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Ildar Abdrazakov and Ain Anger excel in the confrontation of tsar and historian; Kaspar Holten's safe but effective staging focuses on the relentless march of history.

In Khovanshchina, even more so than in Boris Godunov, the chorus is the chief protagonist and the La Scala chorus was truly astonishing.

Mariss Jansons and the Vienna Philharmonic do the real storytelling as Hans Neuenfels' staging underwhelms.

Under Mariss Jansons, the Vienna Philharmonic are on top form in Shostakovich's opera; together with a top class cast of singers, they create sonic and emotional intoxication.

Une Iolanta plus candide que jamais, un orchestre du Mariinsky lumineux dirigé par un Gergiev imaginatif : l'opéra de Tchaïkovski couronne en beauté le week-end Saint-Pétersbourg de la Philharmonie de Paris.

La Philharmonie invite le Bolchoï : sous la direction de Tugan Sokhiev, solistes, orchestre et chœurs de l'institution russe ont délivré une extraordinaire version de concert d'Ivan le terrible, opéra de Rimsky-Korsakov.

Mariss Jansons durchleutet Strauss' Vier letzten Lieder und Bruckners f-Moll-Messe differenziert und genau.