Performer: Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse

Two prodigies, with a surplus of imagination and more interest in the moment than in creating long arcs of music, join the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse in Paris. 

Late step-in Nicole Chevalier, baritone-turned-director Matthias Goerne and conductor Frank Beermann combine their talents to create a landmark production at the Capitole de Toulouse.

Although Karine Deshayes role change from Adalgisa to Norma is a work in progress, Luciano Ganci and Roberto Scandiuzzi shine in a staging charged with mythic symbolism.

Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse lets the air out of a promising program and a Czech classic.

With barely time for coffee and baklava after the Orchestre Pasdeloup's Arabian matinee, I stepped boldly back into the harem for a rendezvous with the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse. 

Alors que deux institutions majeures de la facture instrumentale française ont fêté en 2025 des anniversaires importants (Buffet Crampon, 200 ans, et Selmer, 140 ans), comment la fabrication des instruments à vent a-t-elle évolué depuis ?

The youthful conductor has recently been appointed Rotterdam Philharmonic’s principal guest conductor for the next four years – and performs Bartók’s Second Piano Concerto with Yuja Wang this November.

Lockdown, anti-infection measures, curfew, second lockdown. One trial follows another for a live performance world which, in spite of it all, holds its head high and produces repeated miracles.