Festival 2017 – Page 7 – Seen and Heard International

Brahms’ Requiem and a Makeshift Strauss Opera Hit and Miss on the Fringe

22/08/201719/08/2017 by Simon Thompson

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017 [3] (SRT) Brahms – A German Requiem, NYCOS, St Giles Cathedral, 12.8.2017 Strauss – Ariadne auf Naxos, VoiceArc, Broughton St Mary’s Church, 18.8.2017. As if he wasn’t already busy enough with the Edinburgh Festival Chorus, their Chorus Director, Christopher Bell, spent what must be a rare August night off conducting his … Read more

Thrilling Poppea Cements Gardiner’s Greatness in Epic Festival Feat

22/08/201718/08/2017 by Simon Thompson

United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2017 (9) – Monteverdi, L’incoronazione di Poppea: English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir / John Eliot Gardiner (conductor), Usher Hall, 17.8.2017. (SRT)

As Always, the Vienna Philharmonic Gives of its Best for Muti

22/08/201718/08/2017 by Mark Berry

Austria Salzburg Festival [4] – Brahms and Tchaikovsky: Yefim Bronfman (piano), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Riccardo Muti (conductor). Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 13.6.2017. (MB)

The Dala-Floda Opera Festival Comes to a Grand Finale

22/08/201718/08/2017 by Goran Forsling

Sweden Dala-Floda Opera Festival: Soloists, Dala-Floda Opera Chorus, Jacob Piamorex Moscowicz (piano) Dala-Floda Church, Dalecarlia 10.8 & 13.8.2017. (GF)

image2[7989] — Kevin Johansson and Mira Fröling Hoffman (c) Marie Johansson

Hartmut Haenchen’s 2017 Bayreuth Parsifal Gains in Tension, Spirituality and Reverence

21/08/201918/08/2017 by Jim Pritchard

Germany Bayreuth Festival 2017 [1] -Wagner, Parsifal: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival / Hartmut Haenchen (conductor). Festspielhaus, Bayreuth, 14.8.2017. (JPr)

parsifal-2017-bayreuther-festspiele — Parsifal (Andreas Schager) and Flowermaidens
© Bayreuther Festspiele/Enrico Nawrath

Cultivated Mozart Playing Undermined by Dogmatic Conducting

20/08/201718/08/2017 by Mark Berry

Austria 2017 Salzburg Festival [3] – Mozart: Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra / Václav Luks (conductor). Grosser Saal, Mozarteum, Salzburg, 13.6.2017. (MB)

‘Sheer Beauty’: Il Ritorno d’Ulisse is Another Triumph for Gardiner’s Monteverdi Trilogy

20/08/201718/08/2017 by Simon Thompson

United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2017 (8) – Monteverdi, Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria: English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor), Usher Hall, 15.8.2017. (SRT)

--Photo ©Michele Crosera — Hana Blažíková (Minerva) © Michele Crosera

Gardiner’s ’Fresh, Dynamic’ L’Orfeo makes for a Compellingly Theatrical Experience

20/08/201718/08/2017 by Simon Thompson

United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2017 [7] – Monteverdi, L’Orfeo: English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir / John Eliot Gardiner (conductor), Usher Hall, 14.8.2017. (SRT)

--Fondazione Teatro La Fenice CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI, LORFEO Direttore Sir John Eliot Gardiner Regia Elsa Rooke/Sir John Eliot Gardiner Photo ©Michele Crosera — Monteverdi’s *L’Orfeo* © Michele Crosera

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