Freddie De Tommaso’s confident role debut and Bryn Terfel’s masterclass in Verbier’s Puccini double bill

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Verbier Festival 2025 – Puccini, Gianni Schicchi, Mascagni, Cavalleria rusticana (concert performances): Soloists, Oberwalliser Vokalensemble choir, Verbier Festival Orchestra / Andrea Battistoni (conductor), Johanna Vaude (video art). Broadcast live from Salle des Combins, Verbier, Switzerland, 24.7.2025 and available on medici.tv. (JPr) Updated review.

Sungho Kim (Rinuccio), Ying Fang (Lauretta) and Sir Bryn Terfel (Gianni Schicchi)

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Renée Fleming puts her directorial stamp on a classic Mozart opera in Aspen

United StatesUnited States Aspen Music Festival 2025 [6] – Mozart, Così fan tutte: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Aspen Opera Theatre and VocalARTS / Patrick Summers (conductor). Wheeler Opera House, Aspen, 21.7.2025. (HS)

Finn Sagal (Guglielmo) and Jonghyun Park (Ferrando) don pro-wrestling costumes from Peter Barber (Don Alfonso) © Diego Redel

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Haunted rooms and fractured time: Vanessa reimagined at the Williamstown Theatre Festival

United StatesUnited States Williamstown Theatre Festival – Barber, Vanessa: Soloists, Musicians of the Heartbeat Opera / Dan Schlosberg (conductor). Williamstown Theatre Festival Annex, North Adams, 20.7.2025. (ES-S)

Mary Phillips (Baroness), Ori Marcu (Erika) and Roy Hage (Anatol) © Maria Branova

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Much to admire and enjoy in Don Giovanni at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence

FranceFrance Festival d’Aix-en-Provence [2] – Mozart, Don Giovanni: Soloists, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Grand Théâtre de Provence, Aix-en-Provence, 8.7.2025. (MB)

Don Giovanni at Festival d’Aix-en-Provence 2025 © Monika Rittershaus

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