Jonas Kaufmann, Cecilia Bartoli, Marina Rebeka, Karita Mattila, Benjamin Appl, Rolando Villazón, & Elsa Dreisig Lead Elbphilharmonie Hamburg’s 2025-26 Season

The Elbphilharmonie Hamburg has announced its 2025-26 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances for the season. The Symphoniker Hamburg, alongside Carl-Philipp-Emanuel-Bach-Chor Hamburg and Knabenchor Hannover, perform Rufus Wainwright’s Dream Requiem. Mandy Fredrich and Isabelle Huppert are the soloists with Lucie Leguay conducting. Performance Date: August 22 & 23, 2025 Manuel Winckhler, Mauro Peter, Kathryn Lewek, Elsa Dreisig, Äneas {…}

Feb 5, 2025

HamburgMusik 2024-25 Review: Mozart’s ‘Great Mass in C Minor’

In the grand setting of the 2025 Amadeus, Amadeus Festival in Hamburg, Jordi Savall delivered a performance of Mozart’s “Great Mass in C Minor,” (K.427) that stood as a testament to the power of unfinished works. Collaborating with his longtime assistant and keyboardist Luca Guglielmi, Savall brought one of Mozart’s most intricate and incomplete masterpieces to life, blending historical {…}

Jun 30, 2024

Opéra Royal de Versailles 2023-24 Review: L’Orfeo

(Photo: Stefan Brion) The Renaissance in Europe during the 15th and 16th centuries largely excluded music. As a movement inspired by classical examples, it had no ancient musical forms to revive since no classical music had survived in any form. Claudio Monteverdi is often regarded as the father of the musical Renaissance. Over fifty years, he structured the madrigal form, {…}

Sep 9, 2022

Bejun Mehta, Louise Alder & Josefine Andersson Lead New CD/DVD Releases

This week audiences will get a number of baroque releases from artists who specialize in the music as well as some contemporary and experimental releases. Here is a look. Rune – Fashion Opera Divine Art will be releasing the third in composer Alastair White’s series of “fashion-operas.” The album is the world premiere recording and is an audio version of {…}

Jun 27, 2020

Mozart’s ‘Requiem’ Opens Granada Festival in Tribute to COVID-19 Victims

The 69th Grenada Festival opened its 32-day extravaganza of music with a solemn performance of Mozart’s “Requiem” at the Granada Cathedral. Soloists soprano Katharina Konradi, countertenor Carlos Mena, tenor Xabier Anduaga and bass-baritone Carlos Álvarez joined the Grenada Symphony Orchestra under the baton of conductor Andrea Marcon. The Archbishopric of Granda co-produced the performance with “la Caixa” Foundation. “la Caixa” {…}

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Jonas Kaufmann, Cecilia Bartoli, Marina Rebeka, Karita Mattila, Benjamin Appl, Rolando Villazón, & Elsa Dreisig Lead Elbphilharmonie Hamburg’s 2025-26 Season

HamburgMusik 2024-25 Review: Mozart’s ‘Great Mass in C Minor’

Opéra Royal de Versailles 2023-24 Review: L’Orfeo

Bejun Mehta, Louise Alder & Josefine Andersson Lead New CD/DVD Releases

Mozart’s ‘Requiem’ Opens Granada Festival in Tribute to COVID-19 Victims