Deutsche Grammophon’s STAGE+ has revealed the European classical music festivals it’ll spotlight this summer time as a part of its livestream program.
Annually, STAGE+ presents over 50 livestreams from around the globe, showcasing a few of the best worldwide festivals, live performance halls, and opera homes. The platform additionally has an in depth archive of performances, interviews, documentaries and music movies from artists on the label, together with Anne-Sophie Mutter, Lang Lang, Daniel Hope, Hilary Hahn and extra.
STAGE+ is at present providing a particular summer time supply for its programming: two months of limitless entry to the platform and its livestreams for simply €1. The supply is legitimate till August thirty first, 2025. This 12 months, the streaming service will particularly spotlight three of Europe’s largest classical-focused festivals, in addition to two new occasions: Bayreuth, Salzburg, Verbier, Pageant Cap Rocat and Grafenegg.
Bayreuth Pageant
This Inexperienced Hill pageant has been a key platform for classical music since 1876, when Richard Wagner based the occasion as a venue for his operas. Each summer time for nicely over a century, Bayreuth has restaged Wagner’s closing ten “mature operas” over the course of a month as a part of the pageant—and thru STAGE+, followers unable to make the trek to Bavaria can watch the performances dwell at house.
This 12 months, a brand new manufacturing of “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg,” which premiered on July twenty fifth, streamed completely on STAGE+ in 4K and Dolby Atmos. Over 30 full-length productions from Bayreuth can be found as a part of STAGE+’s VOD library, together with a brand new manufacturing of “Tristan und Isolde” and Dmitri Tcherniakov’s 2021 staging of “Der fliegende Holländer.”
Salzburg Pageant
Based in 1920, the annual Salzburg Pageant celebrates classical music in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s birthplace over a number of weeks in the summertime. Programming—which was led for a very long time by Herbert von Karajan—spans opera, live performance performances and drama.
This summer time, STAGE+ will stream quite a lot of highlights from the festivities dwell. These embrace an August tenth live performance by the Vienna Philharmonic carried out by Andris Nelsons, which is able to deal with works by Gustav Mahler and Dmitri Shostakovich. As with Bayreuth, STAGE+ additionally hosts an array of archival audio and video recordings from the pageant’s historical past, encompassing solo recitals, orchestral concert events, operas and extra. Don’t miss, for instance, Daniil Trifonov’s 2023 piano recital from the pageant, whereby the good pianist explored works from Tchaikovsky, Schumann, Mozart, and Scriabin.
Verbier Pageant
Though the Verbier Pageant is far newer than Bayreuth or Salzburg, the Swiss Alps-based sequence has swiftly grown right into a first-rate showcase for soloists, conductors and ensembles established and rising alike.
This 12 months marks the thirty second annual version of the pageant, and STAGE+ will mark the event with quite a lot of livestreamed content material, together with a contemporary live performance from Daniil Trifonov centered on the work of Chopin. One other livestream spotlight was a July twenty fourth efficiency from the piano trio of Renaud Capuçon, Gautier Capuçon, and Martha Argerich, who will current their renditions of classics from Haydn and Bartholdy. Standout archival content material accessible on STAGE+ features a 2024 recital from pianist Noboyuki Tsujii, who introduced works by Bach, Liszt, Ravel, and Kapustin.
Pageant Cap Rocat
One in every of two new festivals becoming a member of STAGE+’s repertoire this 12 months, Mallorca’s Pageant Cap Rocat is the biggest classical open-air pageant within the Balearic Islands. It’s performed host to the likes of Elīna Garanča, Fairly Yende, and Jonas Kauffman over time—now, you’ll be able to expertise the pageant’s highlights through STAGE+. Standout moments from previous years embrace Garanča’s efficiency in Cavalleria rusticana.
Grafenegg Pageant
The second new pageant to premiere on STAGE+ this 12 months, Grafenegg Pageant takes place yearly in Decrease Austria—its programming spans opera, live performance, theatre, and dance. Catch Grafenegg’s standout opening live performance through STAGE+, the place it was streamed dwell this 12 months. The platform additionally options audio and video from the pageant’s expansive choices, from orchestra concert events within the Wolkenturm to chamber music.
Study extra concerning the summer time pageant schedule right here.
