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Beethoven’s salvo for peace and brotherhood shares a Philadelphia Orchestra program with William Grant Still’s newly reorchestrated Wood Notes.

Fabio Luisi conducts the Danish National Symphony Orchestra in a programme that blends two modern works with Beethoven's Ninth.

Lara Downes and Yannick Nézet-Séguin offer the subscription debut of Price's Piano Concerto in One Movement, followed by the ultimate crowd pleaser, Beethoven's Ninth.

A luxuriously-cast revival takes a staid production of Mozart's Idomeneo to new, exciting heights. 

In Los Angeles, Patricia Racette was an impressive Salome but the orchestra was, as it should, the main character.

Seattle Opera closes its season with an Ariadne auf Naxos that highlights the comedy but only fitfully comes to life in the opera within the opera.  

In einer packenden konzertanten Aufführung war Wagners Rheingold unter Yannick Nézet-Séguin vom Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra außergewöhnlich expressiv und mit exzellenten Sängerdarstellern in Baden-Baden zu erleben.

Le metteur en scène Michel Fau ne répond pas à toutes les questions que suscite l'ouvrage bipartite de Richard Strauss. Sous la direction énergique d'Evan Rogister, la distribution suscite l'enthousiasme.