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Baroque’n’roll Vivaldi from Pekka Kuusisto and Ale Carr in @auroraorchestra jam session at the @southbankcentre ✍️ Mark Pullinger bachtrack.com/review-kuusist…

Baroque’n’roll Vivaldi from Pekka Kuusisto in Aurora jam session

Swedish folk musician Ale Carr joins the multi-faceted Finn and Aurora Orchestra in an unconventional but brilliant take on Vivaldi’s Four Seasons.

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The White Pearl: New Zealand Opera reframes Bizet’s Les Pêcheurs de Perles ✍️ Simon Holden bachtrack.com/review-pearl-f…

The White Pearl: NZ Opera reframes Bizet’s Les Pêcheurs de Perles

In Auckland, heard in something close to the form Bizet actually conceived, The Pearl Fishers proves it has plenty of lustre of its own.

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From Bachian buoyancy to Ravelian vertigo: Yulianna Avdeeva in Seattle ✍️ Thomas May bachtrack.com/review-yuliann…

From Bachian buoyancy to Ravelian vertigo: Yulianna Avdeeva in Seattle

Yulianna Avdeeva traces a compelling path from Bach and Beethoven to an all-Ravel second half, crowned by a La Valse of tremendous power and disintegration.

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When I read an opera review I don't want musicology, I want to experience a simple transportation into the audience. Like this model of the craft by @larkingrumple. #Tosca @bachtrack
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Firing blanks: Tosca, the inaugural production by Oxford International Opera, underwhelms... bachtrack.com/review-tosca-t…
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Quinn Kelsey dazzles in the @MetOpera’s new Macbeth ✍️ Susan Stempleski bachtrack.com/review-macbeth…

Quinn Kelsey dazzles in the Met Opera’s new Macbeth

The American baritone delivers a career-defining performance of the title role in Louisa Proske’s post-apocalyptic setting of Verdi’s first Shakespearean opera, which opens the company’s new season.

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Firing blanks: Oxford International Opera’s aimless Tosca ✍️ Mark Pullinger bachtrack.com/review-tosca-t…

Firing blanks: Oxford International Opera’s aimless Tosca

The inaugural production of Oxford's new “international” company lacks direction, but Carmen Giannattasio’s Tosca makes the trip worthwhile. 

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Right royal Beethoven shines bright in a mixed 80th birthday gala @royalphilorch ✍️ Jessica Duchen bachtrack.com/review-petrenk…

Right royal Beethoven shines bright in a mixed 80th birthday gala

Pablo Ferrández, Julia Fischer and Jan Lisiecki steal the show at this heartwarming anniversary performance.

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I had been looking forward to this review by @MarkValencia Bluebeard's Castle and Oedius Rex double bill. Read:
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Gothic and Greek: Welsh National Opera’s double bill opens in Cardiff @WelshNatOpera ✍️ Mark Valencia bachtrack.com/review-bluebea…
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Vivaldi reimagined – but not quite reinvented – by Sean Shibe and the London Mozart Players ✍️ Diana Carroll bachtrack.com/review-shibe-v…

Vivaldi reimagined – but not quite reinvented – by Shine and the LMP

Sean Shibe's refined guitar and the vivid playing of the London Mozart Players made for an engaging evening in the intimate setting of St Martin-in-the-Fields.

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Gothic and Greek: Welsh National Opera’s double bill opens in Cardiff @WelshNatOpera ✍️ Mark Valencia bachtrack.com/review-bluebea…

Gothic and Greek: Welsh National Opera’s double bill opens in Cardiff

Finding a partner for Bartók's creepy one-acter is a thorny problem, but Welsh National Opera pairs it with Stravinsky's ‘opera-oratorio’ for its season opener. 

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Peter de Caluwe appointed Artistic Director of Salzburg Festival bachtrack.com/news-peter-de-…

Peter de Caluwe appointed Artistic Director of Salzburg Festival

Peter de Caluwe will work initially with Interim Artistic Director Karin Bergmann, who stood in after Markus Hinternäuser's contract was terminated earlier this year.

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Golden-hued: Nadine Sierra stars in La Scala's Traviata revival @teatroallascala ✍️ Laura Servidei bachtrack.com/review-traviat…

Tradition reclaimed in Liliana Cavani’s lavish Traviata at La Scala

Reaching a milestone 100th performance, Liliana Cavani’s grand staging of La traviata returns in fine form, featuring a luminous Nadine Sierra as Violetta.

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A Singapore premiere for Shostakovich 4 @SingaporeSymph ✍️ Chang Tou Liang bachtrack.com/review-petrenk…

A Singapore premiere for Shostakovich 4

Vasily Petrenko brings sprawling symphony, calling for over 120 players, to Singapore, along with Gautier Capuçon to play Saint-Saëns. 

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Nil Venditti appointed chief conductor of Lahti Symphony Orchestra bachtrack.com/news-nil-vendi…

Nil Venditti appointed chief conductor of Lahti Symphony Orchestra

Nil Venditti will take up her new position in Finland from the 2027–28 season.

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A powerful world premiere at the North Wales International Music Festival @nwimf ✍️ Pwyll ap Sion bachtrack.com/review-tianyi-…

Powerful premiere at the North Wales International Music Festival

Nature in all its vivid musical colours is presented in Asaph Cathedral at the 44th edition of the North Wales International Music Festival.

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John Storgårds’ superb Sibelius opens the @BBCPhilharmonic season ✍️ Peter Connors bachtrack.com/review-storgar…

Storgårds’ superb Sibelius opens the BBC Philharmonic season

An intriguing evocation of the American forest in Gabriella Smith's amazing new organ concerto, Breathing Forests.

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Another benchmark 1610 Vespers from I Fagiolini in their 40th year @KingsPlace ✍️ Nick Boston bachtrack.com/review-monteve…

Another benchmark 1610 Vespers from I Fagiolini in their 40th year

Glittering Monteverdi from I Fagiolini with the English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble at Kings Place, with standout soloists including Nicholas Mulroy.

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Our current newsletter streaming recommendations: @ErmonelaJaho in Madama Butterfly 🦋, @itselimchan, Martha Argerich and Marie Jacquot: createsend.com/t/d-6B7D147F3…
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Marek Janowski steps in for Bruckner 8 in Leipzig @Gewandhaus ✍️ Hugo Shirley bachtrack.com/review-janowsk…

Marek Janowski steps in for Bruckner 8 in Leipzig

Superb musicality and terrific playing underpin Marek Janowski's no-nonsense Bruckner with the Gewandhausorchester.

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