Read the press reviews from our 77th Aldeburgh Festival performances.
12 and 13 June: Pelléas et Mélisande
13 June: Lise Davidsen: Schubert
I’ve heard few operatic voices as beautiful as thisNicholas Kenyon, The Telegraph
Bachtrack *****
Opera Now *****
14 June: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Steven Osborne
jazz energy meets its match in French insouciance
17 June: London Sinfonietta: Henze’s Voices and Britten Sinfonia: Cello Symphony
I loved it... struck just the right balance between revolutionary fervour and wry irony.
18 June: Britten Sinfonia: Phaedra
Iain Farrington relished the storming scales and swooping glissandi of the piano part and the strings played with such unanimous rhythmic drive they ended sharing beaming grins with each other. We all smiled too.