Festival 2025

Capella de la Torre show spirit in their high-voltage (if quite tiring) Les Éléments in Périgord

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FranceFrance Itinéraire baroque en Périgord 2025 [2]: La Roche Baroque [2] – Les Éléments: Capella de la Torre. Église Saint-Théodore de la Rochebeaucourt, Périgord, France, 1.8.2025. (CC)

Capella de la Torre at Église Saint-Théodore de la Rochebeaucourt

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A very musical day at Itinéraire baroque en Périgord 2025 begins in a perfect way with La Risonanza

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FranceFrance Itinéraire baroque en Périgord 2025 [2]: La Roche Baroque [1] – Handel and his Contemporaries: La Risonanza. Église Saint-Théodore de la Rochebeaucourt, Périgord, France, 1.8.2025. (CC)

La Risonanza at the Église Saint-Théodore de la Rochebeaucourt

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Sofia Ballet’s freshly exciting Romeo and Juliet is a terrific success in the setting of Pancherovo Lake  

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BulgariaBulgaria Muses on the Water Summer Festival – Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet: Soloists, Corps de Ballet and Orchestra of Sofia Ballet / Igor Bogdanov (conductor), Pancherovo Lake, Sofia, 1.8.2024. (GT)

Marta Petkova (Juliet) and Frederico Pinto (Romeo)

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A great start to Itinéraire Baroque 2025 from A Nocte Temporis

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FranceFrance Itinéraire baroque en Périgord 2025 [1]: Opening Concert, Pyrame et Thisbé: A Nocte Temporis, Reinoud Van Mechelen (high tenor/director). Église Saint-Étienne-de-la-Cité, Périgord, France, 31.7.2025. (CC)

Reinoud Van Mechelen (high tenor/director)

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Enigmatic Boulez, dramatic early Mahler at the BBC Proms

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [10] – Boulez, Mahler: Natalya Romaniw (soprano), Jennifer Johnston (mezzo-soprano), Russell Thomas (tenor), James Newby (baritone), Carlos González Nápoles (treble), Malakai Bayoh (alto), Constanza Chorus, BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra / Hannu Lintu (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 4.8.2025. (CK)

[l-r] Natalya Romaniw (soprano), Jennifer Johnston (mezzo-soprano), Hannu Lintu (conductor), Russell Thomas (tenor) and James Newby (baritone) © BBC/Andy Paradise

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Tautly focused The Turn of the Screw creates a creepy psychological mood at Santa Fe Opera

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United StatesUnited States Britten, The Turn of the Screw: Soloists, chorus and orchestra of Santa Fe Opera / Gemma New (conductor). Crosby Theatre, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1.8.2025. (HS)

Jacquelyn Stucker (The Governess), Everett Baumgarten (Miles) and Brenton Ryan (Peter Quint) in The Turn of the Screw © Curtis Brown

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