Journeys of heart and heritage: the tenth Verão Clássico Festival kicks off

PortugalPortugal Verão Clássico Festival 2024 [1] – MasterFest Concert I: Stephan Picard, Eszter Haffner (violins); Miguel da Silva, Eszter Haffner (violas); Patrick Demenga (cello); Janne Saksala (double bass); Geir Draugsvoll (accordion); Eldar Nebolsin, Filipe Pinto-Ribeiro (piano). Museu Nacional dos Coches, Lisbon, 23.7.2024. (LV) [This performance was reviewed from a video provided by Verão Clássico]

Eldar Nebolsin plays Schumann at the Verão Clássico Festival © Andreia Carvalho

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With a highly committed Stabat Mater, the Three Choirs Festival does Stanford proud

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Three Choirs Festival [1] – Grace-Evangeline Mason, Holst, Stanford: Rebecca Hardwick (soprano), Marta Fontanals-Simmons (mezzo-soprano), Nicky Spence (tenor), Themba Mvula (baritone), Three Choirs Festival Chorus, Worcester Cathedral Choristers, Philharmonia Orchestra / Samuel Hudson (conductor) Worcester Cathedral, 27.7.2024. (JQ)

Stanford’s Stabat Mater at the Three Choirs Festival © James O’Driscoll

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Subtle nuances abound in Brigitte Fassbender’s production of Die Walküre for Tiroler Festspiele Erl

GermanyGermany Tiroler Festspiele Erl – Wagner, Die Walküre: Soloists and orchestra of the Tyrolean Festival Erl / Erik Nielsen (conductor). Passionsspielhaus Erl, 24.7.2024. (DMD)

Tiroler Festspiele Erl’s Die Walküre Act I © Xiomara Bender

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Fine performances of two twentieth-century Italian masterworks in Salzburg

AustriaAustria Salzburg Festival 2024 [3] – Nono and Dallapiccola: Soloists, Bavarian Radio Chorus (chorus director: Peter Dijkstra), Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra / Maxime Pascal (conductor). Felsenreitschule, Salzburg, 25.7.2024. (MB)

Caroline Wettergreen, Freya Apffelstaedt and Robin Tritschler singing in Il prigioniero © SF/Marco Borrelli

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Mozart’s The Abduction from the Seraglio at Marvão Castle: a cautionary tale for modern times

PortugalPortugal Marvão International Music Festival [2] – Mozart, Die Entführung aus dem Serail: Soloists, Cologne Chamber Orchestra / Christoph Poppen (conductor). Castelo de Marvão, Portugal, 21.7.2024. (LV)

Leonor Amaral (Konstanze) and Cláudia de Serpa Soares (Dancer) © Paulo Gouveia & Estela Alvarez Ruiz

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