Christie’s Tanglewood Fairy Queen has some magic moments but ultimately fails to enchant

United StatesUnited States Tanglewood Festival 2024 [5] – Purcell, The Fairy Queen: Soloists, Les Arts Florissants / William Christie (music director). Seiji Ozawa Hall, Tanglewood, 18.7.2024. (CSa)

Georgia Burashko sings ‘Ye gentle spirits of the air, appear!’ © Hilary Scott

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Opera Holland Park continues to go from strength to strength with a Wolf-Ferrari and Leoncavallo double bill

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Wolf-Ferrari and Leoncavallo: Soloists, Children from Pimlico Musical Foundation, Chorus of Opera Holland Park, City of London Sinfonia / John Andrews (conductor, Wolf-Ferrari), Francesco Cilluffo (conductor, Leoncavallo). Opera Holland Park, London, 17.7.2024. (CC)

Clare Presland as Susanna and Richard Burkhard as Count Gil in Il segreto di Susanna © Ali Wright

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