This Week at Askonas Holt

Malin Christensson sings the Dew Fairy in further performances of 'Hänsel und Gretel' at the Glyndebourne Festival.

Soprano Maria Luigia Borsi sings in Beethoven Symphony No. 9 at the Taormina Arte Festival, Sicily, conducted by Lorin Maazel.

Paul Goodwin conducts Handel's Orlando at the Sydney Opera House, for Opera Australia. The producer is Justin Way and cast includes Rachelle Durkin (Angelica), Hye Seoung Kwon (Dorinda), Sonia Prina (Orlando), Tobias Cole (Medoro) and Richard Alexander (Zoroastro).

Gustavo Dudamel embarks on a tour with the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela. Programmes include pieces by Mussorgsky, Salonen, Castellanos, Stravinsky, Tchaikowsky and Marquez among others. Concerts take place in Finlandia Hall, Helsinki, Felsenreitschule, Salzburg, Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg.

Sir Thomas Allen continues rehearsals for his role debut as Gianni Schicchi for Los Angeles Opera, directed by Woody Allen.

Geraldine McGreevy appears at the Edinburgh International Festival singing the soprano role and the role of Angel in Honegger's Le Roi David.

Louis Langrée conducts the final concerts of the Mostly Mozart Festival in New York, including Mozart's C minor mass.

Jian Wang performs the Elgar Cello Concerto with the Asian Youth Orchestra in Taiwan and makes his debut at the BBC Proms performing three of Bach's solo Cello Suites.

Cedric Tiberghien performs Messiaen 'Concert à Quatre' with Alexei Ogrintchouk, Danjulo Ishizaka, Emily Beynon, BBC Scottish Symphony conducted by Ilan Volkov and Jonathan Harvey 'Le Tombeau de Messiaen' at the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall. To be broadcast live on BBC Radio 3.

Christopher Maltman sings the title role of Don Giovanni in the final performances at the Salzburg Festival with Dorothea Röschmann as Donna Elvira and Ekatarina Siurina as Zerlina.

Pieter Wispelwey begins his tour with the Kammerorchester Basel with concerts in Amsterdam, La Chaise Dieu and Dresden performing Tchaikovsky Roccoco Variations and Lutoslawski Grave for cello and strings, conducted by Thomas Zehetmair.

Malcolm Martineau accompanies Susan Bullock in recital at the Queen's Hall, Edinburgh.

Ailyn Perez sings the title role and Robert Murray sings Benvolio and Cora Burggraafsings Stephano in further performances of 'Romeo et Juliette' at the Salzburg Festival.

Sophie Bevan, Joshua Ellicott, Mark Stone, Tim Mirfin sing in a performance of Vaughan Williams' 'Serenade to Music' at the BBC Proms.

Christianne Stotijn performs a recital of Brahms at the Machynlleth Festival in Wales, accompanied at the piano by Julius Drake.

Amanda Roocroft appears in Janacek's 'Osud' at the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall.

15 August, 2008