Performer: Philippe Jordan

Born to a Basque mother just ten miles from the Spanish border, Ravel excelled at authentic Spanish flavours as heard in this splendid festival concert by the Orchestre National de France.

The first premiere of the new Staatsoper season is a qualified success, led by Eleanora Buratto's superb Suor Angelica and Ambrogio Maestri's masterly Gianni Schicchi in Puccini's triptych of one-act operas. 

Krzysztof Warlikowski’s ghoulish production has the Macbeths’ killing spree spring from their infertility.

Despite an incapacitated Ying Fang miming the role of Susanna, the brilliant cast makes Barrie Kosky's new production worth the night out in Vienna. 

Already a psychodrama as written, the Salome according to Cyril Teste takes us deeper into what makes the protagonist – or is she a tragic heroine? – into who she is.

Stoyanova’s extraordinary performance as the Feldmarschallin made 394th revival of Otto Schenk’s 1968 production of Der Rosenkavalier an occasion to savor.

Avec la reprise imminente de la vie culturelle publique, les nominations s’enchaînent : retour sur les arrivées de Gustavo Dudamel et Olivier Mantei respectivement à l'Opéra et la Philharmonie de Paris.

The director of the Opéra de Paris looks back on his early assumption of his post and on how his institution has organised itself during the crisis, before outlining plans for the coming seasons.