Performer: Kihwan Sim

At the Seoul Arts Center, Jaap van Zweden treats Beethoven’s disputed metronome marks less as provocation than instruction, trading bloom for voltage in a driven Beethoven Ninth Symphony.

A huge hall, a huge orchestra and a huge chorus letting rip with a monster of the choral repertoire… We've missed this. 

The Met's spectators love Mozart’s opera, but they deserve an updated staging.

Henrik Nánási balances the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House to perfection, setting the stage for a memorable title role performance from Byström and a powerful Jochanaan from Michael Volle.

A largely newly cast revival of The Rake's Progress takes a while to catch fire, but when it does the results are devilishly good.

Claus Guth inszeniert Strauss' Oper als tiefenpsychologisches Rachespiel, bleibt jedoch mit seiner Deutung an der Oberfläche.