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Die berühmte Sopranistin wagte sich an die Ränder ihres Repertoires, die Wagner-Dirigentin legte mit Tschaikowskys Fünfter eine dramatisch inspirierte Interpretation hin.

Daniel Hope gedenkt der Epoche mit einem vielfältigen Programm von Massenet bis Schönberg.

Sopranistin Sarah Wegener begibt sich mit dem BRSO und Mariss Jansons auf eine leidenschaftliche Orchesterlieder-Reise von Strauss.

Langeweile gibt es bei Anna Netrebkos Liederabend bei den Münchner Opernfestspielen auf keinen Fall.

Schöne Momente, aber auch einige Längen, bietet das 8. Orchesterkonzert im Stefaniensaal mit den Grazer Philharmoniker. 

Trotz Richard Strauss' weniger Verbindungen zu Leipzig bot das Gewandhausorchester unter Riccardo Chailly ein lebhaftes Tribut an den Komponisten anlässlich seines 150. Geburtstages, von einem gefühlvollen Don Quixote bis zu einem gewitzten - und irrsinnig schnellen - Till Eulenspiegel.

Diana Damrau, Jonas Kaufmann and Helmut Deutsch's European tour reaches Berlin with a heart-on-sleeve programme of Lieder by Strauss and Mahler. 

Debutant conductor Thomas Guggeis filled out the programme with a creation of his own – a fusion of Tannhäuser, Lohengrin and Meistersinger.

Arias de óperas de Mozart y lieder de Richard Strauss conformaron una primera parte llena de belleza en la voz de Nikola Hillebrand a la que siguió una complementaria Cuarta sinfonía de Mahler.

In her New York recital debut, the young Norwegian soprano displays the extent of her vocal and theatrical power in an unusually wide-ranging program of songs and opera arias. 

La magia envolvió un recital en el que Sondra Radvanovsky fusionó su monumental talento vocal con sus experiencias vitales en interpretaciones sinceramente profundas.

New music, old friends and supercharged Strauss from the Estonian Festival Orchestra.

The French pianist steps in to join the American diva in the Musikverein for a program of French and German art song. 

The final date in their recital tour brought the Norwegian soprano and pianist to London for a programme where Grieg outshone Strauss and Wagner.

L'Opéra du Rhin renoue avec les récitals, en invitant Matthias Goerne et Alexander Schmalcz à Strasbourg dans un programme post-romantique.

Christian Thielemann shows his lighter side, while the Berlin Philharmonic play music they haven't touched in nearly a century.

The Russian soprano revived her Day and Night programme for The Met Stars Live in Concert series with a recital from the Spanish Riding School in Vienna.

The two French singers convince in a programme including French late Romantics, Richard Strauss and a Verdi world premiere!

La muerte se convierte en la protagonista del segundo concierto del XXVI Ciclo de Lied, interpretado por el barítono alemán Matthias Goerne.

Katya Apekisheva and friends made a persuasive case for Hummel's Piano Quintet to be heard as a transitional grand romantic concerto deserving of belonging in such august company.

Netrebko put together a potpourri showcasting her immense vocal gifts as well as her versatility.

Almost every June from 1989 to 1999, I visited the charming town of Feldkirch, in the Vorarlberg region of Western Austria, for the annual Schubertiade, originally founded in 1976 by the great German baritone Hermann Prey.

Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra offer a stunning palette of orchestral colours in Elgar, Bell, Strauss, and Bartók.

The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment resurrected with 1926 silent film of Strauss' Viennese comedy – with the lost ending pieced together – and gave a commendable performance of the reduced score.

A majestic Mahler 4 from the Philharmonia under Lahav Shani, crowned by Chen Reiss’ wide-eyed rendition of Das himmlische Leben. 

After a shaky start with Metamorphosen, the Oslo Philharmonic embodies the evening's theme of transformation by ending on a stonker of a Petruskha, via the perenially fabulous Lise Davidsen.

An eclectic programme from this Swedish orchestra which gave sharply defined performances in repertoire that, at first glance, had seemingly little in common.

Renée Fleming sings Barber and Strauss at the Concertgebouw.

Diana Damrau performs Mozart and Strauss at the Grafenegg Festival, located about an hour’s drive from Vienna.

We anticipated a Ukrainian barihunk singing Tchaikovsky, but ended up with an English rose singing Strauss.

The Seattle Symphony's all-Strauss program included a refreshing take on the Four Last Songs with soprano Gun-Brit Barkman and a sonic tour de force in the rare Eine Alpensinfonie.

A voice with the proportions of a cathedral; a higher register that's entirely secure; an attention to text. Rosenblatt Recitals gave a tantalising preview of a singer who will have a stellar career.

For her London recital debut, Sondra Radvanovsky offered a varied programme of ranging from Bellini to Barber, showing off the technique with which she has dazzled American audiences.

Affable host Richard Gere united a starry musical cast to celebrate Carnegie Hall’s 125th Anniversary Gala.

Joyce DiDonato enchants the public of the Amsterdam Concertgebouw with a program of art songs and arias inspired by Venice.

Poise, control, stillness. Within two minutes of her Wigmore Hall debut, the qualities that make Elīna Garanča a consummate Lieder recitalist were evident.

To celebrate its 50th birthday Dutch National Opera put on a festive tribute to the people that have made it the innovative and much-admired house it is today.

A strangely mixed programme, in which soprano Elizabeth Watts and Kyra Humphreys directing Royal Northern Sinfonia displayed great musicanship and a tremendous range of emotion.

Canadian tenor Michael Schade confirmed his undisputed Mozartian credentials and brought vivid intensity to songs by Strauss at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.

After Renée Fleming was forced to withdraw due to a family emergency, soprano Sylvia Schwartz stepped in to perform with the Oxford Philomusica on the way to the Vienna Staatsoper. At just two days’ notice, Korngold, Zandonai and Leoncavallo were traded for Puccini, Verdi and Lehár.