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Jesús López-Cobos returned to the CSO with works of Turina and Dvořák flanking Gershwin’s Concerto in F with Inon Barnatan.

Spanish conductor Jesús López Cobos’ debut appearance with the BBC Philharmonic produced some wonderful results with a thoughtful and widely-varying programme of twentieth century music.

Young Russian coloratura soprano Maria Nazarova gets the Oscar. 

A striking staging of Rossini's Guillaume Tell at the Grand Théâtre in Geneva: well cast, beautifully sung and impeccably choreographed.

Colourful and varied offering from Washington’s National Symphony Orchestra celebrating the many strands of Iberian musical tradition. 

Using Rossini’s music as the guidelines for his actor’s movements, Director Gregory Fortner has fashione a highly choreographed interpretation of the opera based on the classic production by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle. 

Pop culture baggage and a notorious story aside, La Gioconda at the Deutsche Oper amuses and intrigues.

What has made Rossini and his librettist Jacopo Ferretti’s take on Cinderella survive on the opera stage for almost 200 years now is not only the universal archetype of the downtrodden girl who is redeemed by Prince Charming, nor its enchanting music: the absence of fairy-tale symbols like the pumpkin carriage and the glass shoe (barefoot ladies would have been too outrageous a sight on an Italian

In a city where the Vienna State Opera ball is considered the climax of the carnival season and where the local news would lend itself to great libretti (were operetta still in fashion), it is not too surprising that music and theatre performances occasionally mirror the headlines.

Read our review of John Cox's production of ­Massenet's Thaïs in its 2008 broadcast from the Met Opera in New York.

Carmen de Bizet revient à Rome dans le magnifique parc des thermes de Caracalla.

Un López Cobos clarividente y en absoluta sintonía con los músicos exprimió al máximo el magnífico momento de forma de los mismos para dar vida a una Cuarta absolutamente inefable

Michele Pertusi, Juan Diego Flórez, Alessio Arduini und Valentina Naforniţă machen das Beste aus der bunten Neuinszenierung von Irina Brook, die sich ansonsten auf Pointenmanagement beschränkt.