Performer: Hulkar Sabirova

The Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France impress mightily under the baton of their new Principal Guest Conductor. Gidon Kremer disappoints in Weinberg.

Herheim’s Fledermaus is a risky experiment that, miraculously, works – at least in a city that knows it so intimately.

Johann Strauss II's Die Fledermaus, was never meant to challenge grand opera for profundity and Barrie Kosky pokes fun at Viennese high society in his riotous staging.