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Bachtrack Editions: October 2026

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Welcome to October’s Bachtrack Edition, where we put the spotlight on a selection of our reviews, stories and images from the past month.

The Vestal’s Tale: Lydia Steier’s dystopian <i>La Vestale</i> opens in Berlin &copy; Stephan Rabold
The Vestal’s Tale: Lydia Steier’s dystopian La Vestale opens in Berlin
© Stephan Rabold
English National Ballet’s <i>Rhythm Riot</i>: gloriously challenging and diverse &copy; Photography by ASH
English National Ballet’s Rhythm Riot: gloriously challenging and diverse
© Photography by ASH
Warning and consolation: Britten’s <i>War Requiem</i> from the LPO and Edward Gardner &copy; Andy Paradise
Warning and consolation: Britten’s War Requiem from the LPO and Edward Gardner
© Andy Paradise
Firing blanks: Oxford International Opera’s aimless <i>Tosca</i> &copy; Alex Brenner
Firing blanks: Oxford International Opera’s aimless Tosca
© Alex Brenner
Opulence and vigour from Seong-Jin Cho and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra &copy; Simon van Boxtel
Opulence and vigour from Seong-Jin Cho and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
© Simon van Boxtel
The White Pearl: New Zealand Opera reframes Bizet’s <i>Les Pêcheurs de Perles</i> &copy; Andi Crown
The White Pearl: New Zealand Opera reframes Bizet’s Les Pêcheurs de Perles
© Andi Crown
Dark-sided movement: NDT’s <i>Out of the stillness</i> is a masterful showcase of dance theatre &copy; Rahi Rezvani
Dark-sided movement: NDT’s Out of the stillness is a masterful showcase of dance theatre
© Rahi Rezvani
Blood flowing fast: Aribert Reimann’s <i>Lear</i> takes off at Tempelhof Airport &copy; Monika Rittershaus
Blood flowing fast: Aribert Reimann’s Lear takes off at Tempelhof Airport
© Monika Rittershaus
Tradition reclaimed: Liliana Cavani’s lavish <i>Traviata</i> returns to La Scala &copy; Brescia e Amisano | Teatro alla Scala
Tradition reclaimed: Liliana Cavani’s lavish Traviata returns to La Scala
© Brescia e Amisano | Teatro alla Scala
Quinn Kelsey dazzles in the Metropolitan Opera’s new <i>Macbeth</i> &copy; Marty Sohl | Met Opera
Quinn Kelsey dazzles in the Metropolitan Opera’s new Macbeth
© Marty Sohl | Met Opera
The Vestal’s Tale: Lydia Steier’s dystopian <i>La Vestale</i> opens in Berlin &copy; Stephan Rabold
The Vestal’s Tale: Lydia Steier’s dystopian La Vestale opens in Berlin
© Stephan Rabold
English National Ballet’s <i>Rhythm Riot</i>: gloriously challenging and diverse &copy; Photography by ASH
English National Ballet’s Rhythm Riot: gloriously challenging and diverse
© Photography by ASH
Warning and consolation: Britten’s <i>War Requiem</i> from the LPO and Edward Gardner &copy; Andy Paradise
Warning and consolation: Britten’s War Requiem from the LPO and Edward Gardner
© Andy Paradise
Firing blanks: Oxford International Opera’s aimless <i>Tosca</i> &copy; Alex Brenner
Firing blanks: Oxford International Opera’s aimless Tosca
© Alex Brenner
Opulence and vigour from Seong-Jin Cho and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra &copy; Simon van Boxtel
Opulence and vigour from Seong-Jin Cho and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
© Simon van Boxtel
The White Pearl: New Zealand Opera reframes Bizet’s <i>Les Pêcheurs de Perles</i> &copy; Andi Crown
The White Pearl: New Zealand Opera reframes Bizet’s Les Pêcheurs de Perles
© Andi Crown
Dark-sided movement: NDT’s <i>Out of the stillness</i> is a masterful showcase of dance theatre &copy; Rahi Rezvani
Dark-sided movement: NDT’s Out of the stillness is a masterful showcase of dance theatre
© Rahi Rezvani
Blood flowing fast: Aribert Reimann’s <i>Lear</i> takes off at Tempelhof Airport &copy; Monika Rittershaus
Blood flowing fast: Aribert Reimann’s Lear takes off at Tempelhof Airport
© Monika Rittershaus
Tradition reclaimed: Liliana Cavani’s lavish <i>Traviata</i> returns to La Scala &copy; Brescia e Amisano | Teatro alla Scala
Tradition reclaimed: Liliana Cavani’s lavish Traviata returns to La Scala
© Brescia e Amisano | Teatro alla Scala
Quinn Kelsey dazzles in the Metropolitan Opera’s new <i>Macbeth</i> &copy; Marty Sohl | Met Opera
Quinn Kelsey dazzles in the Metropolitan Opera’s new Macbeth
© Marty Sohl | Met Opera

Ahead of a performance of Siegfried in Rome, leading Wagnerian mezzo Elisabet Strid talks about the how she gets inside the mind of Brünnhilde.

Photo of the month

Photographer Rahi Rezvani captures emotional devastation in Hofesh Shechter’s Tunnel Vision performed by Nederlands Dans Theater 1.

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