Various composers, Aspen Music Festival [7] (HS)
Festival 2018
Barrie Kosky Puts Wagner’s Die Meistersinger on Trial Again at Bayreuth
Germany Bayreuth Festival 2018 [3] – Wagner, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival / Philippe Jordan (conductor), Festspielhaus, Bayreuth, 28.7.2018. (JPr)
An Entertaining Opening to Itinéraire Baroque 2018
France BAROQUE ITINÉRAIRE 2018 [1], ‘Baroque en Cercles’ – Bach, Telemann, Werner, Albrechtsberger and A. Marcello: Tilman Lichdi (tenor), Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra / Ton Koopman (conductor). Église Abbatiale Saint-Cybard de Cercles, Périgord Vert, France, 26.7.2018. (CC)
A Hero’s Life: BBC NOW Present a Compelling Narrative at the Proms
United Kingdom BBC PROM 24 – Ethel Smyth, Dvořák, Richard Strauss: Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Otto Tausk (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 1.8.2018. (CS)
The Three Choirs Festival Pays a Worthy and Well-Deserved Tribute to Sir Hubert Parry
United Kingdom Three Choirs Festival [4] – Parry: Katherine Broderick (soprano), Mark Le Brocq (tenor), David Stout (bass), Three Choirs Festival Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir Andrew Davis (conductor). Hereford Cathedral, 2.8.2018. (JQ)
Ludos Baroque Create a Polished, Beautifully Crafted Sound World for Bach
United Kingdom Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018 [1] – Bach: Ludus Baroque, Greyfriars Kirk, 2.8.2018 (SRT)
A Winning Don Carlo at Opera på Skäret
Sweden Giuseppe Verdi, Don Carlo: Soloists, Opera på Skäret Chorus and Orchestra / Michael Balke (conductor), Opera på Skäret, Kopparberg 28.7.2018. (GF)
Katharina Wagner, Christian Thielemann and Petra Lang Create a Spellbinding Tristan und isolde at Bayreuth
Germany Bayreuth Festival 2018 [2] Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival / Christian Thielemann (conductor), Festspielhaus, Bayreuth, 27.7.2018. (JPr)