Festivals – Page 19 – Seen and Heard International

Kelli O’Hara’s recital on Caramoor’s opening night is a gracious, reflective, family affair

26/06/202625/06/2026 by Daniele Sahr

United States Various, Caramoor Festival [1]: Kelli O’Hara (soprano), Dan Lipton (pianist, music director), Orchestra of St. Luke’s / Rob Fisher (conductor). Venetian Theater, Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Katonah, 20.6.2025. (DS)

Greg Naughton, Kelli O’Hara and Orchestra of St Luke’s © Gabe Palacio

With its revival of Tristan und Isolde Longborough is back with what it does at its very best

01/08/202622/06/2026 by Clive Peacock

United Kingdom Longborough Festival Opera 2026 [2] – Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Longborough Festival Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Antony Negus (conductor). Longborough, Gloucestershire, 20.6.2026. (CP)

Catherine Carby (Brangane) and Catharine Woodward (Isolde) © Matthew Williams-Ellis

Joshua Weilerstein conducts a richly varied program of American classics in Chicago

21/06/202620/06/2026 by Zach Carstensen

United States Various: Harry Lennix (narrator), Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Joshua Weilerstein (conductor). Orchestra Hall, Chicago, 18.6.2026. (ZC)

Harry Lennix and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra led by Joshua Weilerstein in Copland’s *Lincoln Portrait* © Amy Aiello

Garsington magically conceives of Monteverdi’s Il ritorno d’Ulisse as a sequel to its Orfeo

14/06/202613/06/2026 by Curtis Rogers

United Kingdom Garsington Opera 2026 [3] – Monteverdi, Il ritorno d’Ulisse: Soloists, The English Concert / Laurence Cummings (conductor). Garsington Opera at Wormsley, 12.6.2026/ (CR)

Cecelia Hall as Penelope and Ed Lyon as Ulisse in *Il ritorno d’Ulisse* © Craig Fuller

Kurtág centenary celebrations continue with superbly performed revival of an unqualified masterpiece

09/06/202609/06/2026 by Mark Berry

France Illès, Mundry, Feierabend, and Kurtág: Anu Komsi (soprano), Hélène Fauchère (mezzo-soprano), Emmanuelle Ophèle (flute), Carlo Laurenzi, Augustin Müller (IRCAM electronics), Sylvain Cadars (IRCAM sound diffusion), Ensemble intercontemporain / Pierre Bleuse (conductor). Salle des concerts, Cité de la musique, Paris, 5.6.2026. (MB)

Hélène Fauchère (mezzo-soprano) with Ensemble intercontemporain and conductor Pierre Bleuse © Anne-Elise Grosbois

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Kelli O’Hara’s recital on Caramoor’s opening night is a gracious, reflective, family affair

With its revival of Tristan und Isolde Longborough is back with what it does at its very best

Joshua Weilerstein conducts a richly varied program of American classics in Chicago

Garsington magically conceives of Monteverdi’s Il ritorno d’Ulisse as a sequel to its Orfeo

Kurtág centenary celebrations continue with superbly performed revival of an unqualified masterpiece

Still searching for meaning in Bach’s Cello Suites: Pieter Wispelwey at Zankel Hall

Through a glass darkly in Grange Park Opera’s gloomily convincing Don Carlo

Visiting Dresden the Rotterdam Phil give a compelling concert, with Malofeev’s Grieg the crowning stroke