Report | Musikfest Berlin: Period Beethoven & Italian-tinged Debussy Week 2 Highlights
Even though one of the main focuses of Musikfest Berlin is newer music of the 20th and 21st centuries, it also holds a place for…
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Review | Undercooked Mozart & Tchaikovsky with Welser-Möst & Vienna Philharmonic at BBC Proms
By long-standing tradition, the BBC Proms invite a select number of world-class non-UK orchestras to grace the season. Those orchestras generally bring their A-game, with…
Report | Musikfest Berlin: Week 1 of Europe’s Orchestral Extravaganza with a Modern Twist
Musikfest Berlin has to be one of the premiere orchestra extravaganzas in the Western classical music world. Every year, in late summer, many of the…
Review | Meistersinger, The Musical at Bayreuth Festival
With Matthias Davids’ new production of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (seen Aug. 22), the Bayreuth Festival seemed determined to offer something that was the polar…
Review | New Kati Agócs commission at Banff International String Quartet Competition (BISQC)
The nine quartets competing for more than $500,000 worth of cash and career development support at the 15th Banff International String Quartet Competition were all…
Review | Banff International String Quartet Competition (BISQC) Goes Romantic
The Romantic round of the 15th Banff International String Quartet Competition finished Thursday morning (Aug. 28) and figuring which three groups will make it to…
Review | Banff International String Quartet Competition opens with Haydn & the 21st-century
The 15th triennial Banff International String Quartet Competition (BISQC) began on Aug. 25 at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity in the Canadian Rockies,…
Review │ A problematic Ring receives its final Bayreuth Festival outing
Valentin Schwarz’s production of Wagner’s Ring had its final outing at this year’s Bayreuth Festival with two complete cycles, the second of which I saw…
Review: Zombie Zelmira & Canuck Cambiale at Rossini Opera Festival
Established in 1980, the Rossini Opera Festival (ROF) is not only one of the most popular musical events in Italy, but also, in all of…
Review | Alienating AR in Bayreuth Festival’s Parsifal
American theatre director Jay Scheib’s 2023 production of Wagner’s Parsifal received its third revival at this summer’s Bayreuth Festival (seen Aug. 17). It originally made…
