Ireland Wexford Festival Opera 2025 [3] – Handel, Deidamia: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Wexford Festival Opera / George Petrou (conductor). O’Reilly Theatre, Wexford, 26.10.2925. (RB)
An outstanding account of Handel’s Deidamia at Wexford
Festivals
An excellent Wexford performance cannot disguise the flaws in Delius’s The Magic Fountain
Ireland Wexford Festival Opera 2025 [2] – Delius, The Magic Fountain: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Wexford Festival Opera / Francesco Cilluffo (conductor). O’Reilly Theatre, Wexford, 25.10.2025. (RB)
A rare chance to hear Verdi’s French version of Il trovatore at Wexford
Ireland Wexford Festival Opera 2025 [1] – Verdi, Le trouvère: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Wexford Festival Opera / Marcus Bosch (conductor). O’Reilly Theatre, Wexford, 24.10.2025. (RB)
Oxford International Song Festival delivers a Monday of ‘Creativity Unlocked’ to live long in the memory
United Kingdom Various: Holywell Music Room and The Weston Library Lecture Theatre, Oxford, 13.10.2025. (CP)
Bucharest Opera stage a powerfully emotive performance of Enescu’s great masterpiece Oedipe
United Kingdom George Enescu International Festival 2025 [7] – Enescu, Oedipe: Soloists, Chorus, Children’s Chorus and Orchestra of Bucharest National Opera / Tiberiu Soare (conductor), Daniel Jinga, Adrian Ionescu (choir conductors), Smaranda Morgovan (coordinator of the children’s choir). National Opera Theatre, Bucharest, 15.9.2025. (GT)
Fragments and monumentality: Mäkelä with the Concertgebouw at the Enescu Festival
Romania George Enescu Festival 2025 [8] – Schubert/Berio, Mahler: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Klaus Mäkelä (conductor). Palace Hall, Bucharest, 20.9.2025. (ES-S)
French children’s classics are brought to life by incandescent visuals at the Enescu Festival
Romania George Enescu International Festival 2025 [5] – Poulenc, Ravel: Braşov Philharmonic Orchestra / David Molard Soriano (conductor). Tudor Cucu-Dumitrescu (MC), Oana Berbec (narrator), Grégoire Pont (artist/illustrator), Odeon Theatre, Bucharest, 14.9.2025. (GT)
Kristine Opolais gives a sensational portrayal of Shostakovich’s Katerina at the Enescu Festival
United Kingdom George Enescu International Festival 2025 [4] – Shostakovich, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District: Soloists, Orchestra and Academic Choir of Romanian Radio (choral conductor: Ciprian Tutu) / Giancarlo Guerrero (conductor). Palace Hall Bucharest, 14.9.2025. (GT)
