Performer: Simon Bode

The tenor and pianist pair Britten and Schubert in their Lieder recital on the stage of the Großer Saal. 

Ingo Kerkhof’s specious contemporary staging was only redeemed by a gruesome scalp and some marvellous playing in the pit.   

In Richard Jones' production of Don Giovanni at Theater Basel, it was the singers alone who stole the limelight.