Gregor Tassie

Serebrennikov’s ‘contemporary’ yet disturbing Marriage of Figaro offers fine musical performances

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2024 [11] – Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists, Orchestra of Komische Oper Berlin / James Gaffigan (conductor). Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, 17.8.2024. (GT)

Komische Oper Berlin’s The Marriage of Figaro © Jess Shurte

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Suk’s ‘Asrael’ symphony brings the Bamberger Symphoniker’s residency in Edinburgh to a spectacular close

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2024 [6] – Dvořák, Suk: Kateřina Knĕžíkova (soprano), Adam Plachetka (bass-baritone), Edinburgh Festival Chorus (director: James Grossmith), Bamberger Symphoniker /Jakub Hrůša (conductor). Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 9.8.2024. (GT)

Jakub Hrůša with the Bamberger Symphoniker in the Usher Hall © Andrew Perry

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Sofia Opera’s spectacular staging of The Hermit of Rila is a spiritual and visual musical wonder

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BulgariaBulgaria Fr Kiril Popov, The Hermit of Rila: Soloists, Children’s Vocal and Theatre Formation (Dimitar Kostantsaliev, director), Chorus and Orchestra of Sofia Opera / Metropolitan of Stara Zagora Kyprian (conductor). Patriarchal Cathedral of Saint Alexander Nevsky, Sofia, 26.7.2024. (GT)

Sofia Opera’s The Hermit of Rila © Svetoslav Nikolov-Chapi

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The Flanders Symphony Orchestra bring Edinburgh’s Sunday concert season to a terrific close

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Kristiina Poska conducts the Flanders Symphony Orchestra © Kaupo Kikkas

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart, Beethoven: Yena Choi (soprano), Kadi Jürgens (mezzo-soprano) , Denzil Delaere (tenor), Christian Immler (bass), Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus, Flanders Symphony Orchestra / Kristiina Poska (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 23.6.2024. (GT)

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