Festivals

Skewed Skyline, shape-shifting Shostakovich: Cristian Măcelaru and BBC SO at the Proms

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC Proms 2026 [18] – Canat de Chizy, Shostakovich: Lucy Landymore, Emma Arden, Delia Stevens (percussion), Richard Cartlidge (timpani), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Cristian Măcelaru (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 18.8.2026. (AV-E)

Conductor Cristian Măcelaru © BBC/Chris Christodoulou

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Inventive performance on an ‘Ave Maria’ theme at Nice’s Oiseau Bleu Festival

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FranceFrance Oiseau Bleu Festival – Various: Maria Krasnikova (soprano), David Vinitsky (violin), Takahiro Sasaki (positive organ). Saint-François-de-Paule Église, Nice, 15.8.2026. (DS)

David Vinitsky (violin), Maria Krasnikova (soprano) and Takahiro Sasaki (organ) © Daniele Sahr

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Lamsma and Berglund balance icy fire and melting lyricism with The Cleveland Orchestra

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United StatesUnited States Blossom Music Festival [6] – Sibelius and Prokofiev: Simone Lamsma (violin), The Cleveland Orchestra / Tabita Berglund (conductor). Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, 15.8.2026. (MSJ)

Conductor Tabita Berglund © Aireonna McCall-Dubé/TCO

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Rossini’s Le siège de Corinthe opens the ROF 2026 with musical splendour under siege from its own staging

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ItalyItaly Rossini Opera Festival 2026 – Rossini, Le siège de Conrinthe: Soloists, Coro del Teatro Ventidio basso (choir leader: Pasquale Veleno), Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna / Carlo Rizzi (conductor). Auditorium Scavolini, Pesaro, 11.8.2026. (AB)

Visalisa Berzhanskaya (Pamyra) in Rossini’s Le siège de Conrinthe

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Master conductor, top orchestra, choirs and tenor made Berlioz’s Requiem the Prom of 2026 so far

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC Proms 2026 [17] – Berlioz, Grande Messe des Morts, Op.5 (Requiem, 1837): Julien Henric (tenor), BBC Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 15.8.2026. (CC)

Tenor Julien Henric and members of the London Symphony Orchestra © BBC/Chris Christodoulou

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