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Zurich Opera’s brooding <i>Ballo in maschera</i> at the Edinburgh International Festival &copy; Jess Shurte
Zurich Opera’s brooding Ballo in maschera at the Edinburgh International Festival
© Jess Shurte
The price of war: Noa Naamat’s powerful <i>Aida</i> opens the season in Helsinki &copy; Emma Suominen
The price of war: Noa Naamat’s powerful Aida opens the season in Helsinki
© Emma Suominen
A less than grand <i>Macabre</i>: Musikfest Berlin opens its new edition with Ligeti &copy; Berliner Festspiele, Foto: Fabian Schellhorn
A less than grand Macabre: Musikfest Berlin opens its new edition with Ligeti
© Berliner Festspiele, Foto: Fabian Schellhorn
Skybound Scriabin, backward-looking Beethoven from the Berlin Phil in Edinburgh &copy; Courtesy of the Edinburgh International Festival
Skybound Scriabin, backward-looking Beethoven from the Berlin Phil in Edinburgh
© Courtesy of the Edinburgh International Festival
<i>When Prophecy Fails</i>: a thoughtful and provocative piece at the EIF &copy; Tommy Ga-Ken Wan
When Prophecy Fails: a thoughtful and provocative piece at the EIF
© Tommy Ga-Ken Wan
Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra with Lise Davidsen in New York &copy; Richard Termine | Met Opera
Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra with Lise Davidsen in New York
© Richard Termine | Met Opera
Jamie Barton and Clay Hilley ride the waves for Mahler’s epic farewell &copy; BBC | Chris Christodoulou
Jamie Barton and Clay Hilley ride the waves for Mahler’s epic farewell
© BBC | Chris Christodoulou
Double bleak: Opera Prelude compares and contrasts Bernstein and Weill &copy; Julian Guidera
Double bleak: Opera Prelude compares and contrasts Bernstein and Weill
© Julian Guidera
<i>Exxy</i> by Dan Daw: not exactly ‘dance’ as we know it &copy; Andrew Perry
Exxy by Dan Daw: not exactly ‘dance’ as we know it
© Andrew Perry
César Morales’ Ballet de Santiago takes flight in Dublin <i>Swan Lake</i> &copy; Nicolas Quezada
César Morales’ Ballet de Santiago takes flight in Dublin Swan Lake
© Nicolas Quezada
Beauty under siege: a new <i>Siège de Corinthe</i> at the Rossini Opera Festival &copy; Amati Bacciardi
Beauty under siege: a new Siège de Corinthe at the Rossini Opera Festival
© Amati Bacciardi
Heritage games: Cherkaoui’s <i>Ihsane</i> at the Edinburgh Festival &copy; Jess Shurte
Heritage games: Cherkaoui’s Ihsane at the Edinburgh Festival
© Jess Shurte
Mahler in the mountains: Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra in Gstaad &copy; Menuhin Festival Gstaad | Raphael Faux
Mahler in the mountains: Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra in Gstaad
© Menuhin Festival Gstaad | Raphael Faux
When Rossini meets Ponnelle: <i>L’occasione fa il ladro</i> at the Rossini Opera Festival &copy; Amati Bacciardi
When Rossini meets Ponnelle: L’occasione fa il ladro at the Rossini Opera Festival
© Amati Bacciardi
Nézet-Séguin brings an idiosyncratic Beethoven 9 to Saratoga &copy; Ironglass Productions | Jake Ritz
Nézet-Séguin brings an idiosyncratic Beethoven 9 to Saratoga
© Ironglass Productions | Jake Ritz
Rumble! A Berlioz Requiem to shake the soul at the BBC Proms &copy; BBC | Chris Christodoulou
Rumble! A Berlioz Requiem to shake the soul at the BBC Proms
© BBC | Chris Christodoulou
From Marsalis to Barber, an all-American Prom from Gaffigan and the BBCSO &copy; BBC | Mark Allan
From Marsalis to Barber, an all-American Prom from Gaffigan and the BBCSO
© BBC | Mark Allan
Fizzing farce: <i>La scala di seta</i> revived at the Rossini Opera Festival &copy; Amati Bacciardi
Fizzing farce: La scala di seta revived at the Rossini Opera Festival
© Amati Bacciardi
Gustavo Dudamel steers the LA Phil on wild ride into Hell at the BBC Proms &copy; BBC | Chris Christodoulou
Gustavo Dudamel steers the LA Phil on wild ride into Hell at the BBC Proms
© BBC | Chris Christodoulou
Beth Taylor triumphs in her Edinburgh International Festival debut &copy; Andrew Perry
Beth Taylor triumphs in her Edinburgh International Festival debut
© Andrew Perry
Missy Mazzoli's <i>The Galloping Cure</i> receives eye-catching world premiere in Edinburgh &copy; Andrew Perry
Missy Mazzoli's The Galloping Cure receives eye-catching world premiere in Edinburgh
© Andrew Perry
The AI Ring’s final coup? <i>Götterdämmerung</i> at the Bayreuth Festival &copy; Enrico Nawrath | Bayreuther Festspiele
The AI Ring’s final coup? Götterdämmerung at the Bayreuth Festival
© Enrico Nawrath | Bayreuther Festspiele
A less familiar <i>Madama Butterfly</i> presented at Santa Fe Opera &copy; Bronwen Sharp for the Santa Fe Opera
A less familiar Madama Butterfly presented at Santa Fe Opera
© Bronwen Sharp for the Santa Fe Opera
On top form: Carlos Acosta’s Myths and Modern Masters in London &copy; Helen Maybanks
On top form: Carlos Acosta’s Myths and Modern Masters in London
© Helen Maybanks
Misty Copeland eyes a rich future for ballet: Joyce Theater Ballet Festival &copy; Michelle Reid
Misty Copeland eyes a rich future for ballet: Joyce Theater Ballet Festival
© Michelle Reid
404 Regie not found: <i>Das Rheingold</i> at the Bayreuth Festival &copy; Enrico Nawrath | Bayreuther Festspiele
404 Regie not found: Das Rheingold at the Bayreuth Festival
© Enrico Nawrath | Bayreuther Festspiele
Bread and transfiguration: Messiaen’s <i>Saint François d’Assise</i> at the Salzburg Festival &copy; SF | Monika Rittershaus
Bread and transfiguration: Messiaen’s Saint François d’Assise at the Salzburg Festival
© SF | Monika Rittershaus
Zurich Opera’s brooding <i>Ballo in maschera</i> at the Edinburgh International Festival &copy; Jess Shurte
Zurich Opera’s brooding Ballo in maschera at the Edinburgh International Festival
© Jess Shurte
The price of war: Noa Naamat’s powerful <i>Aida</i> opens the season in Helsinki &copy; Emma Suominen
The price of war: Noa Naamat’s powerful Aida opens the season in Helsinki
© Emma Suominen
A less than grand <i>Macabre</i>: Musikfest Berlin opens its new edition with Ligeti &copy; Berliner Festspiele, Foto: Fabian Schellhorn
A less than grand Macabre: Musikfest Berlin opens its new edition with Ligeti
© Berliner Festspiele, Foto: Fabian Schellhorn
Skybound Scriabin, backward-looking Beethoven from the Berlin Phil in Edinburgh &copy; Courtesy of the Edinburgh International Festival
Skybound Scriabin, backward-looking Beethoven from the Berlin Phil in Edinburgh
© Courtesy of the Edinburgh International Festival
<i>When Prophecy Fails</i>: a thoughtful and provocative piece at the EIF &copy; Tommy Ga-Ken Wan
When Prophecy Fails: a thoughtful and provocative piece at the EIF
© Tommy Ga-Ken Wan
Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra with Lise Davidsen in New York &copy; Richard Termine | Met Opera
Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra with Lise Davidsen in New York
© Richard Termine | Met Opera
Jamie Barton and Clay Hilley ride the waves for Mahler’s epic farewell &copy; BBC | Chris Christodoulou
Jamie Barton and Clay Hilley ride the waves for Mahler’s epic farewell
© BBC | Chris Christodoulou
Double bleak: Opera Prelude compares and contrasts Bernstein and Weill &copy; Julian Guidera
Double bleak: Opera Prelude compares and contrasts Bernstein and Weill
© Julian Guidera
<i>Exxy</i> by Dan Daw: not exactly ‘dance’ as we know it &copy; Andrew Perry
Exxy by Dan Daw: not exactly ‘dance’ as we know it
© Andrew Perry
César Morales’ Ballet de Santiago takes flight in Dublin <i>Swan Lake</i> &copy; Nicolas Quezada
César Morales’ Ballet de Santiago takes flight in Dublin Swan Lake
© Nicolas Quezada
Beauty under siege: a new <i>Siège de Corinthe</i> at the Rossini Opera Festival &copy; Amati Bacciardi
Beauty under siege: a new Siège de Corinthe at the Rossini Opera Festival
© Amati Bacciardi
Heritage games: Cherkaoui’s <i>Ihsane</i> at the Edinburgh Festival &copy; Jess Shurte
Heritage games: Cherkaoui’s Ihsane at the Edinburgh Festival
© Jess Shurte
Mahler in the mountains: Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra in Gstaad &copy; Menuhin Festival Gstaad | Raphael Faux
Mahler in the mountains: Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra in Gstaad
© Menuhin Festival Gstaad | Raphael Faux
When Rossini meets Ponnelle: <i>L’occasione fa il ladro</i> at the Rossini Opera Festival &copy; Amati Bacciardi
When Rossini meets Ponnelle: L’occasione fa il ladro at the Rossini Opera Festival
© Amati Bacciardi
Nézet-Séguin brings an idiosyncratic Beethoven 9 to Saratoga &copy; Ironglass Productions | Jake Ritz
Nézet-Séguin brings an idiosyncratic Beethoven 9 to Saratoga
© Ironglass Productions | Jake Ritz
Rumble! A Berlioz Requiem to shake the soul at the BBC Proms &copy; BBC | Chris Christodoulou
Rumble! A Berlioz Requiem to shake the soul at the BBC Proms
© BBC | Chris Christodoulou
From Marsalis to Barber, an all-American Prom from Gaffigan and the BBCSO &copy; BBC | Mark Allan
From Marsalis to Barber, an all-American Prom from Gaffigan and the BBCSO
© BBC | Mark Allan
Fizzing farce: <i>La scala di seta</i> revived at the Rossini Opera Festival &copy; Amati Bacciardi
Fizzing farce: La scala di seta revived at the Rossini Opera Festival
© Amati Bacciardi
Gustavo Dudamel steers the LA Phil on wild ride into Hell at the BBC Proms &copy; BBC | Chris Christodoulou
Gustavo Dudamel steers the LA Phil on wild ride into Hell at the BBC Proms
© BBC | Chris Christodoulou
Beth Taylor triumphs in her Edinburgh International Festival debut &copy; Andrew Perry
Beth Taylor triumphs in her Edinburgh International Festival debut
© Andrew Perry
Missy Mazzoli's <i>The Galloping Cure</i> receives eye-catching world premiere in Edinburgh &copy; Andrew Perry
Missy Mazzoli's The Galloping Cure receives eye-catching world premiere in Edinburgh
© Andrew Perry
The AI Ring’s final coup? <i>Götterdämmerung</i> at the Bayreuth Festival &copy; Enrico Nawrath | Bayreuther Festspiele
The AI Ring’s final coup? Götterdämmerung at the Bayreuth Festival
© Enrico Nawrath | Bayreuther Festspiele
A less familiar <i>Madama Butterfly</i> presented at Santa Fe Opera &copy; Bronwen Sharp for the Santa Fe Opera
A less familiar Madama Butterfly presented at Santa Fe Opera
© Bronwen Sharp for the Santa Fe Opera
On top form: Carlos Acosta’s Myths and Modern Masters in London &copy; Helen Maybanks
On top form: Carlos Acosta’s Myths and Modern Masters in London
© Helen Maybanks
Misty Copeland eyes a rich future for ballet: Joyce Theater Ballet Festival &copy; Michelle Reid
Misty Copeland eyes a rich future for ballet: Joyce Theater Ballet Festival
© Michelle Reid
404 Regie not found: <i>Das Rheingold</i> at the Bayreuth Festival &copy; Enrico Nawrath | Bayreuther Festspiele
404 Regie not found: Das Rheingold at the Bayreuth Festival
© Enrico Nawrath | Bayreuther Festspiele
Bread and transfiguration: Messiaen’s <i>Saint François d’Assise</i> at the Salzburg Festival &copy; SF | Monika Rittershaus
Bread and transfiguration: Messiaen’s Saint François d’Assise at the Salzburg Festival
© SF | Monika Rittershaus
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