Austria Salzburg Festival (9) – Schoenberg, Berg, and Stravinsky: Barbara Hannigan (soprano), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 26.8.2013 (MB)
Festivals
Herham’s Outstanding Production of Die Meistersinger
Austria Salzburg Festival (10) – Wagner, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Soloists, Academy Mastersingers of the Young Singers’ Project, Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera (concert master: Ernst Raffelsberger), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Daniele Gatti (conductor). Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 27.8.2013 (MB)
Pic credit Salzburger Festspiele/Forster
PROM 60: Elemental Terror in Sir Andrew’s Billy Budd
United Kingdom Prom 60. Britten, Billy Budd: (semi-staged) Soloists, Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Andrew Davis. Royal Albert Hall, London, 27.8.2013 (CC)
![Prom 60:Biily Budd Photo: BBC/Chris Christodoulou](http://www.seenandheard-international.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Prom-60_CR_BBC-Chris-Christodoulou_4.jpg" "Prom 60:Biily Budd Photo: BBC/Chris Christodoulou")
Photo: BBC/Chris Christodoulou
PROM 57: Elder’s Majestic Parsifal Spoilt by Cast Weaknesses
United Kingdom Prom 57, Wagner, Parsifal: Soloists, Royal Opera Chorus, Trinity Boys Choir, Hallé Youth Choir, Hallé Orchestra / Sir Mark Elder.(conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London 25.7.2013. (JPr)
Edinburgh Festival (18):Velvety String Tone from Zurich’s Tonhalle Orchestra
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2013 (18) – Brahms: Rachel Harnisch (soprano), Florian Boesch (baritone), Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Edinburgh Festival Chorus / David Zinman (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 26.8.2013 (SRT)
The Pros and Cons of Michael Schade’s Die schöne Müllerin
Austria Salzburg Festival (6) – Schubert, Die schöne Müllerin: Michael Schade (tenor), Rudolf Buchbinder (piano). Haus für Mozart, Salzburg, 24.8.2013 (MB)
Mostly Mozart (12): Imagination and Expert Playing Light Up a Venerable Festival
United States Mostly Mozart (12): International Contemporary Ensemble, Clark Studio, Lincoln Center, New York City. 15-19-20.8.2013 (BH)
Mostly Mozart (10): In Tribute to Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
United States Mostly Mozart 10: Handel, In Tribute to Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Renata Pokupić (mezzo-soprano), Anna Stéphany (mezzo-soprano), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Laurence Cummings (conductor), Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, 22.8.2013 (SSM).
