Performer: Juliane Banse

Even without a gingerbread house, there’s enough wickedness in Richard Jones’ staging of Humperdinck’s opera for sweet tooths to savour.

Heinz Holliger’s Lunea, which recently premiered at the Zurich Opera House, is “not an opera”, or so the ground-breaking Swiss composer contends.

Baritone Kay Stiefermann steals hearts at the eponymous Count of Luxembourg, in an operetta so charming that neither musical missteps nor a mixed-up staging can sink it.

Retour sur le week-end d'ouverture du Festival international de musique de Marvão où, autour d'une citadelle qui surplombe l'Alentejo, une quantité de musiciens de premier plan proposent des programmes passionnants...