Performer: Malin Byström

Capriccio proves a fitting end to the Philharmonia’s EIF residency, with Alexander Soddy conducting a fine cast headed by Swedish soprano Malin Byström.

****1

Musically peerless but battering: Wozzeck in Aix

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David Karlin, 07 Jul

Sir Simon Rattle and the LSO give an orchestral performance to remember, with a fine singing cast, but Simon McBurney's staging dials the bleakness to maximum too early.

***11

Vienna's new Salome: orchestral excellence, vocal virtuosity

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George Jahn, 04 Feb

Already a psychodrama as written, the Salome according to Cyril Teste takes us deeper into what makes the protagonist – or is she a tragic heroine? – into who she is.

****1

Stylish, traditional Tosca revived at the Royal Opera House

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Mark Valencia, 28 Nov

In a face-off between Gabriele Viviani's Scarpia and Malin Byström’s Tosca in this solid revival of Jonathan Kent's 2006 production, there could only be one winner

****1

Byström and Soddy lead superb Salome revival at the ROH

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Roy Westbrook, 09 Sep

Swedish soprano Malin Byström returns to Sir David McVicar's production at Covent Garden, where she is now probably unsurpassed in the role, vocally and histrionically.

*****

Salome stoked to red heat by Byström and the Bergen Philharmonic

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David Smythe, 14 Aug

Returning to the Edinburgh International Festival after their astonishing Peter Grimes, the Bergen Philharmonic and Edward Gardner bring another opera, Richard Strauss' murderous Salome.

*****

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ViennaFidelio

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On demand from Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna, Until 03 Oct 12:00

Beethoven: Fidelio

Franz Welser-Möst; Nikolaus Habjan; Vienna State Opera; Julius Semmelmann; Denise Heschl; Franz Tscheck; Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera

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