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Bachtrack Newsletter | 13 August 2021
Welcome to our weekly newsletter with recommendations for streamed concerts, opera and dance. Bachtrack continues to be your trusty guide to live events, and our database is increasing daily with lots of new seasons being listed. We are also your portal to online performances with our library of over 1,000 “live-streamed” or “on demand” events. We publish reviews covering the best of both worlds.
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Prague from above
As Europe starts opening up again, we focus on the city of Prague. For a different angle on the attractions, David Karlin and his camera get climbing to take you on a tour of the city's high viewpoints.
New from around the world
Lucerne
Join Riccardo Chailly as he conducts Mozart and Schubert at the opening of the Lucerne Festival
Moritzburg
Albrecht Mayer plays Mozart at the chamber music festival with picturesque backdrops
Salzburg
Riccardo Muti conducts Beethoven's mighty Missa solemnis at the Salzburg Festival
New on Bachtrack
Edinburgh
Malcolm Martineau gathers musical friends for songs based on the poetry of Sir Walter Scott
London
Join Sir Simon Rattle and the LSO as they give a free open-air concert in Trafalgar Square
Tokyo
A 2018 archive stream of Paavo Järvi conducting the NHK SO in Bruckner's First Symphony
Caruso, Corelli, Di Stefano – Italian Opera Legends
In 1921, Enrico Caruso, one of the most famous tenors in history, died. That same year, Giuseppe Di Stefano and Franco Corelli were born. They starred in legendary productions at La Scala, which now offers a special anniversary tribute.
Recommended Opera
Elektra
Salzburg Festival
Another chance to watch last year's new production starring Aušrinė Stundytė
Duke Bluebeard's Castle
English Symphony Orchestra
The ESO give a concert performance of Bartók’s one-act opera
Siegfried
Bayreuth Festival
Frank Castorf's 2016 Ring cycle continues with dwarves, Mount Rushmore, a sleeping valkyrie and... crocodiles?
L'elisir d'amore
Nederlandse Reisopera | Opera Zuid
Julietta Aleksanyan and Jose Simerilla Romero are the young lovers in Donizetti's bel canto rom-com
Recommended Dance
Metamorphosis
Dutch National Ballet
David Dawson has described his tender creation as a “vehicle of hope”, about moving forward and not giving up
La Belle
Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo
Jean-Christophe Maillot revives Perrault's tale of The Sleeping Beauty with an erotic, disturbing twist
Latest reviews
Pesaro
There may be trouble ahead for Pharaoh, but the Rossini Opera Festival has roared back!
Salzburg
Don Giovanni woos Zerlina, but does Romeo Castellucci's show win over our critic?
Photography credits:
Prague © David Karlin;
Ricccardo Chailly © Brescia e Amisano | Teatro alla Scala, Schloss-Moritzburg © Arvid Müller, Riccardo Muti © Salzburger Festspiele | Marco Borrelli;
Malcolm Martineau © KK Dundas, Trafalgar Square © Mark Pullinger, Paavo Järvi © Yong Bin;
Elektra © Bernd Uhlig | Salzburger Festspiele, Duke Bluebeard's Castle © English Symphony Orchestra, Siegfried © Enrico Nawrath | Bayreuther Festspiele, L'elisir d'amore © Bjorn Frins | De Nederlandse Reisopera;
Metamorphosis © Hans Gerritsen | Dutch National Ballet, La Belle © Alice Blangero | Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo;
Moïse et Pharaon © Rossini Opera Festival | Studio Amati Bacciardi, Don Giovanni © Salzburg Festival | Monika Rittershaus, Il trovatore © Karli Cadel | The Glimmerglass Festival, Masaaki Suzuki © Rikimaru Hotta, Falstaff © Edinburgh International Festival | Julie Howden, Karina Canellakis © Hilary Scott
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