Mark Berry

Gurrelieder heard once more in London – but with mixed results from Gardner and LPO

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Schoenberg: Soloists, London Philharmonic Choir (chorus director: Neville Creed), London Symphony Chorus (chorus director: Simon Halsey), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Edward Gardner (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 24.9.2022. (MB)

Edward Gardner conducts David Butt Philip (Waldemar) and the London Philharmonic Orchestra © LPO

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Messaien’s imagination unleashed in Salzburg by Esa-Pekka Salonen

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AustriaAustria Salzburg Festival [7] – Wagner and Messiaen: Yuja Wang (piano), Cécile Lartigau (ondes martenot), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 28.8.2022. (MB)

Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra © SF/Marco Borrelli

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A fairytale Die Zauberflöte in Salzburg

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AustriaAustria Salzburg Festival [6] – Mozart, Die Zauberflöte: Soloists, Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera (chorus director: Jörn Hinnerk Andresen), Angelika-Prokopp-Summer Academy of the Vienna Philharmonic (stage music), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Joana Mallwitz (conductor). Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 27.8.2022. (MB)

Ilse Eerens (First Lady), Sophie Rennert (Second Lady), Noa Beinart (Third Lady), Wiener Sängerknaben (Three Boys), Mauro Peter (Tamino), Roland Koch (Grandfather), Valérie Junker (Third Priest) © SF/Sandra Then

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Katya Kabanova in Salzburg

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AustriaAustria Salzburg Festival [5] – Janáček, Katya Kabanova: Soloists, Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus (chorus director: Huw Rhys James), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Jakub Hrůša (conductor). Felsenreitschule, Salzburg, 26.8.2022. (MB)

Salzburg Festival’s Katya Kabanova: Corinne Winters (Katěrina/Káťa) © SF/Monika Rittershaus

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Superb Saint-Saëns is the highlight from Barenboim at the Salzburg Festival

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AustriaAustria Salzburg Festival [3] – Saint-Saëns and Wagner: Elina Garanča (soprano), Brandon Jovanovich (tenor), Michael Volle (baritone), Members of the Young Singers Project, Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus (chorus director: Jörn Hinnerk Andresen), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Daniel Barenboim (conductor). Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 22.8.2022. (MB)

Elīna Garanča (Dalila/Kundry), Brandon Jovanovich (Samson/Parsifal), Vienna Philharmonic © SF/Marco Borrelli

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Il trittico is largely a triumph at the Salzburg Festival

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AustriaAustria Salzburg Festival [2]: Puccini – Il trittico: Soloists, Dancers, Salzburg Festival and Theatre Children’s Choir (chorus director: Wolfgang Götz), Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus (chorus director: Jörn Hinnerk Andresen), Angelika-Prokopp-Summer Academy of the Vienna Philharmonic (stage music), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst (conductor). Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 21.8.2022. (MB)

Gianni Schicchi: Alexey Neklyudov (Rinuccio), Manel Esteve Madrid (Betto di Signa), Caterina Piva (La Ciesca), Iurii Samoilov (Marco), Enkelejda Shkosa (Zita), Lavinia Bini (Nella), Scott Wilde (Simone) © SF/Monika Rittershaus

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