Mark Berry

Excellent Wigmore Hall concert for Boulez’s centenary year by Sean Shibe and friends

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Dillon, Miller, and Boulez: Sean Shibe (guitar), Ema Nikolovska (mezzo-soprano), Adam Walker (flute), George Barton, Iris van den Bos, Sam Wilson (percussion), Emma Wernig (viola), Matthew Hunt (clarinet), Mira Benjamin (violin), Colin Alexander (cello) / Alphonse Cemin (conductor). Wigmore Hall, 29.5.2025. (MB)

Sean Shibe © Iga Gozdowska

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A Vienna Lohengrin that demanded to be heard and was also worth seeing

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AustriaAustria Wagner, Lohengrin: Soloists, Vienna State Opera Chorus, Extra Chorus, and Choir Academy, Stage Orchestra, Vienna State Opera Orchestra / Christian Thielemann (conductor). Vienna State Opera, Vienna, 1.5.2025 (MB)

Gottfried (child of the opera school) and Camilla Nylund (Elsa) © Michael Pöhn/WS

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An excellent revival of Salieri’s Il mondo alla rovescia in Salzburg

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AustriaAustria Salieri, Il mondo alla rovescia: Soloists, Chorus and Supplementary Chorus of the Salzburg Landestheater, Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra / Carlo Benedetto Cimento (conductor). Salzburg Landestheater, 30.4.2025. (MB)

Daniele Macciantelli (La Generala) and George Humphreys (Il Conte) © Tobias Witzgall

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A thoughtful and well performed production of Eugene Onegin in Innsbruck

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AustriaAustria Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin: Soloists, Actors, Chorus and Extra Chorus of the Tiroler Landestheater, Tiroler Symphonieorchester Innsbruck / Matthew Toogood (conductor). Tiroler Landestheater, Innsbruck, 26.4.2025. (MB)

Tiroler Landestheater’s Eugene Onegin © Birgit Gufler

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