Festivals

OHP’s Die Fledermaus: disappointing production, though there is pleasure in the singing

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Opera Holland Park 2026 – Johann Strauss II’s Die Fledermaus: Soloists, Chorus of Opera Holland Park, City of London Sinfonia / George Jackson (conductor). Opera Holland Park, London, 29.7.2026. (KMcD)

Matthew Siveter (Frank) and Robert Burt (Frosch) © Craig Fuller

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Wendel savors Rota’s wry lyricism and Yamada takes ownership of Saint-Saëns in Cleveland

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United StatesUnited States Summers at Severance 2026 [2] – Various: Brian Wendel (trombone), The Cleveland Orchestra / Kazuki Yamada (conductor). Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 30.7.2026. (MSJ)

Kazuki Yamada conducts the Cleveland Orchestra © Julian Dubé/TCO

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Exploring mischief and fate with Alina Ibragimova at Lincoln Center

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United StatesUnited States Lincoln Center’s Summer for the City [1] – The Play of Fate: Schnittke, Mozart, Schubert: Alina Ibragimova (violin, conductor), Ruggero Allifranchini (violin), Festival Orchestra of Lincoln Center. Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall, New York, 28.7.2026. (ES-S)

The Play of Fate (featured, violinist Alina Ibragimova) at Lincoln Center © Lawrence Sumulong

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This Fliegende Holländer revival proves quite a tonic after the anti-human beginning to the ‘AI’-Ring

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GermanyGermany Bayreuth Festival 2026 [4] – Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer: Soloists, Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra / Oksana Lyniv (conductor). Bayreuth Festspielhaus, 29.7.2026. (MB)

Benjamin Bruns (Erik) and Elisabeth Teige (Senta) © BF/Enrico Nawrath

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Anniversary celebrations of Rubbra and Cecilia McDowall at the Three Choirs Festival

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Three Choirs Festival [6] – McDowall, Rubbra, Beethoven:  Charlotte Bowden (soprano), Olivia Ray (mezzo-soprano), Mark Padmore (tenor), John Savournin (bass). Three Choirs Festival Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra / Samuel Hudson (conductor). Gloucester Cathedral, 29.7.2026. (JQ)

Composer Cecilia McDowall at the Three Choirs Festival © TCF/James O’Driscoll

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Rienzi marches up Bayreuth’s Green Hill: political corruption and a hidden family secret blights lives

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GermanyGermany Bayreuth Festival 2026 [3] – Wagner, Rienzi: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra od the Bayreuth Festival / Nathalie Stutzmann (conductor). Livestreamed on STAGE+ (directed by Michael Beyer) from the Bayreuth Fespielehaus, 26.7.2026. (JPr)

Rienzi first scene © BF/Enrico Nawrath

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