Performer: Matthias Oldag

Individual performances impress, but conducting and production both prove too meandering in this year’s Wagner Days Tannhäuser.

Stephen Gould is less than convincing in the lead role of Tannhäuser, but excellent ensemble work under Ádám Fischer's inspired direction offers compensations.

Schostakowitschs geniales Jugendwerk Die Nase in einer prägnanten Aufführung an der Kammeroper in Wien.