Mark Berry

Christian Thielemann leads a fine concert performance of Capriccio in Salzburg

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AustriaAustria Salzburg Festival 2024 [4] – R. Strauss, Capriccio: Soloists, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Christian Thielemann (conductor). Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 26.7.2024. (MB)

Salzburg Festival’s concert performance of Capriccio © SF/Marco Borrelli

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Fine performances of two twentieth-century Italian masterworks in Salzburg

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AustriaAustria Salzburg Festival 2024 [3] – Nono and Dallapiccola: Soloists, Bavarian Radio Chorus (chorus director: Peter Dijkstra), Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra / Maxime Pascal (conductor). Felsenreitschule, Salzburg, 25.7.2024. (MB)

Caroline Wettergreen, Freya Apffelstaedt and Robin Tritschler singing in Il prigioniero © SF/Marco Borrelli

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Tempi and time interact on Salzburg’s extraordinary musical journey in Grisey’s Le Noir de l’Étoile

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AustriaAustria Salzburg Festival 2024 [2] – Grisey, Le Noir de l’Étoile: Motus Percussion (Christoph Sietzen, Leonhard Schmidinger, Nico Gerstmayer, Akisato Takeo, Miguel Llorente Gil, Lorenzo Manquillet). Kollegienkirche, Salzburg, 24.7.2024. (MB)

Motus Percussion’s Le Noir de l’Étoile © SF/Marco Borrelli

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Rameau’s lost Samson is evidently a labour not only of love but also of conviction for all

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FranceFrance Festival d’Aix-en-Provence [5] – Rameau, Samson: Soloists, Pygmalion / Raphaël Pichon (conductor). Théâtre de l’Archevêché, Aix-en-Provence, 12.7.2024. (MB)

Samson at Festival d’Aix-en-Provence 2024 © Monika Rittershaus

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Despite reservations, memory of Gluck at Aix will doubtless endure

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FranceFrance Festival d’Aix-en-Provence [4] – Gluck, Iphigénie en Aulide and Iphigénie en Tauride: Soloists, Le Choeur d’Astrée (chorus director: Richard Wilberforce), Le Concert d’Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm (conductor). Grand Théâtre de Provence, Aix-en-Provence, 11.7.2024 (MB)

Iphigenie en Tauride at Festival d’Aix-en-Provence 2024 © Monika Rittershaus

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‘Songs and Fragments’ at Aix is gripping, concentrated theatre

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Festival d’Aix-en-Provence [3] – ‘Songs and Fragments’: Davies, Eight Songs for a Mad King; Kurtág, Kafka-Fragmente: Soloists, Ensemble Intercontemporain / Pierre Bleuse (conductor). Théâtre du Jeu de Paume, Aix-en-Provence, 10.7.2024. (MB)

Eight Songs for a Mad King at Festival d’Aix-en-Provence 2024 © Monika Rittershaus

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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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