An elegant Edusei leads Rachmaninoff and Mark Kosower’s latest Cleveland cello treasure hunt

United StatesUnited States Blossom Music Festival 2026 [4] – Various: Mark Kosower (cello), The Cleveland Orchestra / Kevin John Edusei (conductor). Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, 25.7.2026. (MSJ)

Cellist Mark Kosower and the Cleveland Orchestra in Martinů’s Cello Concerto No.1 © Roger Mastroianni/TCO

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Opera Holland Park’s Un ballo in maschera revival: what a memorable evening this was

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Opera Holland Park 2026 – Verdi (arr. Burke), Un ballo in maschera: Soloists, Opera Holland Park Chorus, City of London Sinfonia / Michael Papadopoulos (conductor). Opera Holland Park, London, 25.8.2026. (CC)

Dame Rosalind Plowright (Madame Arvidson) © Craig Fuller

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Richard Strauss’s Die ägyptische Helena emerges from the shadows in a lavish but uneven Bard revival

United StatesUnited States Bard Summerscape – Richard Strauss, Die ägyptische Helena: Soloists, The Bard Festival Chorale, The American Symphony Orchestra / Leon Botstein (conductor). Fischer Center at Bard, Annandale-on-Hudson, 24.7.2026. (RP)

HailJohn Matthew Myers (Menelaus) © Maria Baranova

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An idiomatic, memorable performance of Rachmaninov’s All-Night Vigil by Ex Cathedra

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Three Choirs Festival [3] – Rachmaninov, Skidmore: Martha McLorinan (mezzo-soprano), James Robinson (tenor), Simone Rebello (bells), Ex Cathedra / Jeffrey Skidmore (conductor). Gloucester Cathedral, 26.7.2026. (JQ)

Ex Cathedra and conductor Jeffrey Skidmore (front l, alto soloist Martha McLorinan) © TCF/James O’Driscoll

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