Le Siége de Corinthe (1826) was Rossini’s first opera written in French for Paris and therefore holds an important place in his output and in the development of opera generally, made all the more fascinating […]
Bizet: Carmen – Asmik Grigorian – Salzburg Festival (Photo: Virginia Rota) Bizet: Carmen; Asmik Grigorian, Jonathan Tetelman, Kristina Mkhitaryan, Davide Luciano, director: Gabriela Carrizo, Utopia Orchestra, conductor: Teodor Currentzis; Salzburg Festival at the Grosses FestspielhausReviewed 8 […]
Respighi – Church Windows. Rossini – Stabat mater. Federica Lombardi – soprano; Chiara Amarù – mezzo; Dave Monaco – tenor; Nicola Ulivieri – bass; Epiphoni Consort; BBC Chorus & Symphony Orchestra; Nil Venditti – conductor. […]
Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos – Michael Porter (Scaramuccio), Lukas Enoch Lemcke (Truffaldin), Ziyi Dai (Zerbinetta), Leon Košavić (Harlekin), Theodore Browne (Brighella) – Salzburg Festival (Photo: Thomas Aurin) Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos; Kate Lindsey, […]
Media announcement of interest below. A heads up that Sunday’s post will be a review of tonight’s (Friday’s) Prom. Leeds Song has announced its 2026–27 concert season, bringing together some of Britain’s most distinguished artists […]
Mozart: Cosi fan tutte – Lea Desandre, Victoria Karkacheva, Elsa Dreisig, Johannes Martin Kränzle, Andrè Schuen, Bogdan Volkov – Salzburg Festival (Photo: Monika Rittershaus) Mozart: Cosi fan tutte; Elsa Dreisig, Victoria Karkacheva, Bogdan Volkov, Andrè […]
Music which sits on the edge of sound: Sinuoso Tiempo (2019-21) is a cycle for string quartet by Javier Quislant (born 1964), performed here by members of Klangforum Wien: Annette Bok and Guido Jäch-Micko, violins, […]
Rossini: Il viaggio a Reims – Tara Erraught, Cecilia Bartoli – Salzburg Festival (Photo: Monika Rittershaus) Rossini: Il viaggio a Reims; Cecilia Bartoli, Marina Viotti, Mélissa Petit, Tara Erraught, Edgardo Rocha, Dmitry Korchak, Ildebrando D’Arcangelo, […]
Erna Berger, Irmgard Seefried, Julius Patzak, Alexander Kipnis – what an exalted line-up! As it was for Fritz Busch’s performance of Haydn’s Die Schöpfung in 1934 (oratorio excerpts bookend the release). This is a celebration […]
All four concertos here are World Premiere recordings. Christoph Nichelmann (1717-62) was at the Thomasschule in Leipzig; his life took hm to Berlin via Hamburg (the hub which held Telemann and the theorist Johann Matheson). […]
