Germany Musikfest Berlin [1] – Monteverdi, L’Orfeo and Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria: Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists / Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor). Philharmonie, Berlin, 2.9.2017. (MB)
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Modern Mahagonny Rises And Falls In Buenos Aires
Argentina Weill, Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra / David Syrus (conductor), Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. 29.8.2017. (JSJ)
(c) Arnaldo Colombaroli
A Mighty (But Imperfect) Rendering Of Berlioz’s Faust In Wellington
New Zealand Berlioz, La Damnation de Faust: Soloists, Freemasons New Zealand Opera Chorus (Director: Michael Vinten), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Edo de Waart (conductor). Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington. 25.8.2017. (PM)
National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Co. Delight with New Production of Princess Ida
United Kingdom Gilbert & Sullivan, Princess Ida: National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company, Harrogate Festival, Royal Hall, Harrogate, Yorkshire, England, 12.8.2017. (RJW)
National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Co. Deliver an Energetic HMS Pinafore
United Kingdom Gilbert & Sullivan, HMS Pinafore: National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company, Harrogate Festival, Royal Hall, Harrogate, Yorkshire, England, 5.8.2017. (RJW)
A Less Than Complete Picture of Wozzeck at the Salzburg Festival
Austria Salzburg Festival [5] – Berg, Wozzeck: Soloists, Salzburg Festival and Theatre Children’s Choir (chorus master: Wolfgang Götz), Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus (chorus master: Ernst Raffelsberger), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Vladimir Jurowski (conductor). Haus für Mozart, Salzburg, 14.8.2017. (MB)
Magisterial Thielemann and Exciting Petra Lang Make the 2017 Bayreuth Tristan Something to Remember
United Kingdom 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)
(c) Bayreuther Festspiele/Enrico Nawrath
Barrie Kosky Brings Typical Madcap Mayhem to his Thought-Provoking Bayreuth Meistersinger
Germany 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)
(c) Bayreuther Festspiele/Enrico Nawrath