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A concert of French music reveals – and suffers from – contrasting styles, attitudes and coherence in works by Ravel and Poulenc. 

Simone Young  is made of stern stuff. With 30 hours to go before the concert performance, her Leonore falls ill. Can the show go on? 

David McVicar's dark and gothic Don Giovanni is revived in Sydney, with stand-out performances from Luca Micheletti as an unapologetic and dashing Don, and Eleanor Lyons as a magnificent Donna Anna

As the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall closes for extensive refurbishment, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra performs early, massive Mahler under Simone Young. 

Elan und Euphorie prägten die brüderlich-unterschiedlichen Vokalwerke, an deren Ende insgesamt „Freude“ stand ob der Ausführung von Orchestre des Champs-Élysées und Collegium Vocale Gent.

Avec ses complices fidèles du Collegium Vocale Gent et de l'Orchestre des Champs-Élysées, le chef belge a proposé une interprétation de plus en plus convaincante du chef-d'œuvre de Beethoven.

À la tête de l'Antwerp Symphony Orchestra et d'un formidable Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe propose un Requiem de Verdi orageux et passionné malgré un inégal quatuor de solistes.