Austria Salzburg Festival 2023 [7] – Mahler: Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra / Jakub Hrůša (conductor). Felsenreitschule, Salzburg, 20.8.2023. (MB)
Unforced musicality from Jakub Hrůša and the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra’s Mahler Ninth
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Salzburg’s contemporary new production of Le nozze di Figaro only partly meets expectations
Austria Salzburg Festival [6] – Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists, Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Raphaël Pichon (conductor). Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 20.8.2023. (MB)
Benjamin Bernheim and Sarah Tysman in Salzburg seem more convincing in mélodies than in Lieder
Austria Salzburg Festival 2023 [5] – R. Schumann, Duparc, and Chausson: Benjamin Bernheim (tenor), Sarah Tysman (piano). Haus für Mozart, Salzburg, 19.8.2023. (MB)
Ádám Fischer leads an outstanding Salzburg concert performance of Il re pastore
Austria Salzburg Festival 2023 [4] – Mozart: Soloists, Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra / Ádám Fischer (conductor). Grosser Saal, Mozarteum, Salzburg, 19.8.2023. (MB)
A memorable Salzburg recital by Arcadi Volodos
Austria Salzburg Festival 2023 [3] – Mompou, Liszt, and Scriabin: Arcadi Volodos (piano). Grosser Saal, Mozarteum, Salzburg, 18.8.2023. (MB)
Verdi’s Macbeth proves infertile ground for Krzysztof Warlikowski at the Salzburg Festival
Austria Salzburg Festival 2023 [2] – Verdi, Macbeth: Soloists, Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus, Angelika Prokopp Summer Academy of the Vienna Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Philippe Jordan (conductor). Performance of 29.7.2023 (directed by Henning Kasten) and available until 27.10.2023 on ARTE Concert. (JPr)
Salzburg’s deeply affecting Berg and tranquil, nostalgic Mahler from Nelsons and the Vienna Philharmonic
Austria Salzburg Festival 2023 [1] – Berg and Mahler: Augustin Hadelich (violin), Christiane Karg (soprano), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Andris Nelsons (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Dick Kuijs) on STAGE+ from the Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 6.8.2023. (JPr)
Messaien’s imagination unleashed in Salzburg by Esa-Pekka Salonen
Austria 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)
