United States Aspen Music Festival (13) – Barber, Bartók, Beethoven, Ligeti, Ran, Schubert, Vivaldi: Soloists, Joshua Bell and David Robertson (conductors). Aspen, Colorado. 14-16.8.2015. (HS)
Festivals
The Bach Suites Receive an Impressive Facelift from Monica Huggett and Gonzalo Ruiz
Canada Vancouver Bach Festival 2016 – Bach: Monica Huggett (violin and director), Gonzalo Ruiz (oboe), Pacific Baroque Orchestra, Christ Church Cathedral, Vancouver, 12.8.2016. (GN)
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Hartmut Haenchen Conducts Fresh, Lucid Parsifal set against Background of Conflict
Germany Bayreuth Festival 2016 [3] – Wagner, Parsifal: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival. / Hartmut Haenchen (conductor). Festspielhaus, Bayreuth, 15.8.2016. (JPr)
Outstanding Staging and Conducting at the Macerata Otello
Italy Macerata Opera Festival 2 – Verdi, Otello: Orchestra Regionale delle Marche, Coro Lirico Marchigiani Vincenzo Bellini, Children’s Chorus Pueri Cantores D. Zamberletti / Riccardo Frizza (conductor). Sferisterio of Macerata 13.8.2016. (JB)
Fine Orchestral Playing in Bayreuth’s Modern, Corporate Der fliegende Holländer
Germany Bayreuth Festival 2016 [2] – Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival. / Axel Kober (conductor). Festspielhaus, Bayreuth, 14.8.2016. (JPr)
Grandiose and Compelling Bayreuth Tristan und Isolde from Christian Thielemann
Germany Bayreuth Festival 2016 [1] – Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival / Christian Thielemann (conductor), Festspielhaus, Bayreuth, 13.8.2016. (JPr)
Anna Pirozzi is Close to Caballé Perfection in Il trovatore at Sferisterio di Macerata
Italy Macerata Opera Festival 1 – Verdi, Il trovatore: Orchestra Regionale delle Marche and Coro Lirico Marchigiano. Conductor, Daniel Oren. Sferisterio di Macerata 12.8.2016. (JB)
Vocal Disasters Mar the ROF’s La donna del lago
Italy ROF 3 – Rossini: La donna del lago: Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro Comunale of Bologna/Michele Mariotti (conductor). New production with Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège and dedicated to the memory of Gae Aulenti. Adriatic Arena, Pesaro, 11.8.2016. (JB)
