Performer: Sophie Karthäuser

A fine concert, the first in a series celebrating the bicentenary of Clara Schumann's independent musical mind.

Christian Gerhaher’s experience in a role he knows well rescued an evening of mitigated pleasures.

René Jacobs conducted the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra in an outstanding performance of Mozart's Idomeneo as part of Lincoln Center's Mostly Mozart Festival

Berlioz's Béatrice et Bénédict is light and fluffy, making it perfect summer festival fare. Sadly, like a soggy soufflé, Pelly's one-trick staging soon falls flat.

The staging of Pierre Audi’s production of Handel’s Tamerlano at the Amsterdam Stadsschouwburg is all understated elegance, well matched by Les Talents Lyriques’ refined playing.

Handel's Tamerlano seduces the Versailles Opéra audience in a concert performance.