Festival 2024 – Page 24 – Seen and Heard International

Garsington Opera revives its undemanding but rewarding Le nozze di Figaro

03/08/202403/06/2024 by Curtis Rogers

United Kingdom Garsington Opera 2024 [2] – Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists, Garsington Opera Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra / Tabita Berglund (conductor). Garsington Opera at Wormsley, 1.6.2024. (CR)

Bethany Horak-Hallett (Cherubino) and Samantha Clarke (Countess) © Julian Guidera

Nevill Holt’s remarkably innovative Magic Flute begins a much expanded Festival programme

03/08/202403/06/2024 by Clive Peacock

United Kingdom Nevill Holt Festival 2024 – Mozart, The Magic Flute: Soloists, Britten Sinfonia / Finnegan Downie Dear (conductor). Nevill Holt, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, 1.6 2024. (CP)

Archie White (Dancer), Martins Smaukstelis (Tamino), Thea Kallhed Möller (Dancer), and Olivia Warburton (Pamina) © Manuel Harlan

Garsington Opera’s music and action provide vibrant integration for – a less episodic than usual – Platée

03/08/202403/06/2024 by Curtis Rogers

United Kingdom Garsington Opera 2024 [1] – Jean-Philippe Rameau, Platée: Soloists, Garsington Opera Chorus, The English Concert / Paul Agnew (conductor). Garsington Opera at Wormsley, 31.5.2024. (CR)

A scene from Garsington Opera’s *Platée* © Clive Barda/ArenaPAL

Manfred Honeck and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra sound magnificent in Dresden

03/08/202402/06/2024 by Michael Cookson

Germany Dresden Music Festival 2024 [8] – Tarrodi, Sibelius, Dvořák: Daniel Lozakovich (violin), Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra / Manfred Honeck (conductor). Kulturpalast Dresden, 26.5.2024. (MC)

Manfred Honeck conducts violinist Daniel Lozakovich and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra © Oliver Killig

Romantic Piano: a superb Sheffield recital by Mishka Rushdie Momen

03/08/202430/05/2024 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Music in the Round [3] – Romantic Piano: Mishka Rushdie Momen (piano). Crucible Playhouse, Sheffield, 23.5.2024. (CC)

Sting has the audience in the palm of his hand at the Dresden Music Festival

03/08/202429/05/2024 by Michael Cookson

Germany Dresdner Musikfestspiele 2024 [7]: Sting (vocals, bass guitar), Dominic Miller (lead guitar), Chris Maas (drummer). Halle 1, Messe, Dresden, 25.5.2024. (MC)

Sting and band at Dresden Messe © Oliver Killig

Superbly and intelligently programmed evening of ‘French Gems’ from Ensemble 360 in Sheffield

03/08/202429/05/2024 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Music in the Round [2] – French Gems: Ensemble 360. Crucible Playhouse, Sheffield, 22.5.2024. (CC)

Franck’s Piano Quintet feat. Tim Horton (piano) © Matthew Johnson

A Dresden recital of outstanding artistry and sincerity from Matthias Goerne and Alexander Schmalcz

03/08/202427/05/2024 by Michael Cookson

Germany Dresden Music Festival 2024 [6] – R. Schumann, Brahms: Matthias Goerne (baritone), Alexander Schmalcz (piano). Staatsschauspiel Dresden, 24.5.2024. (MC)