Metamorphosis as method: from a Vivaldi pasticcio to a drag revue

AustriaAustria Salzburg Festival 2025 [9] – Vivaldi/ Ovid, Hotel Metamorphosis: Soloists, Il Canto di Orfeo chorus, Les Musiciens du Prince – Monaco / Gianluca Capuano (conductor). Recorded live (directed by Tiziano Mancini) at the Haus für Mozart, Salzburg, June 2025 and viewed on arte.tv.

United StatesUnited States Various, Orgy & Bess: Deep Throats and High Notes: Soloists, Band, Heartbeat Opera. Judson Memorial Church, New York, 31.10.2025. (ES-S)

John Taylor Ward, Angela Yam, Jamilyn Manning, Bernard Holcomb and Sishel Claverie in Orgy and Bess © Russ Rowland

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Unforgettable performances of two key Boulez works at the Salzburg Festival

AustriaAustria Salzburg Festival 2025 [4] – Debussy, Boulez, and Stravinsky: Tamara Stefanovich, Nenad Lečić (pianos), Jörg Widmann (clarinet), SWR Experimentalstudio, Michael Acker, Maurice Oeser (sound direction). Grosser Saal, Mozarteum, Salzburg, 20.8.2025. (MB)

Pianist Tamara Stefanovich © SF/Marco Borrelli

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An incisive celebration of the Boulez centenary at the Salzburg Festival

AustriaAustria Salzburg Festival 2025 [3] – Nono, Boulez, and Stockhausen, ‘A Pierre’: Julie Brunet-Jailly (flute), Alphonse Cemin (piano), Augustin Muller (IRCAM electronics), Sylvain Cadars (IRCAM sound diffusion), Le Balcon / Maxime Pascal (conductor). Grosser Saal, Mozarteum, Salzburg, 19.8.2025. (MB)

Flautist Julie Brunet-Jailly © SF/Marco Borrelli

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