United States Aspen Music Festival 2024 [3]: Harris Hall, Aspen, Colorado. (HS)
Three contrasting approaches to music, all valid, on three nights in Aspen
Festival 2024
Lyniv and Barnatan conjure vivid light and shade in Cleveland for ‘Summers at Severance’
United States Summers at Severance 2024 [1]: Inon Barnatan (piano), Cleveland Orchestra / Oksana Lyniv (conductor). Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 11.7.2024. (MSJ)
Having caught up with Katie Mitchell’s Aix production, Pelléas will never quite be the same again
France Festival d’Aix-en-Provence [2] – Debussy, Pelléas et Mélisande: Soloists, Chorus (chorus master: Benedict Kearns) and Orchestra of the Lyon Opera / Susanna Mälkki (conductor). Grand Théâtre de Provence, Aix-en-Provence, 9.7.2024. (MB)
Longborough delivers a magical Ring to conclude five years of diligent planning
United Kingdom Longborough Festival Opera 2024 [1] – Wagner, Der Ring des Nibelungen: Soloists, Longborough Community Chorus, Longborough Festival Orchestra / Anthony Negus (conductor), Longborough, Cotswolds, 4, 5. 7 & 9.7.2024. (CP)
Laura Rickard’s imaginatively devised voyage of chamber music discovery concludes in Romsey
United Kingdom Various – Romsey Chamber Music Festival 2024 [2]: Sophia Jin (soprano), Thomas Guthrie (baritone), Imogen Whitehead (trumpet), Laura Rickard, Emma Roijackers, Luke Hsu (violin), José Nunes, Joseph Griffin, Coby Mendez (viola), Rainer Crosett, Lydia Hillerudh (cello), James Trowbridge (double bass), Johan Löfving (guitar), Jennifer Walsh, Michael Cohen-Weissert, Caspar Vos (piano). Houghton Lodge Gardens, Romsey Abbey, St. Mark’s Church, Ampfield, United Reformed Church, Romsey, 24-30.6.2024. (CK)
La tragédie de Carmen was a captivating evening of entertaining music theatre at Buxton
United Kingdom Bizet, La tragédie de Carmen (after Carmen by Bizet and Mérimée. Reimagined by Peter Brook using libretto by Jean-Claude Carrière and music score by Marius Constant): Soloists, Northern Chamber Orchestra / Iwan Davies (conductor). Buxton International Festival, Derbyshire, 9.7.2024. (MC)
A Richard Strauss afternoon at Tanglewood features Renée Fleming’s artistry
United States Tanglewood Festival 2024 [1] – Richard Strauss: Renée Fleming (soprano), Boston Symphony Orchestra / Andris Nelsons (conductor). Koussevitzky Shed, Lenox, Massachusetts, 7.7.2024. (ES-S)
Anne Akiko Meyers in a stunning performance of Fandango at the Grant Park Music Festival
United States Grant Park Music Festival 2024 [2] – Various: Anne Akiko Meyers (violin), Grant Park Music Festival Orchestra / Ludovic Morlot (conductor). Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, Chicago, 5.7.2024. (JLZ)
