Festival 2025

Determined yet flexible, Slobodeniouk and Thibaudet return to Tanglewood

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United StatesUnited States Tanglewood 2025 [4] – Still, Liszt, Sibelius: Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano), Boston Symphony Orchestra / Dima Slobodeniouk (conductor). Koussevitzky Music Shed, Lenox, 17.8.2025. (ES-S)

Dima Slobodeniouk conducting the BSO in Tanglewood © Hilary Scott

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Anna Handler makes an outstanding debut with the Boston Symphony at Tanglewood

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United StatesUnited States Tanglewood 2025 [3] – Brahms, R. Schumann, Tchaikovsky: Augustin Hadelich (violin), Boston Symphony Orchestra / Anna Handler (conductor). Koussevitzky Music Shed, Lenox, 16.8.2025. (ES-S)

Violinist Augustin Hadelich with the BSO conducted by Anna Handler © Hilary Scott

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Scottish Ballet’s new Mary, Queen of Scots at the EIF tells a well-trodden story in their own, powerful way

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival [9] – Mary, Queen of Scots: Soloists, Company and Orchestra of Scottish Ballet / Martin Yates (conductor). Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 16.8.2025. (SRT)

Evan Loudon (Darnley) and Roseanna Leney (Mary) © Andy Ross

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Ben Grosvenor and the BBC NOW fill the Royal Albert Hall with a collage of sounds

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [15] – Gubaidulina, Ravel, Shostakovich: Benjamin Grosvenor (piano), Kostas Smoriginas (bass-baritone), BBC National Chorus of Wales (chorus master: Adrian Partington), Synergy Vocals, BBC Orchestra of Wales / Ryan Bancroft (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 15.8.2025. (LJ)

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The EIF now relies more on concert opera, but if it’s all as good as Suor Angelica there’s no complaint

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2025 [8]: Puccini, de Sabata: Soloists, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, RSNO Youth Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 16.8.2025. (SRT)

London Symphony Orchestra’s Suor Angelica in Edinburgh © Jess Shurte

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An unmitigated triumph: Bieto’s and Sagripanti’s Zelmira at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro

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ItalyItaly Rossini Opera Festival 2025 [1] – Rossini, Zelmira: Soloists, Coro del Teatro Ventidio basso (choir leader: Pasquale Veleno), Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna / Giacomo Sagripanti (conductor). Auditorium Scavolini, Pesaro, 10.8.2024. (AB)

Anastasia Bartoli (Zelmira), Edoardo Maria D’Angelo (Zelmira’s son) and Marina Viotti (Emma) in Zelmira

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