Performer: Daniel Barenboim

There's little to like in Andrea Moses' production, but a fine cast and glorious playing and conducting make for an enthralling performance of Wagner's grand comedy.  

The Russian director's role play production of Prokofiev's comedy falls flat at the Staatsoper.

Setting aside a disappointing first movement of the Eroica, the Berlin Staatskapelle under Barenboim deliver another polished and persuasive performance in their third Sydney concert.

The Berlin Staatskapelle begins their three-concert Sydney series with a thrilling account of Brahms's first two symphonies in Sydney. 

Intimacy mixes with grandeur in Beethoven playing of rare authority in Berlin.