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Londres‘Ariadne auf Naxos’ from GlyndebourneVersion semi-scénique

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Strauss R.: Ariadne auf Naxos
Robin Ticciati; Glyndebourne Festival Opera; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Rachel Willis-Sørensen; David Butt Philip; Samantha Hankey

LondresSakari Oramo conducts Bray and Liszt

BBC Symphony Orchestra
Bray, Liszt
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Sakari Oramo; Leila Josefowicz; David Butt Philip; BBC Symphony Chorus

BarcelonaFidelio de BeethovenVersion de concert

© Javier Salas
Beethoven: Fidelio
Pablo Heras-Casado; Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique; Monteverdi Choir; David Butt Philip; Julia Kleiter

GlyndebourneAriadne auf NaxosNouvelle production

Rachel Willis-Sørensen (Ariadne) © Glyndebourne Productions Ltd. Photo: Tristram Kenton
Strauss R.: Ariadne auf Naxos
Robin Ticciati; Laurent Pelly; Glyndebourne Festival Opera; Massimo Troncanetti; Marco Giusti; London Philharmonic Orchestra

BerlinLa VestaleNouvelle production

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Spontini: La Vestale
Carlo Rizzi; Lydia Steier; Staatsoper Berlin; Giuseppe Mentuccia; Étienne Pluss; Katharina Schlipf; Valerio Tiberi

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Beethoven: Fidelio
Cornelius Meister; Nikolaus Habjan; Wiener Staatsoper; Julius Semmelmann; Denise Heschl; Franz Tscheck; Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
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Passion without the fireworks: Ariadne auf Naxos at Glyndebourne

Rachel Willis-Sørensen (Ariadne) © Glyndebourne Productions Ltd. Photo: Tristram Kenton
Pelly’s low-level intervention leaves the audience marooned at the end of his new production of Strauss and Hofmannsthal’s operatic divertissement

A dream of a Gerontius from Pappano, the LSO and Chorus

David Butt Philip and Sir Antonio Pappano © LSO | Mark Allan
Giving their 27th performance of the oratorio, the London Symphony Chorus excel as angelic angels and demonic demons. 

A rite of spring turned inward: Strauss’ Daphne at Seattle Opera

Heidi Stober © Sunny Martini

Presented without staging, Seattle Opera’s concert Daphne places Strauss’ extreme vocal demands and saturated orchestral writing in sharp relief, offering a high-risk encounter with a rarely heard late opera.

Fidelio-Neuinszenierung an der Wiener Staatsoper: Welser-Möst rockt

David Butt Philip (Florestan) und Malin Byström (Leonore) © Werner Kmetitsch
Musikalisch begeistert vor allem Franz Welser-Möst im Orchestergraben; Nikolaus Habjan bringt seine Puppen.

Bychkov’s Mahler 8 makes a heavenly finale for Prague Spring

Mahler 8 closes the Prague Spring festival © Pražské jaro | Václav Hodina
Under the baton of Semyon Bychkov, the Czech Philharmonic and a sprawling supporting cast lead listeners up a stairway to heaven. 

Lise Davidsen thrills in Metropolitan Opera’s Fidelio revival

Lise Davidsen (Leonore) and David Butt Philip (Florestan) © Karen Almond
Exceptional singing enlivens a flawed production, which takes liberties with the tone and tenor of Beethoven's sole opera.
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VienneFidelio

David Butt Philip (Florestan) und Malin Byström (Leonore) © Werner Kmetitsch
Beethoven: Fidelio
Franz Welser-Möst; Nikolaus Habjan; Wiener Staatsoper; Julius Semmelmann; Denise Heschl; Franz Tscheck; Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
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David Butt Philip: “It is a funny business”

David Butt Philip © Andrew Staples
The British tenor reflects on his time as a Jette Parker Young Artist and the swerve in direction his career has taken since.