Conductors for the ages
In Munich, performances by 97-year-old Herbert Blomstedt and 32-year-old Thomas Guggeis show the city’s orchestral ensembles at their best
bayerischen rundfunk
Idomeneo
Simon Rattle conducts Andrew Staples, Elsa Dreisig, Magdalena Kozená, Sabine Devieilhe, Allan Clayton, and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Mozart‘s opera seria recorded last December
I’ll take the fall
The days are getting shorter, but you can keep the prattle going this fall’s Talk of the Town! You will, you can, you must join in the discussion about: Great mezzo soprano performances (October),
Gained in translation (November), Teleport me back to… (December).