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
Piotr Beczala is the Shining Knight at Bayreuth in Yuval Sharon’s Lohengrin
19/08/2019
Germany Bayreuth Festival 2019 [2] – Wagner, Lohengrin: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival / Christian Thielemann (conductor). Festspielhaus, Bayreuth, 14.8.2019. (JPr)
Lohengrin final scene (c) Enrico Nawrath
Tobias Kratzer’s Novel and Compelling New Bayreuth Tannhäuser
18/08/2019
Germany Bayreuth Festival 2019 – Wagner, Tannhäuser [1]: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival / Christian Thielemann (conductor). Festspielhaus, Bayreuth, 13.8.2019. (JPr)
Tannhäuser Act II (c) Enrico Nawrath
An Uneven Madama Butterfly at the San Sebastián Quincena Musical
14/08/2019
Spain Puccini, Madama Butterfly: Easo Choir, Euskadi Symphony Orchestra / Giuseppe Finzi (conductor), Kursaal Auditorium, San Sebastián, 13.8.2019. (JMI)
Madama Butterfly (c) Iñigo Ibáñez/Quincena Musical 2019
Entertaining Merry Widow at Dala-Floda
08/08/2019
Sweden Dala-Floda Operafest [1] – Lehár, The Merry Widow: Soloists, Dala-Floda Opera Chorus & Orchestra / Jonas Lindgård (conductor). Björbo Opera House. Dala Floda, 4.8.2019. (GF)
Mathias Zachariassen (Danilo) and Paulina Pfeiffer (Hanna) © Göran Forsling
Ariadne auf Naxos – Modern and on Location in Buenos Aires
07/08/2019
Argentina R. Strauss, Ariadne auf Naxos: Soloists and Orchestra / Alejo Pérez (conductor), Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. 31.7.2019. (JSJ)
Teatro Colón’s Ariadne auf Naxos (c) Arnaldo Colombaroli
A Convincing Ekaterina Bakanova Stars in Peralada’s La traviata
07/08/2019
Spain Festival Castell de Peralada [2] – Verdi, La traviata: Intermezzo Chorus, Liceu Orchestra / Riccardo Frizza (conductor), Castle Gardens Auditorium, Peralada, 5.8.2019. (JMI)
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