Conductor: Nathalie Stutzmann; Director, Stage design and Costumes: Alexandra Szemerédy, Magdolna Parditka: Rienzi, Andreas Schager; Irene, Gabriela Scherer; Colonna: Andreas Bauer Kanabas; Adriano, Jennifer Holloway; Orsini: Michael Nagy; Cardinal Raimondo, Vitalij Kowaljow; Baroncelli: Matthias Stier; Cecco del Vecchio: Michael Kupfer-Radecky And so to Bayreuth, to Rienzi, the only performance I could get a ticket forContinue reading “Wagner, Rienzi: Bayreuth Festival, 17/8/26”
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Messiaen, Saint Francois d’ Assise. Felsenreitschule, Salzburg Festival, 15/8/26
Maxime Pascal Conductor; Romeo Castellucci Director / Sets / Costumes / Lighting. Lauranne Oliva L’Ange; Philippe Sly Saint François; Sean Panikkar Le Lépreux ; Russell Braun Frère Léon; Léo Vermot-Desroches Frère Massée; Aaron-Casey Gould, Frère Élie ; Willard White, Frère Bernard This was the main reason for my wanting to spend a few days inContinue reading “Messiaen, Saint Francois d’ Assise. Felsenreitschule, Salzburg Festival, 15/8/26”
R.Strauss, Ariadne auf Naxos. Haus fur Mozart, Salzburg Festival, 14/8/26
Manfred Honeck Conductor, Ersan Mondtag Director / Sets / Costumes; Henning Streck Lighting; Luis August Krawen Video. Kate Lindsey The Composer ;Christina Nilsson (originally Elīna Garanča) The Prima Donna / Ariadne; Eric Cutler The Tenor / Bacchus; Ziyi Dai Zerbinetta; Johannes Silberschneider The Major-Domo; Christoph Pohl The Music Master ; Jonas Hacker The Dancing MasterContinue reading “R.Strauss, Ariadne auf Naxos. Haus fur Mozart, Salzburg Festival, 14/8/26”
Bizet, Carmen: Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg Festival: 12/8/26
Teodor Currentzis Conductor; Gabriela Carrizo Director / Choreography; Christof Hetzer Sets / Costumes; Tom Visser Lighting. Asmik Grigorian Carmen; Jonathan Tetelman Don José; Kristina Mkhitaryan Micaëla; Davide Luciano Escamillo; Iveta Simonyan Frasquita; Anita Monserrat Mercédès; Matthias Winckhler Zuniga; Liviu Holender Moralès. Utopia Choir, Salzburg Bach Choir; Salzburger Festspiele und Theater Kinderchor , Utopia Orchestra I hadContinue reading “Bizet, Carmen: Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg Festival: 12/8/26”
Weber, Oberon (semi-staged). RAH BBC Proms 6/8/26
Nicky Spence, Oberon; Jennifer Davis, Reiza; John Findon, Sir Huon of Bordeaux; Yannick Debus, Sherasmin; Rachael Wilson, Fatima; J’Nai Bridges, Puck; Charlotte Bowden, Mermaid; Jessica Cale, Mermaid. Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique; Sir Mark Elder, conductor This was a great Prom in prospect – two strong tenors, a major soprano, Elder, and a brilliantContinue reading “Weber, Oberon (semi-staged). RAH BBC Proms 6/8/26”
Britten: Billy Budd. Glyndebourne Festival, 24/7/26
Conductor, Nicholas Carter; Director, Michael Grandage; Designer, Christopher Oram; Lighting Designer, Paule Constable. London Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Glyndebourne Chorus. Captain Vere, Allan Clayton; Billy Budd, Thomas Mole; John Claggart, Sam Carl; Mr Redburn, Dingle Yandell; Mr Flint, William Thomas; Lieutenant Ratcliffe, Daniel Okulitch; Red Whiskers, Alasdair Elliott; Donald, Samuel, Dale Johnson; Dansker, Clive BayleyContinue reading “Britten: Billy Budd. Glyndebourne Festival, 24/7/26”
Mozart, La Clemenza di Tito: Buxton Festival, 19/7/26
Adrian Kelly Conductor; Corina Wuersch Director; Xavier Más, Tito; Maria Stella Maurizi, Vitellia; Indyana Schneider, Sesto; Frances Gregory, Annio; Jessica Lawley, Servillia, Samson Seu, Publio. Buxton international Festival Orchestra I hadn’t quite picked up that this was billed as a concert performance, though a director is credited as above, until just before I was aboutContinue reading “Mozart, La Clemenza di Tito: Buxton Festival, 19/7/26”
Handel, Amadigi di Gaula: Buxton Festival, 12/7/26
English Concert, Erin Helyard Conductor; Olivia Fuchs Director; Eleanor Bull Designer; Ben Pickersgill Lighting Designer. Tim Morgan Amadigi; Rowan Pierce, Oriana; Hilary Cronin, Melissa; James Hall ,Dardano I saw this in concert form a couple of years ago at St Martins in the Fields in London, but have never been to a staged performance. IContinue reading “Handel, Amadigi di Gaula: Buxton Festival, 12/7/26”
Wagner, Tristan and Isolde. LSO, Pappano, Barbican 1/7/26
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Antonio Pappano conductor; Clay Hilley Tristan; Sara Jakubiak Isolde; Marina Prudenskaya Brangaene; Franz-Josef Selig King Marke; Gyula Orendt Kurwenall Neal Cooper Melot; Michael Gibson Sailor/Shepherd; James Emerson Steersman; London Symphony Chorus I got myself into a ridiculous situation over this concert. I bought the ticket over a year ago and hadContinue reading “Wagner, Tristan and Isolde. LSO, Pappano, Barbican 1/7/26”
Bellini, I Puritani: ROHCG Friends Dress Rehearsal, 27/6/26
Director, Richard Jones; Set Designer, Hyemi Shin; Costume Designer, Nicky Gillibrand; Lighting Designer, Adam Silverman; Movement Director, Sarah Fahie; Video Designer, Sasha Balmazi-Owen. Conductor, Riccardo Frizza; Lord Arturo Talbot, Francesco Demuro; Elvira, Lisette Oropesa; Sir Giorgio Valton, Ildebrando D’Arcangelo; Sir Riccardo Forth, Andrzej Filończyk; Enrichetta di Francia, Marcela Rahal; Lord Gualtiero Valton, Blaise Malaba; SirContinue reading “Bellini, I Puritani: ROHCG Friends Dress Rehearsal, 27/6/26”
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