Freddie De Tommaso’s confident role debut and Bryn Terfel’s masterclass in Verbier’s Puccini double bill

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Verbier Festival 2025 – Puccini, Gianni Schicchi, Mascagni, Cavalleria rusticana (concert performances): Soloists, Oberwalliser Vokalensemble choir, Verbier Festival Orchestra / Andrea Battistoni (conductor), Johanna Vaude (video art). Broadcast live from Salle des Combins, Verbier, Switzerland, 24.7.2025 and available on medici.tv. (JPr) Updated review.

Sungho Kim (Rinuccio), Ying Fang (Lauretta) and Sir Bryn Terfel (Gianni Schicchi)

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From Bruch to Beethoven: Verão Clássico’s artists illuminate the art of chamber music

PortugalPortugal Verão Clássico Festival 2025 [1] – Various: Anna Samuil (soprano), Stephan Picard, Lena Neudauer (violins), Muriel Razavi (viola), Gary Hoffman (cello), Alexandra Scott (double bass), Milana Chernyavska, Filipe Pinto-Ribeiro (piano). Centro Cultural de Belém, Pequeno Auditório, Lisbon, 23.7.2025. (LV)

Anna Samuil singing Dvořák at the Verão Clássico © Andreia Carvalho

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Revel in Ravel and Goosby’s excellence at the Proms whilst Charlotte Sohy’s music is blissful

United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [3] – French Night with the Orchestre National de France: Randall Goosby (violin), Orchestre National de France / Cristian Măcelaru (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 23.7.2025. (CC)

Cristian Măcelaru conducts the Orchestre National de France © Chris Christodoulou/BBC

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Renée Fleming puts her directorial stamp on a classic Mozart opera in Aspen

United StatesUnited States Aspen Music Festival 2025 [6] – Mozart, Così fan tutte: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Aspen Opera Theatre and VocalARTS / Patrick Summers (conductor). Wheeler Opera House, Aspen, 21.7.2025. (HS)

Finn Sagal (Guglielmo) and Jonghyun Park (Ferrando) don pro-wrestling costumes from Peter Barber (Don Alfonso) © Diego Redel

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Haunted rooms and fractured time: Vanessa reimagined at the Williamstown Theatre Festival

United StatesUnited States Williamstown Theatre Festival – Barber, Vanessa: Soloists, Musicians of the Heartbeat Opera / Dan Schlosberg (conductor). Williamstown Theatre Festival Annex, North Adams, 20.7.2025. (ES-S)

Mary Phillips (Baroness), Ori Marcu (Erika) and Roy Hage (Anatol) © Maria Branova

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Masterly Mahler and a fascinating new commission from the BBC Philharmonic at the Proms

United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [2] –  Coult, Mahler: Allan Clayton (tenor), BBC Philharmonic Orchestra / John Storgårds (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 21.7.2025. (JR)

John Storgårds conducts tenor Allan Clayton and the BBC Philharmonic © BBC/ Mark Allan

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Excitement and emotion from Nicholas McCarthy and Mark Wigglesworth’s BSO at the Proms

United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [1] – Shostakovich, Ravel, Walton: Nicholas McCarthy (piano), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Mark Wigglesworth (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London 20.7.2025. (CK)

Pianist Nicholas McCarthy plays Ravel at the BBC Proms 2025 © Chris Christodoulou/BBC

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