Salzburg’s contemporary new production of Le nozze di Figaro only partly meets expectations

AustriaAustria Salzburg Festival [6] – Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists, Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Raphaël Pichon (conductor). Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 20.8.2023. (MB)

Sabine Devieilhe (Susanna) and Krzysztof Bączyk (Figaro) © SF/Matthias Horn

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Tcherniakov’s Der fliegende Holländer at Bayreuth was – and is – for here and now

GermanyGermany Bayreuth Festival 2023 [2] – Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer: Soloists, Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra / Oksana Lyniv (conductor). Festspielhaus, Bayreuth, 14.8.2023. (MB)

(l-r) Michael Volle (Dutchman), Nadine Weissmann (Mary), Georg Zeppenfeld (Daland), Elisabeth Teige (Senta) © Enrico Nawrath

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