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Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad opens with a programme of beautiful music and a pair of fine soloists, but a concert somewhat let down by a lack of rapport between soloists and orchestra.

From Otello's opening thunderstorm, Myung Whun Chung and the Orchestre Philharmonique de France leave us gasping, while Alagna turns in a magnetic performance in the title role.

​In each case, you know the murder is coming. In each case the music is explosive and closes the opera: there is nothing left to say except Canio's simple words: "La commedia è finita.

Dans le cadre de la Biennale d'Art Vocal, le chef d'oeuvre sacré de Dvořák était surtout porté par un choeur Accentus et un quatuor de solistes superbes, l'orchestre de chambre de Paris sous la direction de Laurence Equilbey s'étant montré décevant.

El tenor norteamericano Gregory Kunde se enfrentaba al doble reto de debutar como Turiddu (Cavalleria rusticana) y Canio (Pagliacci) en la temporada lírica de ABAO, en el Palacio Euskalduna de Bilbao, con una cuidada dirección musical de Alessandro Vitiello y una nueva producción de corte clásico a cargo de Joan Anton Rechi.