Performer: Stéphanie d'Oustrac

Tcherniakov reduces Berlioz' epic to little more than Circle Time therapy, a poor way to mark the composer's anniversary year.

A wonderful cast conducted by William Christie in a new production of L’incoronazione di Poppea at the Salzburg Festival. 

Calixto Bieito sets Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea in a hedonist, decadent society whose citizens are defined by their egotism, ambition and sexual exploits.

The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment stalked the “Corridors of Power” in Prague and Esterházy for a fabulous evening of Classical drama. 

The second half was all about Ravel and Adrian Brendel.

Marble and solitude: Willy Decker's view of La clemenza di Tito is revived with a strong cast at L'Opéra de Paris.