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In Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Omar, a strong score clashes with its undirected storytelling ✍️ Graham Meyer bachtrack.com/review-gidde...

Salvation, damnation and circus magic: Gounod’s Faust at the Teatro alla Scala ✍️ Laura Servidei bachtrack.com/review-faust...

Carnegie Hall celebrates Steve Reich at 90 @carnegiehall.bsky.social ✍️ David Wolfson bachtrack.com/review-steve...

New Dimensions from @scomusic.bsky.social: Richter + Glass + Adams ✍️ David Smythe bachtrack.com/review-broph...

Fire and substance: Yuja Wang, Petr Popelka and the Wiener Symphoniker in the Musikverein ✍️ Chanda VanderHart bachtrack.com/review-yuja-...

Georges Bizet was born OTD in 1838. Carmen, L'Arlesienne, the Symphony in C... but what else? Explore our top ten playlist and perhaps make a discovery or two! bachtrack.com/playlist-top...

MI5 files reveal composer Michael Tippett’s secret communist past bachtrack.com/news-michael...

Konstantin Krimmel headlines a rewarding day of song in Oxford @oxfordsong.bsky.social ✍️ Mark Pullinger bachtrack.com/review-krimm...

Missy Mazzoli’s Lincoln in the Bardo makes a spectacularly spooky world premiere at the Met Opera ✍️ Susan Stempleski bachtrack.com/review-mazzo...

Thaddeus Strassberger directs a tough love Carmen in Los Angeles ✍️ Laurence Vittes bachtrack.com/review-carme...

Shanghai Grand Opera House opens inaugural season bachtrack.com/news-shangha...

Prokofiev’s The Gambler at Wexford: an inevitable musical descent into obsession ✍️ Andrew Larkin bachtrack.com/review-proko...

18 Musicians x 3: Steve Reich at Park Avenue Armory ✍️ Robert Levine bachtrack.com/review-reich...

A Resurrection to die for from Sir Antonio Pappano and the @londonsymphony.bsky.social ✍️ Roy Westbrook bachtrack.com/review-pappa...

In Prague, a tedious Pelléas et Mélisande at the National Theatre ✍️ Frank Kuznik bachtrack.com/review-pelle...

Yuja Wang undertakes Brahms marathon with the Rotterdam Philharmonic ✍️ Clare Varney bachtrack.com/review-yuja-...

In Cologne, a long wait for a lacklustre Rosenkavalier ✍️ Simon Thompson bachtrack.com/review-rosen...

Senta’s Dream x Pirates of the Caribbean: Philipp Stölzl’s inspired Flying Dutchman docks in Vienna ✍️ Mark Pullinger bachtrack.com/review-der-f...

A polemic for out times: Du Yun and Royce Vavrek's Angel’s Bone at English National Opera ✍️ David Karlin bachtrack.com/review-angel...

Mothers of Kherson world premiere issues an urgent call to action in Warsaw ✍️ Peter Quantrill bachtrack.com/review-kolom...

Bucolic Strauss, granitic Shostakovich: Welser-Möst and The Cleveland Orchestra at the Musikverein @clevelandorch.bsky.social ✍️ Mark Pullinger bachtrack.com/review-welse...

“Hats off, gentlemen – a genius!” Frédéric Chopin died OTD in 1849. Our top ten playlist features some great interpreters: Martha Argerich, Arthur Rubinstein, Yuja Wang, Yunchan Lim... a feast for pianophiles! bachtrack.com/playlist-top...

The fizz remains in Glyndebourne's Barber of Seville ✍️ Nick Boston bachtrack.com/review-barbe...

A beautifully sung and performed Roméo et Juliette in Perth ✍️ Sandra Bowdler bachtrack.com/review-gouno...

A flat Falstaff opens in Rome ✍️ Pia Maltri bachtrack.com/review-falst...

“A compelling reminder of what imaginative programming can reveal about a great orchestra” The @clevelandorch.bsky.social and Franz Welser-Möst at the Musikverein ✍️ Franz Welser-Möst bachtrack.com/review-welse...

Mascagni’s Iris blooms afresh to open Wexford Festival Opera’s 75th anniversary bachtrack.com/review-masca...

A day in the life: revisiting the Almavivas at Glyndebourne ✍️ Christopher Woodley bachtrack.com/review-marri...

Francesca Hayward and Marcelino Sambé break hearts in Royal Ballet’s Manon 💔 ✍️ Deborah Weiss bachtrack.com/review-manon...

A prismatic Petrushka highlights Klaus Mäkelä’s vibrant @chicagosymphony.bsky.social program ✍️ Sam Jacobson bachtrack.com/review-makel...

ASMF took its 2026/27 Season launch to New York last week, celebrating 15 years of Joshua Bell as Music Director✨ Our thanks to everyone who joined us in New York to celebrate this special milestone.

Knockout Brahms 4 in Manchester launches the NDR Radiophilharmonie’s UK tour @bridgewaterhall.bsky.social ✍️ Rohan Shotton bachtrack.com/review-kocha...

Spring Snow: A Kabuki Winterreise finds beauty in the meeting of traditions at @wigmore-hall.org.uk ✍️ Diana Carroll bachtrack.com/review-barro...

Salle de danse: Norwegian National Ballet in a thrilling display ✍️ Deborah Weiss bachtrack.com/review-shoot...

Quatuor Ébène ignites Beethoven’s String Quartets @elbphilharmonie.de ✍️Mengguang Huang bachtrack.com/review-quatu...

Petty never sounded so pretty: Haydn2032 project thrills with cheeky Il dolce far niente ✍️ No’a L. bat Miri bachtrack.com/review-anton...

Half-baked direction mars a musically splendid Eugene Onegin for @operanorth.co.uk ✍️ Mark Valencia bachtrack.com/review-eugen...

Head on down to Dutch National Opera’s Cherry Town, the coolest kids on the block ✍️ Clare Varney bachtrack.com/review-shost...

Bullseye! Boston Lyric Opera scores a hit with Rossini’s William Tell ✍️ Kevin Wells bachtrack.com/review-willi...

The Love for Three Oranges: a signature cocktail at the Opéra de Lyon ❤️🍊🍊🍊 ✍️ Tristan Labouret bachtrack.com/critique-amo...

Sarasota Ballet: British style, from Florida, arrives in New York ✍️ Carla Escoda bachtrack.com/review-saras...

Bel canto bliss: Il turco in Italia in Tokyo ✍️ Nahoko Gotoh bachtrack.com/review-turco...

Croatian comedy: Gotovac's Ero the Joker comes to Slovenia ✍️ Dominic Lowe bachtrack.com/review-gotov...

Lawrence Power and the @rsno.bsky.social bring Schnittke’s intriguing Viola Concerto to life ✍️ David Smythe bachtrack.com/review-hahn-...

A visually striking Nabucco lacks heart in Parma ✍️ Mark Pullinger bachtrack.com/review-nabuc...

A 300-seater theatre + Franco Zeffirelli's Aida? How does that work? Read our 5* review! ✍️ Mark Pullinger bachtrack.com/review-aida-...

A spellbinding Turn of the Screw from Victorian Opera in Melbourne ✍️ Sandra Bowdler bachtrack.com/review-turn-...

Opulence and vigour from Seong-Jin Cho and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra ✍️ Max Lima bachtrack.com/review-slobo...