The English Concert hits all the right notes gloriously with Handel’s Giulio Cesare in Berkeley

United StatesUnited States Handel, Giulio Cesare in Egitto: Soloists and orchestra of The English Concert / Harry Bicket (artistic director and harpsichord). Cal Performances, Zellerbach Hall, University of California Berkeley, 27.4.2025. (HS)

The English Concert © Dario Acosta

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Tcherniakov’s Die tote Stadt has Paul as an abusive recluse at Zurich Opera

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Die tote Stadt: Soloists,  Additional Chorus, SoprAlti of the Zurich Opera, Extras at the Zurich Opera House, Children’s choir, Philharmonia Zurich / Lorenzo Viotti (conductor). Zurich Opera, 21.4.2025. (MF)

Eric Cutler (Paul) and Vida Miknevičiūtė (Marie/Marietta) © Monika Rittershaus

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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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