Austria Salzburg Festival [4] – Bartók, R. Schumann, Wagner, and Liszt: Igor Levit (piano). Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 24.8.2022. (MB)
Magnificent Salzburg recital, full of connections, from Igor Levit
Salzburg
Superb Saint-Saëns is the highlight from Barenboim at the Salzburg Festival
Austria 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)
Il trittico is largely a triumph at the Salzburg Festival
Austria 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)
Ivor Bolton seems to miss the smile in Mozart’s music
Austria Salzburg Festival [1] – Mozart: Alexander Melnikov (piano), Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra, Ivor Bolton (conductor). Grosser Saal, Mozarteum, Salzburg, 21.8.2022. (MB)
Rolando Villazón is in fine voice as he celebrates his 50th with friends at Salzburg’s Haus für Mozart
Austria ¡Cincuentañero! Rolando Villazón turns 50: Rolando Villazón, Charles Castronovo (tenors), Plácido Domingo (tenor/baritone), Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano), Regula Mühlemann, Fatma Said (sopranos) and Michael Volle (baritone), Barbara Rett (host), Camarata Salzburg / Giedrė Šlekytė (conductor). Recorded live (directed by Beatrix Conrad) in the Haus für Mozart, Salzburg, 21.2.2022. (JPr)
Salzburg Festival lovefest for Herbert Blomstedt
Austria Salzburg Festival 2021 [4] – Honegger, Brahms: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Herbert Blomstedt (conductor), Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 29.8.2021. (LV, JP)
Anne-Sophie Mutter and Lambert Orkis give haunting performances at the Salzburg Festival
Austria Salzburg Festival 2021 [3] – Mozart, Beethoven, Franck: Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Lambert Orkis (piano). Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 28.8.2021. (LV)
Warlikowski’s landmark Elektra at the Salzburg Festival returns to celebrate its 100+1 anniversary
Austria Salzburg Festival 2021 [2] – Strauss, Elektra: Soloists, Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst (conductor), Felsenreitschule, Salzburg, 28.8.2021 (ALL)
