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Collected opera and ballet reviews
Italy 103rd Arena di Verona Opera Festival 2026 [2] – Verdi, Nabucco: Soloists, Ballet, Chorus and Orchestra of Fondazione Arena di Verona / Sebastiano Rolli (conductor), Verona Arena, 28.8.2026. (DM-D)
Santander International Festival 2026 [1]: (DF)
The Santander International Festival is celebrating its seventy-fifth edition with a programme worthy of the anniversary. During the first half of August, the Palacio de Festivales de Cantabria has already hosted opera, major orchestral concerts and piano recitals of exceptional distinction. The first four performances attended offered a revealing cross-section of the festival’s ambitions, from Mozart’s operatic humanism to the very different pianistic worlds of Daniil Trifonov, Elisabeth Leonskaja and Grigory Sokolov.
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival [9] – Verdi, A Masked Ball (Un ballo in maschera): Soloists, Dancers, Chorus and Orchestra of Zurich Opera / Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 26.8.2026. (GT)
Italy 103rd Arena di Verona Opera Festival 2026 [1] – Puccini, Turandot: Soloists, Ballet, Chorus and Orchestra of Fondazione Arena di Verona / Francesco Ivan Ciampa (conductor), Verona Arena, 27.8.2026. (DM-D)
Austria Salzburg Festival 2026 [6] – R. Strauss, Ariadne auf Naxos: Soloists, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Manfred Honeck (conductor). Haus für Mozart, Salzburg, 24.8.2026. (MB)
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2026 [5] – Richard Strauss, Elektra: Soloists, Chorus, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Karina Canellakis (conductor). Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 23.8.2026. (GT)
United States Berkshire Opera Festival – Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor: Soloists, Berkshire Opera Festival Chorus and Orchestra / Brian Garman (conductor). Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, 22.8.2026. (RP)
Austria Salzburg Festival 2026 [2] – Henze, Der Prinz von Homburg (concert performance): Soloists, ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra / Ingo Metzmacher (conductor). Felsenreitschule, Salzburg, 20.8.2026. (MB)
