United States Mozart, The Marriage of Figaro: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Santa Fe Opera / Harry Bicket (conductor). Crosby Theatre, Santa Fe, 31.7.2025. (HS)
Ailyn Pérez and Liv Redpath excel in an uneven The Marriage of Figaro in Santa Fe
Festival 2025
Kahchun Wong’s immaculate conception of Mahler’s ‘Resurrection’ Symphony
United Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [9] – Mahler: Mari Eriksmoen (soprano), Emily D’Angelo (mezzo-soprano), Hallé Youth Choir, Hallé Choir, Hallé / Kahchun Wong (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 2.8.2025. (AV-E)
Elijah closes the 2025 Three Choirs Festival in style
United Kingdom Three Choirs Festival 2025 [5] – Mendelssohn: José Francisco Abrantes-Noronha (treble), Katherine Broderick (soprano), Jess Dandy (contralto), Anthony Gregory (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass-baritone), Three Choirs Festival Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra / Geraint Bowen (conductor). Hereford Cathedral, 2.8.2025. (JQ)
Yamada’s CBSO contrasts different strands of twentieth-century music in a courageous and compelling Prom
United Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [8] – Adams, Rachmaninov and Berio: Yunchan Lim (piano), BBC Singers, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Kazuki Yamada (conductor). Royal Albert Hall. London, 1.8.2025. (CSa)
Glitter and skill from Bax and Rustioni at the Blossom Music Festival
United States Blossom Music Festival 2025 [4]: Alessio Bax (piano), Cleveland Orchestra / Daniele Rustioni (conductor). Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, 2.8.2025. (MSJ)
Surviving EIF’s eight-hour opening Tavener choral concert proves dubiously memorable
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2025 [1]: (SRT)
John Matthew Myers stars in a triumphant revival of Smetana’s Dalibor at Bard
United States Smetana, Dalibor: Soloists, Bard Festival Chorale, American Symphony Orchestra / Leon Botstein (conductor). SummerScape Opera, Fischer Center at Bard, Annandale-on-Hudson, 30.8.2025. (RP)
Christoph Koncz makes a crisp Cleveland debut in an all-Hungarian program
United States Summers at Severance 2025 [3]: Cleveland Orchestra / Christoph Koncz (conductor). Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 31.7.2025. (MSJ)
