Festival 2024

Festival Janáček Brno 2024 closes with a terrific staging of The Cunning Little Vixen

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Czech RepublicCzech Republic Festival Janáček Brno 2024 [4] – Janáček, The Cunning Little Vixen: Soloists, Brno Children’s Chorus, Chorus and Orchestra of Janáček Opera / Marko Ivanović (conductor). Janáček Theatre, Brno, 24.11.2024. (GT)

Adam Plachetka (Forester) © Marek Olbrzymek

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Provocative staging of Jenůfa at the Festival Janáček Brno highlights women’s plight in society

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Czech RepublicCzech Republic Festival Janáček Brno 2024 [1] – Jenůfa (1904 original version ed. Mark Audus): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Moravian Theatre Olomouc / Anna Novotná Pešková (conductor). Mahen Theatre, Brno, 22.11.2024. (GT)

Festival Janáček Brno 2024 – Jenůfa Act III

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Outstanding Wexford Festival Opera revival of a ‘let’s put on an opera’ Donizetti rarity

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IrelandIreland Wexford Festival Opera 2024 [3] – Donizetti, Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Wexford Festival Opera / Danila Grassi (conductor). O’Reilly Theatre, Wexford, 25.10.2024. (RB)

Wexford Festival Opera’s Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali © Patricio Cassinoni

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Wexford Festival Opera makes a strong case for Stanford’s The Critic

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IrelandIreland Wexford Festival Opera 2024 [2] – Stanford, The Critic: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Wexford National Opera / Ciarán McAuley (conductor), O’Reilly Theatre Wexford, 24.10.2024. (RB)

[l-r] Arthur Riordan (Mr Sneer), Mark Lambert (Mr Puff), Hannah O’Brien in The Critic © Patricio Cassinoni

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Sandbox Percussion light up Beijing’s Forbidden City with an electrifying quartet by Andy Akiho

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ChinaChina Beijing Music Festival – Andy Akiho, Seven Pillars: Sandbox Percussion: Ian Rosenbaum, Jonny Allen, Terry Sweeney, Victor Caccese. Forbidden City Concert Hall, Beijing, 11.10.2024. (TS)

Sandbox Percussion’s Seven Pillars © Beijing Music Festival

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Fine Wexford Festival Opera cast for Mascagni’s Le maschere, but the opera itself is unconvincing

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IrelandIreland Wexford Opera Festival 2024 [1] – Mascagni, Le maschere: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Wexford Festival Opera / Francesco Cilluffo (conductor). O’Reilly Theatre, Wexford, 23.10.2024 (RB)

Ioana Constantin Pipelea (Colombina), Gillen Munguia (Brighella), Andrew Morstein (Florindo), and Lavinia Bini (Rosaura) in WFO’s Le maschere © Patricio Cassinoni

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