews

Vienna State Opera’s past, present and future as Garanča, Kaufmann and Bernheim star in the open air

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AustriaAustria Vienna State Opera’s Opern Air: Soloists, Vienna State Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Bertrand de Billy (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Dominik Kepczynski) from the Burggarten, Vienna, 7.12.2025 and available from 18 September on arte.tv. (JPr)

Elīna Garanča © WS/Martina Berger

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Franz Welser-Möst and the peerless Vienna Philharmonic at the BBC Proms

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [28] – Berg and Bruckner: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 8.9.2025. (MB)

Franz Welser-Möst conducts the Vienna Philharmonic at the BBC Proms 2025 © BBC/Chris Christodoulou

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Hisaishi leads the US premiere of an evocative The Boy and the Heron Suite in Cleveland

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United StatesUnited States ‘Hisaishi Conducts Hisaishi’: Antoine Tamestit (viola), Cleveland Orchestra / Joe Hisaishi (conductor, piano). Mandel Concert Hall, Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 4.9.2025. (MSJ)

Joe Hisaishi directing The Cleveland Orchestra from the piano in the suite from The Boy and the Heron © Julian Dubé/TCO

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