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The Norwegian soprano impresses in a Lieder programme that proves the highlight of the Aldeburgh Festival’s opening weekend. 

An evening of songs by Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Quilter, and several Scandinavian composers.

Canadian tenor Michael Schade confirmed his undisputed Mozartian credentials and brought vivid intensity to songs by Strauss at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.

Bass-baritone Luca Pisaroni, in splendid voice and with great eloquence, traces the development of the Lied from Mozart to Schubert at the Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ in Amsterdam.

Recital of songs/ arias by Britten/ Bellini/ Donizetti/ Schubert/ DebussyLouise Kemeny brings a level of intellect and thoughtfulness to sung texts which is probably unique among young singers. She has to her name both a Masters degree in renaissance literature, and a scholarly article about newly-installed Oxford Poetry Professor Geoffrey Hill.

El barítono alemán Matthias Goerne y la Camerata Salzburg brindaron un recital sobresaliente en el que predominó la sutileza y la precisión.

Diana Damrau und Helmut Deutsch gelang mit ihrem Festspiel-Liederabend in der Bayerischen Staatsoper ein Liederabend der Extraklasse, der neben Schubert und Richard Strauss auch Werke von Rachmaninow bot.

El barítono Luca Pisaroni acompañado por Maciej Pikulski debutan en el Ciclo de Lied del Teatro de la Zarzuela, con un programa paradigmático que incluía obras de Schubert, Beethoven y Mendelssohn.