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A Herculean Monument Reborn: Antonio Cesti’s Il pomo d’oro in Innsbruck
The Work What a Production! Over seven hours of music, twenty singers, dozens of roles, and a bewildering succession of scenes: Antonio Cesti’s 1660s festa teatrale, Il pomo d’oro, was unambiguously the most fitting birthday present imaginable for the 50th
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A Modern Visitor’s Guide to the Styriarte Music Festival (Episode 2)
Other highlights provided by the festival: Nocturnal Light Programs: This dialogue between shadow and illumination extends to the festival’s chamber recitals. Pianist Bernd Glemser crafts a striking twilight narrative, pairing Beethoven‘s “Moonlight” Sonata with Liszt‘s transcription of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony.
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A Modern Visitor’s Guide to the Styriarte Music Festival (Episode 1)
Chances are, Graz will not be your first stop in Austria. It lacks the monumental musical clichés of Vienna, the postcard saturation of Mozart‘s Salzburg, or the immediate dramatic peaks of Innsbruck’s snow-capped Alps. Yet, there is a reason why
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Castor et Pollux at Opera Graz
Rameau on the Modern Stage
Jean-Philippe Rameau’s Castor et Pollux, generally regarded as one of his finest works, is staged with some frequency. For a fully staged opera production in 2026, however, you would have to visit two mid-scale European opera houses, the Grand Théâtre
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Schubertiade 2026
The annual festival of Schubert and his contemporaries celebrates its 50th anniversary this year and, in 6 programs spread over two distinct performing spaces, brings the sound world of Schubert alive. The Schubertiade (named after the evenings in Schubert’s house)
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Salzburg Festival 2025: Maria Stuarda – Platforms Passing in the Night
With much fanfare, the Salzburg Festival announced Ulrich Rasche as director of Gaetano Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda. A proponent of “perpetual stage movement and intense lighting to create visceral experiences,” the German director’s vision was of two queens, each stuck in
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Schubertiade Hohenems July 2025: Day 4
The Sitkovetsky Trio started Day 4 with a concert of Schubert and Beethoven’s piano trios. Opening with Schubert’s Trio (Sonata in 1 movt) in B♭ major, D 28, a work written when Schubert was only 15, we heard a work
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Schubertiade Hohenems July 2025: Day 3
Sibling Synergy and Lyrical Brilliance
Jussen Brothers and Gerhaher-Huber
Glorious summer weather set the perfect tone for Day 3 of the July Schubertiade in Hohenems, promising a day rich in excitement and artistry; and the audience was not disappointed. The afternoon session featured the Dutch piano duo of Lucas
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