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A Dresden recital of outstanding artistry and sincerity from Matthias Goerne and Alexander Schmalcz

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GermanyGermany Dresden Music Festival 2024 [6] – R. Schumann, Brahms: Matthias Goerne (baritone), Alexander Schmalcz (piano). Staatsschauspiel Dresden, 24.5.2024. (MC)

Baritone Matthias Goerne and pianist Alexander Schmalcz © Oliver Killig

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A superlative performance as the Wanderer from Tomasz Konieczny in a disappointing Zurich Siegfried

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SwitzerlandSwitzerland Wagner, Siegfried: Soloists, Philharmonia Zürich / Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Michael Beyer) from Zurich Opera House, 24.5.2024. (JPr)

Tomasz Konieczny (Wotan) and Klaus Florian Vogt (Siegfried) © Monika Rittershaus

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A powerful reminder of the stature of Saint-Saëns from Ensemble 360 in Sheffield

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Music in the Round [1] – Sheffield Chamber Music Festival – Saint-Saëns: The Renaissance Man: Ensemble 360 / George Morton (conductor, L’assassinat du duc de guise). Crucible Playhouse, Sheffield, 21.5.2024. (CC)

Ensemble 360’s Saint-Saëns: The Renaissance Man © Matthew Johnson

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Meltzer and Dörken relish the thrill of music making in Dresden

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GermanyGermany Dresden Music Festival 2024 [5] – Beethoven, Hannah Ishizaki, Janáček, Fauré: Nathan Meltzer (violin), Danae Dörken (piano). Kronensaal, Schloss Albrechtsberg, Dresden, 23.5.2024. (MC)

Danae Dörken (piano) and Nathan Meltzer (violin) © Dresdner Musikfestspiele

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A stunningly memorable new production of Tristan und Isolde at Dessau’s Anhaltische Theatre

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GermanyGermany Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Actors, Chorus of Anhaltischen Theaters Dessau, Anhaltische Philharmonie Dessau / Markus L. Frank (conductor). Anhaltische Theater Dessau, 19.5.2024. (GT)

Anhaltische Theater Dessau’s Tristan und Isolde © Claudia Heysel

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English National Ballet announces winners of Emerging Dancer 2024

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English National Ballet is thrilled to announce that the winner of the 2024 Emerging Dancer Award is Breanna Foad

English National Ballet’s Emerging Dancer winner Breanna Foad © Laurent Liotardo

Having performed the Venetian Carnival duet from Satanella and Penrose, a new contemporary work by Ching-Ying Chien, with her partner Thiago Pereira, Breanna Foad was announced as the winner during the Emerging Dancer event, hosted by English National Ballet’s Artistic Director, Aaron S. Watkin, at Sadler’s Wells on 24 May 2024.

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Christopher Wheeldon’s The Winter’s Tale is a ballet for all seasons and was exceptionally danced

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Christopher Wheeldon’s The Winter’s Tale: Dancers of The Royal Ballet, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Koen Kessels (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Ross MacGibbon) to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 22.5.2024. (JPr)

Mayara Magri (Paulina) © Alice Pennefather

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