On Friday 1st August I’ll be opening the prestigious Cap Rocat Festival in Mallora. In just a few years, the festival has established itself as a vibrant platform for chamber, symphonic and operatic music engaging some of the most renowned and beloved artists in the world. On this occasion, I’ll be conducting the Symphony Orchestra of the Balearic Islands for the first time and reuniting with Pretty Yende who will perform a selection of iconic soprano arias (ranging from Bellini to Verdi, Gounod to Dvořák and Johann Strauss II) interwoven with symphonic pieces by the same composers.

I look forward to the musical atmosphere we’ll create in one of the most magical places in the Mediterranean: Cap Rocat is a former fortress nestled in a protected natural area and now home to an architectural complex that honours both history and nature.