Unter Strom: konzertante Norma mit Sonya Yoncheva in Baden-Baden

Sonya Yoncheva (Norma)

Stefan Pop (Pollione) und Sonya Yoncheva (Norma)

Sonya Yoncheva (Norma)

Sonya Yoncheva (Norma) und Karine Deshayes (Adalgisa)

By Christoph Wurzel, 27 August 2025

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Reviewed at Festspielhaus, Baden-Baden on 24 August 2025

Bellini, Norma (Concert performance)

Domingo Hindoyan, Conductor

Gstaad Festival Orchestra

Chor der Bühnen Bern

Sonya Yoncheva, Norma

Karine Deshayes, Adalgisa

Stefan Pop, Pollione

Marin Yonchev, Flavio

Alexander Vinogradov, Oroveso

Kristina Klein, Clotilde

Chasing the American Dream: UK premiere for Missy Mazzoli’s Proving Up

Mark Pullinger, 1st June

Amy Lane directs an intimate staging of Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek’s 2018 chamber opera in the compact Milton Court Theatre.

****1

Longborough Festival Opera season starts slow with Orlando

Eleanor Knight, 30th May

Beth Taylor gives the lows and highs of Handel's heroics an almighty, whole-body shakedown in Sinéad O'Neill’s new staging of Handel's Orlando.

***11

Bang! Mozart’s volcano erupts in Opera Holland Park’s Così fan tutte

Peter Quantrill, 28th May

Mount Vesuvius looms over Cecilia Stinton’s compelling new production of Così fan tutte.

****1

Viennese splendour in Garsington’s Rosenkavalier revival

Roy Westbrook, 28th May

Bruno Ravella's splendid 2021 production of Strauss' opera of Viennese manners returns with a fine cast.

****1

A witty hotel Don Giovanni opens Blackwater Valley Festival

Andrew Larkin, 27th May

Tom Creed’s witty production at Lismore Castle delivers strong singing, sharp comedy and lively orchestral playing, even if the opera’s darker supernatural edges are somewhat diminished.

****1

Garsington’s new La traviata ticks every musical and dramatic box

David Karlin, 27th May

Music Director Douglas Boyd conducts a performance of exceptional musical quality, and Louisa Muller's uncontroversial but passionate direction makes this Traviata one for the ages.

*****

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Christoph Wurzel

Nach dem Studium der Germanistik, Politikwissenschaft, Philosophie und Musikwissenschaft war Christoph Wurzel lange im pädagogischen Bereich tätig. Er interessiert sich besonders für die gesellschaftlich relevanten Aspekte der Musik. Er lebt in Baden – Baden und schreibt für verschiedene Magazine in Deutschland.