 Photo:
Susesch Bayat
To celebrate the re-opening of Munich’s exquisite Cuvilliés-Theater,
Kent Nagano conducts a new production
of Mozart’s Idomeneo – an opera that returns
to the theatre where it was first performed in 1781. As part of
the Münchner
Opernfestspiele and with John Mark Ainsley in the title role,
the premiere of Dieter Dorn’s production takes place on 18
June, with performances running through until 6 July.
 Following
his exciting Glyndebourne On Tour debut in 2006, Gérard Korsten
now makes his Glyndebourne
Festival debut conducting Britten’s Albert Herring
with the
London Philharmonic Orchestra. Performances of James Robert
Carson’s revival of Peter Hall’s production run from
14 June to 19 July.
 Photo:
Sheila Rock
Having just replaced Mariss Jansons for the opening concerts
of the Vienna Festival with the Vienna
Philharmonic Orchestra, in May and June Semyon
Bychkov is with WDR
Sinfonieorchester Köln for concerts and a recording of
Wagner’s Lohengrin. This recording follows a string
of highly successful discs from Semyon and WDR. With Johan Botha
in the title role, the cast includes Anne Schwanewilms, Kwangchul
Youn, Petra Lang and Falk Sruckmann.
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