Artiste: Laura Tătulescu

Das Rundfunkorchester, der BR-Chor und Howard Arman eröffneten „Paradisi Gloria“ in der Herz-Jesu-Kirche München mit umjubeltem Konzertprogramm von Caplet, Milhaud und Honegger.

Munich revived a thoughtful modern production of Janáček's Jenůfa, with fine orchestral direction and strong singing doing full justice to the rich score.

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra has an auspicious season-opening concert featuring Mahler's Second Symphony directed by Robert Spano.

Mozart himself might have pulled a few weeds from this early opera. Lovely voices and sprightly playing can't overcome an overgrown plot in Santa Fe. 

In his program note, conductor-director Iván Fischer describes his Mostly Mozart Festival production of Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro as a staged concert. His agenda sounds serious: “This is my attempt to bring theater and music closer to each other, to create a new natural harmony.” He asks for a new era in opera production, seeking “organic unity” between music and theater.

Rameau's Castor et Pollux, his take on the Greek myth of two brothers so close that Pollux is prepared to descend into hell in the place of Castor, isn't exactly one of the standards of the repertoire.