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Seven months ago, when Tokyo’s musical scene was brought to a standstill by the Covid-19 pandemic, it was hard to envisage any orchestra performing Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony by December, an important year-end custom in Japan.

As part of the annual Wagner festival in the Hungarian capital, Peter Seiffert and Allison Oakes star as the doomed lovers.

The battle of the choirs is a thrilling moment in just about any performance of Dutchman, but produces shock and awe in the live acoustics of Budapest's Bartok Bela Concert Hall.

An overpowering orchestra and unusual stage layout contribute to a disappointingly even-tempered Stabat Mater.

January of 2017 sees the return of Verdi's Nabucco at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. This Keith Warner production of a Verdi favorite was successfully premiered by the Deutsche Oper in 2013, in the 200th anniversary year of Verdi's birth.

Despite the sombre staging, it’s the vocal fire that blazes in this impressive Trovatore in Paris.

Innovative programming from Manfred Honeck mingles readings, music, and chant in memory of Mozart.

Leid und Trost bestimmen Dvořáks Werk; Mariss Jansons, der Chor und das Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunk gestalteten es dramatisch und kontrastreich.