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Bachtrack@bachtrackMar 23

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18 Musicians x 3: Steve Reich at @ParkAveArmory ✍️ Robert Levine bachtrack.com/review-reich-m…

18 Musicians x 3: Steve Reich at the Park Avenue Armory

To mark the 90th birthday of Steve Reich, Staged Variations sees three ensembles tackle the composer’s seminal Music for 18 Musicians.

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A Resurrection to die for from Sir Antonio Pappano and the @londonsymphony ✍️ Roy Westbrook bachtrack.com/review-pappano…

A Resurrection to die for: Sir Antonio Pappano and the LSO

After a busy tour, the London Symphony Orchestra opens its home season with a performance of Gustav Mahler’s mighty Resurrection Symphony.

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Mark Simpson makes massive impact in Gavin Higgins' new Clarinet Concerto @liverpoolphil ✍️ Glyn Mon Hughes bachtrack.com/review-simpson…

Mark Simpson makes massive impact in new Clarinet Concerto

In Liverpool, an exploration of gay themes makes Gavin Higgins' extensive and virtuoso Clarinet Concerto a work which will surely become a mainstay of concert programmes in years to come.

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An excellent new Carmen in Adelaide ✍️ Sandra Bowdler bachtrack.com/review-carmen-…

An excellent new Carmen in Adelaide

First class home grown cast in Laura Hansford’s excellent production of for the State Opera of South Australia proves there's still life in this old operatic warhorse.

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In Prague, a tedious Pelléas et Mélisande at the National Theatre ✍️ Frank Kuznik bachtrack.com/review-pelleas…

In Prague, a tedious Pelléas et Mélisande at the National Theatre

The music is captivating, but onstage, director Christof Loy’s historical treatment of Debussy’s only opera is bloodless

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Yuja Wang undertakes Brahms marathon with the Rotterdam Philharmonic ✍️ Clare Varney bachtrack.com/review-yuja-wa…

Yuja Wang undertakes Brahms marathon with the Rotterdam Philharmonic

Brahms’ two monumental piano concertos conducted by Tarmo Peltokoski take centre stage in a packed De Doelen Hall, Rotterdam.

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Bachtrack@bachtrack11h

In Cologne, a long wait for a lacklustre Rosenkavalier ✍️ Simon Thompson bachtrack.com/review-rosenka…

In Cologne, a long wait for a lacklustre Rosenkavalier

Cologne reopens its opera house after a 14-year refurbishment, but their new Rosenkavalier sells the performers and the occasion short.

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Rossini’s youthful L'equivoco stravagante gets the laughs rolling at @wexfordopera ✍️ Andrew Larkin bachtrack.com/review-rossini…

Rossini’s youthful opera gets the laughs rolling in Wexford

A frothy confection of fiendish patter, farcical misunderstandings and spirited performances reveals the youthful Rossini already in command of comic opera.

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Bachtrack@bachtrack15h

Senta’s Dream x Pirates of the Caribbean: Philipp Stölzl’s inspired Flying Dutchman docks in @TheaterWien ✍️ Mark Pullinger bachtrack.com/review-der-fli…

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Bachtrack@bachtrackOct 17

A polemic for out times: Du Yun and Royce Vavrek's Angel’s Bone at English National Opera @E_N_O ✍️ David Karlin bachtrack.com/review-angels-…

A polemic for out times: Du Yun’s Angel’s Bone at ENO

Transferring from Manchester to London in expanded form, ENO stage a bruising, uncompromising allegory of modern slavery.

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Bachtrack@bachtrackOct 17

Mothers of Kherson world premiere issues an urgent call to action in Warsaw @Opera_Narodowa ✍️ Peter Quantrill bachtrack.com/review-kolomii…

Mothers of Kherson premiere issues an urgent call to action

A new Ukrainian opera brings tragedy and hope to the stage of the Polish National Opera in an outstanding world premiere.

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Bachtrack@bachtrackOct 16

Mascagni’s Iris blooms afresh to open the 75th @wexfordopera bachtrack.com/review-mascagn…

Mascagni’s Iris blooms afresh in Wexford

Wexford gives Mascagni’s neglected Iris a compelling new lease of life, with sensitive direction, outstanding singing and a hauntingly beautiful, redemptive conclusion.

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Bachtrack@bachtrackOct 17

Bucolic Strauss, granitic Shostakovich: Welser-Möst and The Cleveland Orchestra at the @Musikverein @CleveOrchestra ✍️ Mark Pullinger bachtrack.com/review-welser-…

Welser-Möst and The Cleveland Orchestra in Vienna

Nearing the end of their 15-concert European tour, The Cleveland Orchestra and outgoing Music Director play music from Strauss’ opera Daphne and Shostakovich’s gruelling Eighth Symphony.

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Bachtrack@bachtrackOct 17

“Hats off, gentlemen – a genius!” Frédéric Chopin died OTD in 1849. Our top ten playlist features some great interpreters: Martha Argerich, Arthur Rubinstein, Yuja Wang, Yunchan Lim... a feast for pianophiles! bachtrack.com/playlist-top-t…

Bachtrack top ten: Frédéric Chopin

Ten works revealing the paradox of Chopin: a composer outwardly delicate, inwardly steely; rooted in Polish dance rhythms, yet formed in Parisian sophistication.

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Bachtrack@bachtrackOct 16

The fizz remains in @glyndebourne's Barber of Seville ✍️ Nick Boston bachtrack.com/review-barber-…

The fizz remains in Glyndebourne's Barber of Seville

Glyndebourne revives Annabel Arden's colourful production of Rossini's The Barber of Seville, with a strong vocal and comedic cast and clear musical direction from Chloe Rooke.

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Bachtrack@bachtrackOct 16

A beautifully sung and performed Roméo et Juliette in Perth ✍️ Sandra Bowdler bachtrack.com/review-gounod-…

A beautifully sung and performed Roméo et Juliette in Perth

Samantha Clarke and Alasdair Kent are perfectly cast as Gounod's star crossed lovers with an excellent supporting cast at West Australian Opera.

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Bachtrack@bachtrackOct 16

A flat Falstaff opens in Rome ✍️ Pia Maltri bachtrack.com/review-falstaf…

A flat Falstaff opens in Rome

A bland updating ends up flattening the contrasts and social satire that Verdi’s opera wants to highlight.

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Bachtrack@bachtrackOct 16

“A compelling reminder of what imaginative programming can reveal about a great orchestra” The @CleveOrchestra and Franz Welser-Möst at the @Musikverein ✍️ Franz Welser-Möst bachtrack.com/review-welser-…

The Cleveland Orchestra and Franz Welser-Möst at the Musikverein

Welser-Möst keeps Bohuslav Martinů's seemingly unruly orchestral scoring wonderfully lucid as The Cleveland Orchestra visits Vienna's Musikverein.

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Bachtrack@bachtrackOct 16

Mascagni’s Iris blooms afresh to open the 75th @wexfordopera bachtrack.com/review-mascagn…

Mascagni’s Iris blooms afresh in Wexford

Wexford gives Mascagni’s neglected Iris a compelling new lease of life, with sensitive direction, outstanding singing and a hauntingly beautiful, redemptive conclusion.

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Bachtrack@bachtrackOct 16

A day in the life: revisiting the Almavivas at @glyndebourne ✍️ Christopher Woodley bachtrack.com/review-marriag…

A day in the life: revisiting the Almavivas at Glyndebourne

A fine cast of debutants give an engaging account of Mariame Clément's day out in Seville in a magnificent Marriage of Figaro staging that shows what goes around comes around.

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