Performer: Louis Langrée

Andreas Homoki's meta-staging in Paris' Opéra-Comique cannot detract from strong musical performances at the Edinburgh Festival, led by Gaëlle Arquez as a near-perfect Carmen.  

Langrée's incoherent but enjoyable program skips through five centuries of music history from Lully to Valerie Coleman. 

The world premiere of Iraqi-American composer Amir ElSaffar's ambitious Dhikra (Remembrance) very nearly succeeds in its ambitions. 

With his tenure at the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra drawing to a close and his directorship of the Opéra-Comique celebrating its second anniversary, Langrée discusses his experience on both sides of the Atlantic.