United Kingdom Britten, The Rape of Lucretia: Soloists, English Touring Opera / Gerry Cornelius (conductor), Hackney Empire, London, 4.10.2025. (AK)
ETO’s The Rape of Lucretia is a top quality, deeply moving theatrical and musical experience
Agnes Kory
Director/conductor Iván Fischer’s Don Giovanni is the yardstick to measure all other productions of the opera
Hungary Mozart, Don Giovanni: Soloists, Dance Ensemble of Iván Fischer’s Opera Company, Students of the University of Theatre and Film Arts, Budapest Festival Orchestra / Iván Fischer (conductor). MŰPA, Budapest, 9.9.2025. (AK)
Iván Fischer and Budapest Festival Orchestra’s Beethoven and Bartók keeps the Prommers spellbound
United Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [11] – Beethoven, Bartók: Dorottya Láng (mezzo-soprano), Krisztián Cser (bass), Budapest Festival Orchestra / Iván Fischer (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 6.8.2025. (AK)
Appl and Lepper showcase Kurtág and Schubert in Lines of Life at the Wigmore Hall
United Kingdom Lines of Life: Benjamin Appl (baritone), Simon Lepper (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 20.6.2025. (AK)
The Jerusalem Quartet’s ultimate interpretation of Shostakovich quartets
United Kingdom Shostakovich Cycle: Jerusalem Quartet (Alexander Pavlosky, Sergei Bresler [violins], Ori Kam [viola], Kyril Zlotnikov [cello]). Wigmore Hall, London, 2-4.6.2025. (AK)
With the OAE, Sir András Schiff is the embodiment of music without equals
United Kingdom R. Schumann, Mendelssohn: Sir András Schiff (fortepiano/conductor), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Royal Festival Hall, London, 22.5.2025. (AK)
The Vajda-Bartók double bill at Hungarian State Opera was truly magical
Hungary Vajda, Mario and the Magician / Bartók, Bluebeard’s Castle: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Hungarian State Opera / János Kovács (conductor), Hungarian State Opera, Budapest, 9.4.2025. (AK)
Witnessing music making at its best: OAE’s Bach St Matthew Passion in Budapest
Hungary Bach, St Matthew Passion, BWV 244: Soloists, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Jonathan Cohen (conductor), Grand Hall of the Music Academy, Budapest, 7.4.2025. (AK)
