Sweden Rossini, La Cenerentola: Gothenburg Opera Soloists, Male chorus and Orchestra / Giancarlo Andretta (conductor). Gothenburg Opera main stage, 28.8.2025. (NS)
A sublime Gothenburg revival of Rossini’s La Cenerentola
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Estimable Salzburg Festival production and performance of Eötvös’s Three Sisters
Austria Salzburg Festival 2025 [7] – Eötvös, Three Sisters: Soloists, Actors, Klangforum Wien / Maxime Pascal, Alphonse Cemin (conductors). Felsenreitschule, Salzburg, 24.8.2025. (MB)
Tarmo Peltokoski works magic in witty semi-staged production of Die Zauberflöte in Bremen
Germany Musikfest Bremen 2025 [1] – Mozart, Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute): Soloists, Chorwerk Ruhr, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen / Tarmo Peltokoski (conductor). Die Glocke, Bremen, 27.8.2025. (DM-D)
A sparkling The Marriage of Figaro from the Cumbria Opera Festival 2025
United Kingdom Cumbria Opera Festival 2025 [1] – Mozart, The Marriage of Figaro: Soloists, Chorus; Jessica Meakin, Julian Cann (violins), Hannah Borlase (viola), Daniel Crompton (cello), Hannah Gillingham (flute), Sarah Davies (oboe), William Hammond (clarinet), Ursula Leveaux (bassoon), Alistair Burton (harpsichord continuo) / Melvin Tay (conductor). Penrith Methodist Church, 23.8.2025. (CK)
Kavakos indulges in Bach, while Pite and McBurney take us on a dance journey into extinction
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2025 [11]: 23.8.2025. (SRT)
An unmitigated triumph: Bieto’s and Sagripanti’s Zelmira at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro
Italy Rossini Opera Festival 2025 [1] – Rossini, Zelmira: Soloists, Coro del Teatro Ventidio basso (choir leader: Pasquale Veleno), Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna / Giacomo Sagripanti (conductor). Auditorium Scavolini, Pesaro, 10.8.2024. (AB)
Wild Arts’s simply conceived Eugene Onegin brings poetry and humanity to Tchaikovsky’s opera
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin: Soloists, The Wild Arts Ensemble / Orlando Jopling (conductor/orchestrator). Opera Holland Park, London. 14.8.2025. (CSa)
Compelling directorial craftsmanship and musical excellence come together in Bayreuth’s new Die Meistersinger
Germany Bayreuth Festival 2025 [4] – Wagner, Die Meistersinger von Nϋrnberg: Soloists, Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra / Daniele Gatti (conductor). 11.8.2025. (DM-D)
