Performer: Louise Alder

Louise Alder and Roger Vignoles offer French charm in their return to Wigmore Hall.

A witty, insightful production at the Coliseum fizzes with comedy and pathos. 

Soloists and choir, headed by a spellbinding Christian Gerhaher, brought real lustre to Schumann’s treatment of Goethe’s magnum opus.

The final day of Oxford Lieder's 80-event festival was framed by two recitals taking us from the world of German folklore andDes Knaben Wunderhorn, to the pain and drama of romantic entanglements. 

Kasper Holten's psychological take on the louche lothario remains controversial, but in its third revival, Erwin Schrott's powerful assumption of the title role is a delight.

I wanted to hear more from Louise Alder, but that was true of each of the four singers.