Festivals

Garsington’s The Queen of Spades will surely be one of the best things to be seen this summer

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Garsington Opera 2025 [1] – Tchaikovsky, The Queen of Spades: Soloists, Garsington Opera Youth Company, Garsington Opera Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra / Douglas Boyd (conductor). Garsington Opera at Wormsley, 31.5.2025. (CR)

 

Robert Hayward (Count Tomsky) and Roderick Williams (Prince Yeletsky) © Julian Guidera

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Vaudeville comes to Longborough in a UK premiere of Wahnfried: the birth of the Wagner cult

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Avner Dorman, Wahnfried: the birth of the Wagner cult: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Longborough Festival Opera / Justin Brown (conductor).  Longborough, Gloucestershire. 27.5.2025. (CP)

Longborough Festival Opera’s Wahnfried: the birth of the Wagner cult © Matthew Williams-Ellis

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Shostakovich’s Eighth Symphony gets a glorious performance by the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Leipzig

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GermanyGermany Shostakovich Festival Leipzig [3]: Gautier Capuçon (cello), Boston Symphony Orchestra / Andris Nelsons (conductor), Gewandhaus, Leipzig. 17.5.2025. (GT)

Andris Nelsons conducts cellist Gautier Capuçon and the BSO © Jens Gerber

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