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Ironie du sort, un an après sa démission de l'Opéra de Paris, le chef vénézuélien est de retour à Paris pour un opéra mis en scène... à la Philharmonie ! Pour un résultat mitigé.

Si la mise en scène complexe et confuse de Kirill Serebrennikov ne sert pas le drame wagnérien, la direction d'Alexander Soddy et la performance de la distribution, de l'orchestre et des chœurs rehaussent la production.

Après Lohengrin et Tristan, Alain Altinoglu poursuit sa belle série wagnérienne avec une formidable version de concert de Parsifal à Bozar. Shenyang est la révélation de la soirée dans le rôle de Klingsor.

Magnificent conducting from Robin Ticciati and fine singers make Glyndebourne's latest revival of Lehnhoff’s production musically rewarding, but cerebral philosophical elevation overpowers the earthy reality of lust and love.

Gustavo Dudamel's concept of a semi-staged Fidelio in collaboration with Deaf West Theatre gives a voice to Beethoven so enormous that those with hearing impairments can surely hear.

Tan Dun conducts the LPO in the UK premiere of his Buddha Passion, hyped as “without precedent in the Western concert hall”. 

Walshe’s quirky The Site of an Investigation, in its London premiere, and Brahms A German Requiem look at the heavens and the earth. 

Fazıl Say’s concerto for piano four-hands gets its US premiere with siblings Lucas and Arthur Jussen at the keyboard. 

For social distancing reasons, the Festival dispensed with a full staging of Wagner's epic love story, allowing singers and orchestra to share the stage in an able compromise.

Nelsons und die Philharmoniker brachten sowohl das Komische als auch das Erhabene in Beethoven heraus.

Daniel Harding conducts a handsome, moving account of Berlioz' Symphonie dramatique with the Berliner Philharmoniker. 

The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, under Music Director Manfred Honeck, the Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh and soloists gave a brilliant performance of Beethoven's monumental Ninth Symphony. 

Leading five choirs, fine soloists and a glowing Netherlands Philharmonic, conductor Marc Albrecht emphasised the human struggle in a highly dramatic performance of Mahler’s mammoth eighth symphony.

As a blend of music, song, and dance with a Cirque du Soleil joie de vivre, Buddha Passion was an unforgettable theatrical experience.

A superb choral performance and some memorable solo moments bring Mahler's "Symphony of a Thousand" to life, even if the sheer energy of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra turns frantic at times.

The final instalment of the Hong Kong Philharmonic's Ring cycle merits the orchestra joining the international big league. 

Aidan Lang, head of Seattle Opera, reveals his talents as a stage director in a fresh and engaging interpretation of Mozart's comic masterpiece. 

A visually striking production of Rossini's La Cenerentola for Washington National Opera.

Michael Tilson Thomas leads the San Francisco Symphony and Chorus in Mason Bates’ explosive Liquid Interface and Beethoven’s Mass in C.

In the 15,606 concerts given by the New York Philharmonic and its predecessors before this, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony had received nearly 200 renditions.

Read our review of Stephen Wadsworth's production of Rodelinda by Handel, in its 2011 HD broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera in New York.

Handel, two cracking counter-tenors and Renée Fleming were all the excuses needed for a long-overdue trip to New York to hear Stephen Wadsworth's production of Rodelinda - the very piece which revived interest in Handel's opera following its performance in Göttingen in the 1920s.