Festivals

Sonya Yoncheva and Vittorio Grigòlo star in Verona’s unashamedly traditional Tosca

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ItalyItaly Puccini’s Tosca at the 100th Arena di Verona Opera Festival 2023 [2]: Soloists, Children’s Choir (conductor: Elisabetta Zucca), Chorus (chorus director: Roberto Gabbiani) and Orchestra of Arena di Verona / Francesco Ivan Ciampa (conductor). Recorded (directed by Tiziano Mancini) at the Arena di Verona on 5.8.2023 and available on ARTE Concert until 12.11.2023.  (JPr)

Vittorio Grigòlo (Cavaradossi) © Ennevi Foto

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After masterful Sibelius, Oslo Phil’s Shostakovich and Yuja Wang’s Ravel in the best Usher Hall concert so far

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2023 [16] – Gupta, Sibelius, Mahler: Johanna Wallroth (soprano), Oslo Philharmonic / Klaus Mäkelä (conductor). Usher Hall, 21.8.2023. (SRT)

Klaus Mäkelä conducts the Oslo Philharmonic at the Usher Hall, Edinburgh © Andrew Perry

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Radiant Mahler Three from Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the BBC Proms

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Prom 45 – Mahler: Jenny Carlstedt (mezzo-soprano), Trinity Boys Choir, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra / Sakari Oramo (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 19.8.2023. (CK)

Mahler Three at the BBC Proms from Sakari Oramo and the BBC SO © BBC/Chris Christodoulou

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