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Fauré was the finest of French songwriters. Stéphane Degout and Véronique Gens shine in a full-length evening in a packed Wigmore Hall. 

One of the Lammermuir Festival's miniature miracles: Véronique Gens and Joseph Middleton present an evening of French chansons in the East Lothian countryside. 

The French pianist steps in to join the American diva in the Musikverein for a program of French and German art song. 

The American diva dazzles with plenty of star power, but shows she still has a remarkable power to communicate.

For the first Lied, we rediscover his velvet and rosewood timbre, so skilled at painting the chiaroscuro of the human soul.

From Fauré and Duparc to Barber, Ives and Copland, the Canadian bass-baritone and Julius Drake explore a range of song.

Winner of Cardiff Singer of the World, Scottish mezzo Catriona Morrison charms the enthusiastic audience with her varied programme of romantic songs.

Songs of the Sea, the opening concert of the Leeds Lieder Festival, leaves the audience in a happy and buoyant mood.

If this first song recital of the season is any indication of the level we can expect at the Konzerthaus, lovers of Lieder are in for a real treat. Christian Gerhaher and Gerold Huber set the bar very high last night in a hefty program including Schumann’s Dichterliebe and a dozen other songs, a set of Fauré, and the world première of a song cycle by Jörg Widmann.

In keeping with the theme of Tuesday’s (Le) Poisson Rouge concert entitled “Do Something Different”, I will diverge from the ordinary by opening with the evening’s closing remark: “This is opera in New York City today!”Opera Singers Initiative founder Anna Lee excitedly delivered this terse eight-word proclamation on the venue’s dimly-lit stage, where she was joined by vocalists from Opera Singers

‘Fêtes Galantes’ is one of those glorious French phrases that sounds so wonderful but is nigh on impossible to translate. Rather than having any concrete meaning, it evokes Watteau-esque imagery of woodland gatherings, where eighteenth-century aristocrats amuse themselves by flirting, dancing and making music.

Le duo a immergé le public dans un salon de la Belle Époque, faisant preuve d'un art remarquable de la diction, des couleurs et des atmosphères.

De Rameau à la composition contemporaine, le programme concocté par la soprano et cheffe d'orchestre fait la part belle au spleen et manque parfois d'éloquence.

Retour sur un récital évoquant l'existence aventureuse de Marceline Desbordes-Valmore.

Le baryton Ludovic Tézier a donné à entendre un récital de lieder et mélodies particulièrement ambitieux et mené avec une grande intelligence ! Le chant pour le texte et rien que le texte ! 

Habituée de la Halle aux Grains et du répertoire français, Natalie Dessay retrouvait la salle toulousaine cette fois-ci accompagné par Laurent Naouri et par le pianiste polonais Maciej Pikulski.