Performer: Michael Schønwandt

Michael Schønwandt brings style to Scheherezade and Strauss, while Kirill Gerstein plays Ravel with lashings of Gallic élan.

An unsympathetic production of La traviata fails to impress at the Staatsoper. 

If “all the world’s a jest”, as Sir John Falstaff claims at the end of Verdi’s final operatic masterpiece, then we need players – and directors – with a sense of frivolity. Robert Carsen truly delivers. 

The Royal Danish Opera's new production of Carl Nielsen's first opera Saul og David updates the action to the present-day Middle east and, while well-sung, comes off as overly simplistic.

In an uneven concert, Alexander Gavrylyuk outshone everyone with his part in Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto, casting a shadow over a fragmented RCO led by Michael Schønwandt in Sibelius and Nielsen.

Dans Les Nuits d'été comme dans la Cinquième Symphonie de Mahler, les interprètes ont su souligner le raffinement instrumental de l'écriture sans tomber dans la surenchère sonore.