Facing up to a grief beyond words - Laura Bowler's new musical translation of Han Kang's novel/memoir, for Barbara Hannigan and the LSO at its UK premiere. My ★★★★ review @bachtrack.com
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A new Albrecht makes an already polished Giselle shine even brighter at The Royal Ballet
✍️ Deborah Weiss
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Having just published our overnight review from New York, I am looking forward to the Met in HD relay of this new Tristan und Isolde, starring Lise Davidsen and Michael Spyres
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Also available to read in German:
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Musically excellent Bartered Bride in Prague slightly marred by meta production
✍️ Dominic Lowe
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Finespun sound: Lawrence Dunn explores Manchester’s @bridgewaterhall.bsky.social and beyond
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Two falls and a submission: L'italiana in Algeri in the wrestling ring at Deutsche Oper Berlin
✍️ Zenaida des Aubris
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Lise Davidsen (Isolde) and Michael Spyres (Tristan) © Karen Almond | Met Opera
“Yuval Sharon... ultimately positions the story neither here nor there, yet still tangibly gets in the way of the music.”
First night review of the Met Opera’s new Tristan Und Isolde
✍️ No’a L. bat Miri
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A sensational Kátya Kabanová in Brno shows Janáček at his very best
✍️ Dominic Lowe
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“The Philadelphians may not play this symphony every day, but they feel it in their bones”: Mahler 2 returns to Philadelphia @philorch.bsky.social
✍️ Cameron Kelsall
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Defining opera for a modern age: Michel van der Aa’s Theory of Flames in Amsterdam
✍️ Clare Varney
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A new light on Mendelssohn at the Glasshouse @rnsinfonia.bsky.social
✍️ Nick Butters
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“Blomstedt’s fabled attention to balance created a clarity of textures”: Herbert Blomstedt conducts Brahms with the @bostonsymphony.bsky.social
✍️ Kevin Wells
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“Most people don't realize Wagner was very much a bel canto composer.”
Tomorrow, tenor Michael Spyres makes his role debut as Tristan at the Met. Read our fascinating interview:
✍️ Chanda VanderHart
📸 © Karen Almond | Met Opera
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Sophie Laplane's Mary, Queen of Scots for Scottish Ballet: some riveting performance
✍️ Jonathan Gray
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“I've written only one masterpiece,” said Maurice Ravel (born OTD in 1875). “Unfortunately it has no music in it.” But where does Boléro appear in our top ten playlist? bachtrack.com/playlist-mau...
Luigi Rossi's Orfeo makes it a hat trick for Pygmalion at the Adelaide Festival
✍️ Sandra Bowdler
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“A triumph of rigour over razzmatazz”: Paavo Järvi marks his new @lporchestra.bsky.social appointment in Tchaikovsky and Sibelius
✍️ Mark Valencia
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So, Tristan and Nemorino walk into a bar...
A week before tenor Michael Spyres makes his debut as Tristan at the Met, he chats with old friend – and Bachtrack writer – Chanda VanderHart for an entertaining catch-up!
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Riccardo Chailly makes a highly anticipated return to the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
✍️ Max Lima
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Kazuki Yamada and @thecbso.bsky.social stir up swelling seas with Scheherazade
✍️ Robert Gainer
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Ariadne in Rome: David Hermann’s Strauss staging highlights contrasts @operaroma.bsky.social
✍️ Pia Maltri
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Julia Bullock in Perle noire: Meditations for Joséphine at the Adelaide Festival
✍️ Sandra Bowdler
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Weinberg rarity overshadows John Williams premiere at @nyphilharmonic.bsky.social
✍️ Cameron Kelsall
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Architecture over opulence: Vienna Philharmonic close their Carnegie Hall residency with Andris Nelsons
✍️ Edward Sava-Segal
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Järvi conducts the orchestra tomorrow at the @southbankcentre.bsky.social before embarking on a mini-tour to Budapest and Athens:
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News: Paavo Järvi to become the next Chief Conductor and Artistic Advisor at the London Philharmonic Orchestra @lporchestra.bsky.social
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A totally stunning Monteverdi Vespers by Pygmalion at the Adelaide Festival
✍️ Sandra Bowdler
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Contemplation and exuberance from Andris Nelsons and the Vienna Philharmonic at @carnegiehall.bsky.social
✍️ Susan Stempleski
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Porgy and Bess: Catfish Row arrives in Kansas City @kcopera.bsky.social
✍️ Hilary Stroh
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