Petrenko and the Berlin Philharmonic elevate Madama Butterfly in Baden-Baden

GermanyGermany Puccini, Madama Butterfly: Soloists, Tschechischer Philharmonischer Chor Brünn, Berliner Philharmoniker / Kirill Petrenko (conductor). Festpielhaus Baden-Baden, 20.4.2025. (AL-L)

Eleonora Burrato (Cio-Cio-San) and Teresa Iervolino (Suzuki) © Monika Rittershaus

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Nekvasil’s staging of Nino Rota’s comic farce earns a triumphant reception at Prague’s Estates Theatre

Czech RepublicCzech Republic Nino Rota, The Florentine Straw Hat (Il cappello di paglia di Firenze): Soloists, Chorus, Ballet and Orchestra of the National Moravian-Silesian Theatre / Marek Šedivý (conductor). Estates Theatre, Prague, 14.4.2025. (GT)

Martin Šrejma (Fadinard) and Jiří Hájek (Beaupertuis)

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Vladimir Morávek’s colourfully surreal Prague Die Zauberflöte is a spectacular triumph

Czech RepublicCzech Republic Mozart, Die Zauberflöte: Soloists, Prague Children’s Chorus and Acrobatic group Long Vehicle Circus, Chorus and Orchestra of the National Divadlo Theatre / Jaroslav Kyzlink (conductor). Estates Theatre, Prague, 13.4.2025. (GT)

Die Zauberflöte © Narodni Divadlo Prague

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Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts Mussorgsky’s Khovanshchina at the Salzburg Easter Festival

AustriaAustria Osterfestspiele Salzburg 2025 – Mussorgsky, Khovanshchina: Soloists, Slovak Philharmonic Choir, Bachchor Salzburg, Salzburger Festspiele and Theater Kinderchor, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 12.4.2025. (AL-L)

Khovanshchina at the Salzburg Easter Festival 2025 © Inés Bacher

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