France Itinéraire Baroque 2023 II – L’Itinéraire: Various locations and performers, 29.7.2023. (CC)
L’Itinéraire was a day of remarkably high musical standards in 2023
Festivals
A fine cast for Tobias Kratzer’s close to classic Tannhäuser at Bayreuth
Germany Bayreuth Festival 2023 [4] – Wagner, Tannhäuser: Soloists, Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra / Nathalie Stutzmann (conductor). Festspielhaus, Bayreuth, 16.8.2023. (MB)
Songs of passion and empathy from Julia Bullock at the Edinburgh International Festival
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2023 [8] – Various: Julia Bullock (classical singer) and Bretton Brown (piano). Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 16.8.2023. (SRT)
Exquisite Chopin from Seong-Jin Cho with the Philharmonia Orchestra at the Proms
United Kingdom Prom 42 – Elgar, Chopin and Strauss: Seong-Jin Cho (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra / Santtu-Matias Rouvali (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 16.8.2023. (CS)
Passion, emotional honesty and courage: Dora Pejačević’s symphony at the Proms
United Kingdom Prom 40 – Brahms, Pejačević: Martin Helmchen (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Sakari Oramo (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 14.8.2023. (CK)
Jay Scheib’s hapless new Parsifal production at the Bayreuth Festival 2023
Germany Bayreuth Festival 2023 [3] – Wagner, Parsifal: Soloists, Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra / Pablo Heras-Casado (conductor). Festspielhaus, Bayreuth, 15.8.2023. (MB)
What’s classical music? All of this, says the Aspen Music Festival
United States Aspen Music Festival 2023 [12]: Benedict Music Tent, Harris Hall, Aspen, Colorado. (HS)
Tcherniakov’s Der fliegende Holländer at Bayreuth was – and is – for here and now
Germany Bayreuth Festival 2023 [2] – Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer: Soloists, Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra / Oksana Lyniv (conductor). Festspielhaus, Bayreuth, 14.8.2023. (MB)
