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Siam Sinfonietta presents anti-war piece

As part of Siam Sinfonietta's regular "Mozart And More Mini-Festival", now in its 10th outing, Somtow Sucharitkul has chosen to conduct a rare and beautiful work, Joseph Haydn's Mass In Time Of War, at the Thailand Cultural Centre's Small Hall, Ratchadaphisek Road on Saturday and Sunday at 8pm.

Bangkok Post

A knight’s tale: Brindley Sherratt on the stamina and storytelling of Wagner’s Parsifal

The bass is singing Gurnemanz in Wagner’s epic final opera. How do you get to grips with the challenges of such a demanding role – and still not get the best dressing room?

The Guardian - UK

Best hotels in Salzburg 2022: Where to stay for culture, comfort and mountain views

Jennifer Walker selects 10 of the best places to stay in Salzburg, home of baroque architecture and Alpine views

The Independent UK

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Anne Howells obituary

Opera singer with a remarkable theatrical presence once described as ‘the Cleopatra of the lyric stage’

The Guardian - UK

Royal Opera stages Madama Butterfly with changes to respect Japanese culture

Revival of Puccini classic seeks to be ‘both true to the spirit of the original and authentic in its representation’

The Guardian - UK

Summer Guide 2022: ‘Breaking Barriers’ at Ravinia, Grant Park Music Festival among classical music highlights

The works of Verdi, Haydn, Mozart, and “Rush Hour Concerts” are sure to entertain classical music fans in the months ahead.

Chicago Sun-Times

Perfect team-players: why orchestras reflect the best of us, and how they should reflect us back

An orchestra represents the ultimate virtuous circle, but why is this great institution stuck in the 19th century? Conductor Charles Hazlewood on how its players, performances and even instruments can be reinvigorated

The Guardian - UK

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BBC Proms 2022 highlights: the best concerts to book at the London festival, from the Gaming Prom to Yuja Wang

Our critic picks the best of a bumper crop of Proms gigs to book now

Evening Standard

Teresa Berganza obituary

Spanish opera singer who enjoyed international acclaim for her vibrant performances in the works of Rossini, Mozart and Bizet

The Guardian - UK

William Bennett obituary

Flautist who improved the design of his instrument and expanded its recorded repertoire

The Guardian - UK

Opera grandee reviving Mozart's Don Giovanni for a Scottish audience

MOZART’S ill-fated reprobate Don Giovanni is one of the great roles in the operatic canon. There are few men alive more familiar with the famous…

The National (Scotland)

Radu Lupu obituary

Pianist of exceptional talent whose lack of flamboyance, together with his technical command, emphasised the effortlessness of his playing

The Guardian - UK

The week in classical: Lohengrin; The Paradis Files

An exemplary revival brings David Alden’s 2018 Wagner production into sharp focus. And an overlooked contemporary of Mozart’s is celebrated by Errollyn Wallen

The Guardian - UK

Radu Lupu: Five key performances

The celebrated Romanian pianist has died aged 76. We pick five of his greatest recordings

The Guardian - UK

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The Paradis Files review – Graeae and Wallen breathe life into a woman of spirit and courage

The story of the blind composer, singer and business woman Maria Theresia von Paradis is told in this lively but uneven chamber opera by Errollyn Wallen

The Guardian - UK

‘People were always trying to fix her’: the ‘blind enchantress’ who wowed Mozart

Maria Theresia von Paradis’s piano bewitched the Viennese court – but she was tormented by quacks proffering remedies she didn’t need. Now a disabled theatre team are turning her life into opera

The Independent UK

Emeli Sande hopes BBC music show allows people time out from ‘hectic chaos’

She is hosting a new show which sees her exploring music that inspires her.

The Guardian - UK

How Beethoven inspired 50 years of cultural exchange between the US and China

A new book tells how classical music, played to the Chinese by the Philadelphia Orchestra, ushered in decades of valuable interchanges now under threat

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Chicago Sun-Times

González-Granados makes history with CSO; Andsnes superb in Mozart concertos

With Riccardo Muti forced to withdraw from this weekend’s series of concerts, Lina González-Granados became the first Latina to conduct the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

Chicago Sun-Times

CSO revises remainder of series program due to absence of Riccardo Muti

Muti was forced to withdraw from the remainder of his residency this week in the wake of a positive COVID test on Monday.

The Independent UK

Yo-Yo Ma plays Mozart with Afghan refugees in Portugal

Celebrated U.S. cellist Yo-Yo Ma has joined refugees from the Afghanistan National Institute of Music in the Portuguese capital Lisbon for a performance of Mozart’s Eine kleine Nachtmusik

The Guardian - UK

The week in classical: Così fan tutte; Czech Philharmonic/CBSO Chorus/Bychkov

Coliseum, London; Barbican, LondonENO’s fizzy production of Mozart’s masterpiece lands well in dark times, while a Czech performance of Janáček and Dvořák summons life-affirming spirit

The Guardian - UK

The week in classical: Theatre of Voices; Philharmonia/Wilson; Felix Klieser – review

John Luther Adams’s Grand Canyon meditation finally surfaces; James Ehnes makes Walton look easy; and Felix Klieser and co shine in Mozart and Brahms

The Guardian - UK

Julia Fischer/LPO/Thomas Søndergård review – authoritative but short on charm

Technically brilliant violinist Julia Fischer rendered Mozart oddly joyless, but Thomas Søndergård’s vivid conducting injected some life into the evening

Bangkok Post

RBSO opens 2022 season with Mozart, Beethoven symphonies

Two stellar international musicians will return to perform with the Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra during "Roeland Hendrikx Plays Mozart Clarinet Concerto" in the Main Hall of Thailand Cultural Centre, Ratchadaphisek Road, on Saturday at 7.30pm.

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