Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci 2026 Review: Cefalo e Procride

(Photo: Stefan Gloede) Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci has continued staging its flagship new opera production within the unique, historic Orangerieschloss. For seasoned festival-goers, the announcement of Giovanni Battista Bononcini’s “Cefalo e Procride” might initially have left a slight sense of lingering hunger. The scale of this single-act work aligns more closely with a compact serenata than a grand opera seria. Consequently, {…}

Magdeburg Telemann Festival 2026 Review: Festmusik & Otto

(Photo: Viktoria Kühne) The 2026 biennial Magdeburg Telemann Festival reached its zenith this week, offering a rewarding musical marathon that spanned centuries of political and musical history. Over the course of a single day, the festival presented two contrasting faces of Georg Philipp Telemann: the celebratory architect of Habsburg dynastic splendor and the pragmatic, experimental operatic bridge-builder. From the daylight {…}

Innsbruck Festival of Early Music 2024 Review: Händel & Greber

(Photo: ©pissarek) Innsbruck Festival of Early Music’s “Händel & Greber” program featured works that compliment and celebrate works by both composers in tandem with musical ideas that resonate across space and time. The evening included soprano Silvia Frigato and mezzo-soprano Mathilde Ortscheidt. Ortscheidt is the recipient of the first prize at last year’s “Pietro Antonio Cesti” Baroque Opera Competition in {…}