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Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto turns out to be a shipwreck for the Georgian pianist, despite an admirable Orchestre de Paris and conductor (Kirill Karabits). 

The violinist (and, for tonight's purposes, conductor, stage director and performance artist) gives a rare and precious concert in Saanen’s beautiful church.

An historic moment at the Philharmonie de Paris, with a conductor and ensemble in perfect harmony in a work that is difficult because it is so heavily linked to the sound of its era.

The French premiere of the British composer's opera will be the undisputed high point of the Grande Boutique's season: a perfect confluence of music, staging and cast.

With the success of this daring encounter, Berlin's Komische Oper broke barriers between worlds and cultures. So what if the acoustics of the venue were stretched past their limits.

Two years after the death of Patrick Dupond, the Paris Opera Ballet paid tribute to him in a sumptuous gala evening, with the procession of the Ballet’s stars and the the performance of three of Dupond’s most emblematic works.

Embraced by Daniel Harding, Ian Bostridge, Christian Tetzlaff, Alban Gerhardt and Paul Lewis, the Parisian ensemble gives an exceptional concert, faithful to Lars Vogt’s way of making music.

Following his Requiem at the 2019 Aix Festival, Romeo Castellucci surprises us with the purity and humility of his Mahler Second, conducted remarkably by Esa-Pekka Salonen.

Exalting choreography, galvanising music and a dreamlike scenography: Marcos Morau is back with a work of genius that marries feminine power and religious custom

Visiting the Philharmonie de Paris, the Bavarian orchestra and their chief conductor deliver a legendary Mahler 9.

Jean Cocteau meets Philip Glass at Hungarian State Opera in the new setting of the Eiffel Art Studios. Les Enfants Terribles unfolds at an infernal pace!

Celebrating his tenth and last season at the head of Komische Oper, Kosky treats himself to a revival of his 2017 production, which shows no signs of aging.

After hosting 18 months of concerts without audience, Berwaldhallen comes back to life with the Baltic Sea Festival and its phenomenal opening concert as intelligent as it is overwhelming.

Latvia's prodigal son returns to the golden hall of the Latvian National Opera House for two superb evenings with the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra.

The Festival d'Aix-en-Provence gives us a definitive performance of Wagner's opera – but for listening only.

A highly successful Falstaff at the Archevêché in Aix-en-Provence, for our greater pleasure: a true lesson in joy in a world where, we are told, all is but a joke.

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

In Basil Twist's staging of Titon et l'Aurore, William Christie shows the breadth of his talent in 18th century French repertoire, conducting an cast which excels in both main and supporting roles.

Voices, orchestra staging: everything in this Ercole Amante is light and magic, to the great delight of the Salle Favart audience.

The new production of Les Indes galantes at Opéra Bastille is exceptional, from the vocal cast to the choreography by Bintou Dembélé. But the stand-out performance of the evening comes from conductor Leonardo Garcia Alarcón.

The Canadian director's aesthetic is a perfect fit for Gluck's work. Dazzling performances by Gaëlle Arquez and Stéphane Degout. Great musical direction by Thomas Hengelbrock.

Don Giovanni returns to the Palais Garnier. The production by Ivo van Hove lacks energy but is wonderfully served by a cast of great young talents.

In Bérénice, given its world première at the Opéra Garnier, composer Michael Jarrell revisits Racine's refined tragedy with the help of the inspired voices of Barbara Hannigan and Bo Skovhus.

Completed in 1985 and premièred in Mannheim in 2013, Mieczysław Weinberg's The Idiot is a true rarity. Seeing it revived for the first time, it's thrilling to see the opera given the vocal and musical treatment it desrves, lending a helping hand to its return from oblivion.

  With a new and revolutionary staging by Romeo Castellucci, Lyon Opera presents a radical analysis of a symbolic figure often subject to ideological takeover; Kazushi Ono’s sympathetic direction makes Arthur Honegger and Paul Claudel’s work into something sublime while preserving its mysterious spirituality.

Picture a landscape as arid as it is austere, alternating between periods of bright sunshine and overcast skies carrying clouds from Veneto to the Austrian Alps. Mischa Maisky has taken up the challenge of playing two cello suites by Bach in these exceptional conditions.

Under Philippe Jordan's baton, the Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris performs Der Rosenkavalier  - an unrivalled pleasure. 

Opéra Grand-Avignon presents Lakmé in a production that charms visually as much as it does musically.

The Orchestra of the Age of the Enlightenment celebrates its 30th birthday this season. Sunday's concert at the Royal Festival Hall displayed it in its full vitality.

Le Roi Carrotte, simmered by Laurent Pelly in the cooking pots of the Opéra de Lyon

One has to admit that the 2015 vintage of this operatic Grand Cru, with us since 1999, is a particularly fine one. To be consumed with immoderation!

Les Chorégies d'Orange present a new production of Verdi's Il trovatore with mixed results.

On the bill for Prom 9, Thursday 23rd July 2015: Beethoven's first and fourth piano concertos, and Stravinsky's  Apollon Musagète de Stravinsky. A superb musical adventure which leaves us impatient for its next phase.

In 2015, The Flying Dutchman is on the roster at the Wagner in Budapest festival. A fine cast and an inventive orchestra under the baton of Adam Fischer are matched with a debatable staging by Balázs Kovalik

An audacious mix of baroque and contemporary themes, from a collaboration of artists, yields an exceptional aesthetic experience.

Nearly three years after a memorable production of Les Indes Galantes, the Théâtre du Capitole reconnects with the master of the Treatise on harmony via Castor et Pollux, originally premièred by the Académie Royale in 1737.

Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande is on the bill at the Paris Opera. How to control one's enthusiasm for a work that is so delicate and so evocative, served up by such highly devoted artists?

After twenty years of international success, an emotional close to the Officium tour by the Hilliard Ensemble and Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek.

The announcement of this concert, bringing together Daniel Barenboim, Radu Lupu and the Berlin Staatskapelle, brought a capacity crowd to Salle Pleyel

Piano sisters Katia and Marielle, with the help of Kalakan, a trio of basque musicians, give us varied melodies, rhythms, colours of the musical horizon. It's a concert which achieves remarkable consistency in spite of its eclectic programme.

Malgré les effectifs gigantesques présents dans la cathédrale, le chef vénézuélien a dirigé une interprétation juste et solennelle de l'œuvre, rendant hommage à Claudio Abbado décédé deux jours plus tôt.

Pour leur première au nouveau festival de la Philharmonie, l'orchestre maison et le chef finlandais ont échoué à retranscrire toute la diversité expressive d'un programme pourtant séduisant sur le papier.

Sous la direction peu investie de Franz Welser-Möst, l'orchestre viennois montre la qualité de ses pupitres mais finit par lasser, aussi bien dans la Symphonie n° 38 de Mozart que dans la « Pathétique » de Tchaïkovski.

Pour sa première au festival toulousain, le jeune Américain a fait passer son clavier par toutes les émotions, par toutes les couleurs, par tous les extrêmes, sans jamais trembler ni faillir.

Liam Francis, Noé Soulier et Maud Blandel, trois jeunes chorégraphes remarqués à l'occasion du concours Danse élargie, ont formidablement ouvert la saison avec leurs propositions variées et enrichissantes.

Portée par des musiciens et un chef hautement inspirés, la Neuvième Symphonie de Mahler s'est transformée en expérience humaine, vitale, bouleversante.

Le festival lancé sur le modèle des Prom's londoniens a connu une soirée inaugurale réjouissante, avec notamment une Deuxième Symphonie de Sibelius à marquer d'une pierre blanche.

Impressionnant de cohésion et d'exactitude, le Quatuor Diotima a interprété une pièce d'aujourd'hui, rendu hommage à une œuvre centenaire puis célébré Ravel, né il y a 150 ans.

En cette fin d'été, le Quatuor Hernani propose une diversité de climats et une puissance collective qui forcent l'admiration, jusque dans un Concert de Chausson intense avec Julien Dieudegard et Jonas Vitaud.

Le chef et les musiciens ont proposé des interprétations exceptionnelles dans un programme pourtant riche en tubes (Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, Bolero...).