Around the Music Festival

The program for the summer festival was announced. In 2018, Markus Hinterhäuser became the artistic director for the second year, but as ever, a variety of programs are lining up. Looking at the opera lineup, Mozart’s opera always performed every year is “Die Zauberflöte”, conductor is Constantinos Carydis, director is Lydia Steier. Matthias Goerne sings Sarastro and Albina Shagimuratova sings Die Königin der Nacht. German famous actor Bruno Ganz is appointed as a “narrator” and is attracting big topics.

In Grosses Festspielhaus there is Tchaikovsky’s “The Queen of Spades” directed by Hans Neuenfels, known for radical production. conductor, Mariss Jansons. There is Bizet’s “Les Pêcheurs de perles” by concert style, and Plácido Domingo appears.

It is Richard Strauss’ s “Salome” that is performed at Felsenreitschule. It is conduct by Franz Welser-Möst, Romeo Castellucci for production and Asmik Grigorian sing a title role Salome. Another, Henze’s “The Bassarids” is also Felsenreitschule, and its conductor is Kent Nagano.

In Haus für Mozart (formerly Kleine Festspielhaus) there is Rossini’s “L’italiana in Algeri”. Jean-Christophe Spinosi directs Ensemble Matheus. A singer such as Cecilia Bartoli will appear. Another one at Haus für Mozart, Monteverdi ‘s “L’ incoronazione di Poppea” directed by Jan Lauwers will also be performed. William Christie conduct Les Arts Florissants,

On the other hand, looking at the orchestra’s concert lineup, there are plenty here too. Andre Nelsons, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Riccardo Muti, Herbert Blomstedt, Welser-Möst., Who honors the Concert of Vienna Philharmonic. Guest Orchestra includes London Symphony Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker and others. Simon Rattle and Kirill Petrenko respectively conduct their own orchestra. There is also a concert which Daniel Barenboim conducts the concert of West-Eastern Divan Orchestra. In late August, Beethoven ‘s Symphony Cycle by musicAeterna conducted by Teodor Currentzis will also be held.

Artists who appear in the recital are gorgeous as well. Maurizio Pollini, Evgeny Kissin, Yuja Wang, Daniil Trifonov, Schiff András, Jonas Kaufmann and luxurious. There are duo recitals of Anna Netrebko and Yusif Eyvazov.

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