Performer: Roger Vignoles

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

The tone was set for a shrewdly programmed hour of contrasts.

Soprano Elizabeth Watts brought tonal richness and energy to an evening of French song with texts by Théophile Gautier, but her expressive arsenal was diminished by a bout of flu.

Alek Shrader's Wigmore Hall debut was thrilling, touching, charming and mysterious.

Poise, control, stillness. Within two minutes of her Wigmore Hall debut, the qualities that make Elīna Garanča a consummate Lieder recitalist were evident.

Dutch National Opera performs Poulenc’s first opera, Les mamelles de Tirésias, as a project of the company’s talent development program... a fun occasion to witness the much lighter “voyou” side of the French composer.