Berliner Philharmoniker – Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla conducts music from Weinberg’s The Golden Key & Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, with Emanuel Ax playing John Williams’s Piano Concerto. Reviewed from the live Digital Concert Hall webcast and (because of technical problems first time round on DCH) the repeat option.

Berliner Philharmoniker – Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla conducts music from Weinberg’s The Golden Key & Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, with Emanuel Ax playing John Williams’s Piano Concerto. Reviewed from the live Digital Concert Hall webcast and (because of technical problems first time round on DCH) the repeat option.

Apr 19, 2026 | Concert Reviews, Opera Reviews, Videos

Mieczysław Weinberg (1919-96) Saturday, April 18, 2026 Berliner Philharmonie, Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße, Berlin Debut week for Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla with the Berliner Philharmoniker, opening with one of the Suites compiled by Mieczysław Weinberg (a Pole who escaped...
Berliner Philharmoniker – Kirill Petrenko conducts Das Rheingold, the “preliminary evening” of Richard Wagner’s music-drama tetralogy Der Ring des Nibelungen, with Christian Gerhaher as Wotan. Reviewed from live Digital Concert Hall webcast and the first repeat of it (on April 11 morning).

Berliner Philharmoniker – Kirill Petrenko conducts Das Rheingold, the “preliminary evening” of Richard Wagner’s music-drama tetralogy Der Ring des Nibelungen, with Christian Gerhaher as Wotan. Reviewed from live Digital Concert Hall webcast and the first repeat of it (on April 11 morning).

Apr 11, 2026 | Concert Reviews, Opera Reviews, Outstanding [category w.e.f. January 2021], Videos

Yajie Zhang (Wellgunde), Jess Dandy (Floßhilde) & Louise Foor (Woglinde) in Salzburg Easter Festival’s staging of Das Rheingold. Photo: Frol Podlesnyi Friday, April 10, 2026 Berliner Philharmonie, Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße, Berlin Returning to the Salzburg Easter...
BBC Proms 2025 – London Symphony Orchestra – Sir Antonio Pappano conducts Richard Strauss and Puccini: Die Frau ohne Schatten (Symphonic Fantasy) and Suor Angelica. Live on BBC Radio 3.

BBC Proms 2025 – London Symphony Orchestra – Sir Antonio Pappano conducts Richard Strauss and Puccini: Die Frau ohne Schatten (Symphonic Fantasy) and Suor Angelica. Live on BBC Radio 3.

Aug 19, 2025 | BBC Proms 2025, Concert Reviews, Opera Reviews, Outstanding [category w.e.f. January 2021]

Photo, Mark Allan Tuesday, August 19, 2025 Royal Albert Hall, London December 1918, Metropolitan Opera, New York: the premiere of Puccini’s Il trittico (Suor Angelica coming between Il tabarro and Gianni Schicchi). October 1919, Vienna State Opera: the premiere...
BBC Proms 2025 – Budapest Festival Orchestra. Iván Fischer conducts Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony & Bartók’s A kékszakállú herceg vára/Duke Bluebeard’s Castle. Live on BBC Radio 3.

BBC Proms 2025 – Budapest Festival Orchestra. Iván Fischer conducts Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony & Bartók’s A kékszakállú herceg vára/Duke Bluebeard’s Castle. Live on BBC Radio 3.

Aug 6, 2025 | BBC Proms 2025, Concert Reviews, Opera Reviews

Bartók in 1911, the year he completed Bluebeard’s Castle, his only opera Wednesday, August 6, 2025 Royal Albert Hall, London Give Iván Fischer a hat and he’ll pull a rabbit out of it, as well as conjuring a Beethoven Seven of thrust (the term ‘slow...
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis – On June 14 OTSL, in its fiftieth season, unveiled a new production of Benjamin Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (to a libretto by the composer & Peter Pears after Shakespeare), directed by Tim Albery and conducted by “rock star” Leonard Slatkin. First-night reviews.

Opera Theatre of Saint Louis – On June 14 OTSL, in its fiftieth season, unveiled a new production of Benjamin Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (to a libretto by the composer & Peter Pears after Shakespeare), directed by Tim Albery and conducted by “rock star” Leonard Slatkin. First-night reviews.

Jun 18, 2025 | Guest Contributors, Opera Reviews

https://www.facebook.com/MaestroLeonardSlatkin/photos/opening-night-curtain-call-for-brittens-midsummer-nights-dream-thank-you-opera-t/1028070039309220/?_rdr Spend a Midsummer Night with Leonard Slatkin at OTSL...
Berliner Philharmoniker – Kirill Petrenko conducts Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, with Eleonora Buratto (Cio-Cio-San) & Jonathan Tetelman (Pinkerton). Live Digital Concert Hall webcast.

Berliner Philharmoniker – Kirill Petrenko conducts Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, with Eleonora Buratto (Cio-Cio-San) & Jonathan Tetelman (Pinkerton). Live Digital Concert Hall webcast.

Apr 29, 2025 | Concert Reviews, Opera Reviews, Outstanding [category w.e.f. January 2021], Videos

Photo from Baden-Baden production, directed by Davide Livermore Sunday, April 27, 2025 Berliner Philharmonie, Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße, Berlin Following staged performances at the Baden-Baden Easter Festival, the Berliner Philharmoniker and Kirill Petrenko returned...