Marc Minkowski conducts Benjamin Bernheim, a fourfold Kathryn Lewek, Christian Van Horn, and Kate Lindsey in a live broadcast from the Salzburg Festival
Timur Zangiev conducts Sean Panikkar, Peixin Chen, Asmik Grigorian, Violeta Urmana, and Juan Francisco Gatell in a live broadcast from the Salzburg Festival
Maxime Pascal conducts Caroline Wettergreen, Freya Apffelstaedt, Robin Tritschler, Tobias Moretti, Tanja Ariane Baumgartner, Georg Nigl, and John Daszak in a 20th century double bill of Il Canto sospeso and Il prigioniero recorded last week at the Salzburg Festival
Raphaël Pichon conducts Andrè Schuen, Adriana González, Sabine Devieilhe, Krzysztof B?czyk, and Lea Desandre in a performance recorded at this year’s Salzburg Festival.
Well, my dears, if you thought Frank Castorf‘s Ring or Stefan Herheim‘s Meistersinger were outré, then wait until you get a load of the radical take on Don Carlos by Peter Stein for the Salzburg Festival!
It’s not a sure thing, only a “maybe,” but it’s the most exciting Regie news La Cieca has heard all season.
“Taking the libretto’s description of ‘panther-like’ literally, Bacchus appears in a shiny leopard-print suit…”
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