Mark Berry

Having caught up with Katie Mitchell’s Aix production, Pelléas will never quite be the same again

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FranceFrance Festival d’Aix-en-Provence [2] – Debussy, Pelléas et Mélisande: Soloists, Chorus (chorus master: Benedict Kearns) and Orchestra of the Lyon Opera / Susanna Mälkki (conductor). Grand Théâtre de Provence, Aix-en-Provence, 9.7.2024. (MB)

Pelléas et Mélisande at Festival d’Aix-en-Provence 2024 © Jean-Louis Fernandez

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Alan Gilbert leads a superb account of Honegger’s Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher

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GermanyGermany Honegger’s Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher: Soloists, Vokalhelden Children’s Choir (directors: Johannes David Wolff, Judith Kamphues), MDR Radio Chorus (director: Philipp Ahmann), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Alan Gilbert (conductor). Philharmonie Berlin, 8.6.2024. (MB)

Jeanne d’Arc (spoken, Marion Cotillard) and Brother Dominique (spoken, Eric Génovèse) © Bettina Stöss

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Mussorgsky’s Khovanshchina in Berlin was quite simply, outstanding in every way

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GermanyGermany Mussorgsky, Khovanshchina: Soloists, Staatsoper Children’s Chorus (director: Vinzenz Weissenburger), Staatsopernchor Berlin (director: Dani Juris), Staatskapelle Berlin / Simone Young (conductor). Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 2.6.2024. (MB)

Ivan Khovansky (Mika Kares) © Monika Rittershaus

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With Götterdämmerung, the Deutsche Oper Berlin’s distinguished Ring reaches its conclusion

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GermanyGermany Wagner, Götterdämmerung: Soloists, Chorus and Additional Chorus of the Deutsche Oper, Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin / Nicholas Carter (conductor). Deutsche Oper Berlin, 20.5.2024. (MB)

Thomas Lehman (Gunther) and Clay Hilley (Siegfried) © Bernd Uhlig

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