Maurizio Pollini’s Intellectual and Pianistic Mastery at the Salzburg Festival
23/08/2019
Austria Salzburg Festival [6] – Schoenberg, Nono, and Beethoven: Maurizio Pollini (piano), André Richard (sound direction). Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 18.8.2019. (MB)
Maurizio Pollini (piano)
(c) Salzburger Festspiele/Marco Borrelli
Deutsche Oper Berlin’s Manon Lescaut Was Pretty Darn Good in Edinburgh
23/08/2019
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival [13] – Puccini, Manon Lescaut (in concert): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin / Donald Runnicles (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 22.8.2019. (SRT)
Deutsche Oper Berlin’s Manon Lescaut at the 2019 EIF
(c) Ryan Buchanan
Ideally Cast Last Outing for Katharina Wagner’s Bayreuth Tristan und Isolde Led by Stefan Vinke and Petra Lang
22/08/2019
Georg Zeppenfeld (Marke), Petra Lang (Isolde) and Christa Mayer (Brangäne)
(c) Enrico Nawrath/Bayreuther Festspiele)
Germany Bayreuth Festival 2019 [4] – Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival / Christian Thielemann (conductor). Festspielhaus, Bayreuth, 16.8.2019. (JPr)
Bychkov’s Masterly Control of the Remarkable Bayreuth Festival Orchestra is the Glory of this Parsifal
22/08/2019
Germany Bayreuth Festival 2019 [3] -Wagner, Parsifal: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival / Semyon Bychkov (conductor). Festspielhaus, Bayreuth, 15.8.2019. (JPr)
Elena Panktratova (Kundry) and Andreas Schager (Parsifal)
(c) Bayreuther Festspiele/Enrico Nawrath
In Edinburgh Breaking the Waves Restores Faith in Opera as an Art Form
21/08/2019
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival [12] – Missy Mazzoli, Breaking the Waves: Soloists, Orchestra of Scottish Opera / Stuart Stratford (conductor), King’s Theatre, Edinburgh, 21.8.2019. (SRT)
Sydney Mancasola (Bess) and Duncan Rock (Jan) (c) James Glossop
A Welcome Edinburgh Recital from Christiane Karg
21/08/2019
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival [11] – Schubert: Christiane Karg (soprano), Gerold Huber (piano), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 21.8.2019. (SRT)
Christiane Karg © Gisela Schenker
Belshazzar’s Feast Crowns Simon Rattle’s Splendidly Innovative Prom Programme
21/08/2019
United Kingdom BBC PROM 44 – Koechlin, Varèse and Walton: Gerald Finley (baritone), London Symphony Chorus, Orfeó Català, Orfeó Català Youth Choir, London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 20.8.2019. (AS)
Gerald Finley (c) BBC/Chris Christodoulou
Yo-Yo Ma and a Holiday for Horns at Tanglewood
20/08/2019
United States Tanglewood [8] – Schumann, Brahms: Richard Sebring, Michael Winter, Rachel Childers and Jason Snider (horns), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Boston Symphony Orchestra / François-Xavier Roth (conductor), Koussevitzky Music Shed, Lenox, 18.8.2019. (RP)
Yo-Yo Ma (cello), François-Xavier Roth (conductor) & the BSO © Hilary Scott
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