Magisterial Thielemann and Exciting Petra Lang Make the 2017 Bayreuth Tristan Something to Remember
20/08/2017
Bayreuth Festival 2017 [3] Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival / Christian Thielemann (conductor), Festspielhaus, Bayreuth, 16.8.2017. (JPr)
Katharina Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde Act II
(c) Bayreuther Festspiele/Enrico Nawrath
Barrie Kosky Brings Typical Madcap Mayhem to his Thought-Provoking Bayreuth Meistersinger
19/08/2017
Bayreuth Festival 2017 [2] – Wagner, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival / Philippe Jordan (conductor), Festspielhaus, Bayreuth, 15.8.2017. (JPr)
Act I of Barrie Kosky’s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
(c) Bayreuther Festspiele/Enrico Nawrath
Thrilling Poppea Cements Gardiner’s Greatness in Epic Festival Feat
18/08/2017
Edinburgh International Festival 2017 (9) – Monteverdi, L’incoronazione di Poppea: English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir / John Eliot Gardiner (conductor), Usher Hall, 17.8.2017. (SRT)
Hartmut Haenchen’s 2017 Bayreuth Parsifal Gains in Tension, Spirituality and Reverence
18/08/2017
Bayreuth Festival 2017 [1] -Wagner, Parsifal: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival / Hartmut Haenchen (conductor). Festspielhaus, Bayreuth, 14.8.2017. (JPr)
Parsifal (Andreas Schager) and Flowermaidens
© Bayreuther Festspiele/Enrico Nawrath
‘Sheer Beauty’: Il Ritorno d’Ulisse is Another Triumph for Gardiner’s Monteverdi Trilogy
18/08/2017
Edinburgh International Festival 2017 (8) – Monteverdi, Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria: English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor), Usher Hall, 15.8.2017. (SRT)
Hana Blažíková (Minerva) © Michele Crosera
Gardiner’s ’Fresh, Dynamic’ L’Orfeo makes for a Compellingly Theatrical Experience
18/08/2017
Edinburgh International Festival 2017 [7] – Monteverdi, L’Orfeo: English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir / John Eliot Gardiner (conductor), Usher Hall, 14.8.2017. (SRT)
Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo © Michele Crosera
Aida at Salzburg: A Superior Performance of a Flawed Work
15/08/2017
2017 Salzburg Festival [2] – Verdi, Aida: Soloists, Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus (chorus master: Ernst Raffelsberger), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Riccardo Muti (conductor). Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 12.8.2017. (MB)
Verdi’s Aida (c) Salzburger Festspiele/Monika Rittershaus
An Uneven Le nozze di Figaro at the Quincena Musical
15/08/2017
Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Easo Choir, Orquesta de Euskadi / Yi-Chen Lin (conductor), Kursaal, San Sebastian, 13.8.2017. (JMI)
Le nozze di Figaro © I. Ibáñez
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