Regula Mühlemann joins the Bern Symphony Orchestra for the traditional Open-Air Concert on Bundesplatz, opening the Bühnen Bern 2026/27 season on 22 August 2026. Conducted by Killian Farrell, Mühlemann appears alongside Fabio Dorizzi in a festive programme featuring works by Edward Elgar, Eric Coates, and highlights from My Fair Lady, The Wizard of Oz, and Carousel.
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Tenor Magnus Dietrich appears as Count Hohenzollern in Hans Werner Henze's Der Prinz von Homburg at the 2026 Salzburg Festival. The concert performance is conducted by Ingo Metzmacher and features the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, with Georg Nigl in the title role. The performance takes place on 20 August 2026 at the Felsenreitschule in Salzburg.
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Rolando Villazón presents his acclaimed programme "Orfeo son io" together with L’Arpeggiata, soprano Céline Scheen, and Christina Pluhar, who conceived the programme and serves as musical director. Featuring arias and instrumental works by Claudio Monteverdi, Giulio Caccini, Luigi Rossi, Christoph Willibald Gluck, and other composers, the programme explores the enduring fascination of the Orpheus myth through music spanning from the early Baroque to the present day. Following its performance at Musikfest Bremen on 18 August 2026, the programme will be presented at the Rheingau Music Festival on 20 August 2026 in the historic Kloster Eberbach.
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