* Notes *Rossini's Tancredi (ovation pictured, photograph by author) premiered at Bregenzer Festspiele last night in the Großer Saal of the Festspielhaus. Based on Voltaire's play, the opera has lots of brilliant music that is a joy to hear. Set in Syracuse, the production from Jan Philipp Gloger is updated to be set in a…

* Notes *A spectacular new production of Der Freischütz (ovation pictured, photograph by author) opened at the Seebühne of the Bregenzer Festspiele yesterday night. The opera featured an icy town under a huge moon with reimagined spoken dialogue. Philipp Stölzl's staging created a whole world complete with synchronized swimming, ice skating, and lots of fire.…