Performer: Thomas Mohr

Ulf Schirmer bows out as General Music Director as the last of Wagner's 13 operas completes a successful Festival Wagner 22 in Leipzig.

Despite some weakness in the main singers, the overall level of musical performances was consistently high in Leipzig, with a stark and effective production.

Oper Leipzig's Das Rheingold unfolds with no set changes, giving Wagner's music plenty of opportunities to fuel the imagination.

Christian von Götz's production doesn't all work, but he makes a viable, thought-provoking and entertaining show out of Weber's spooky classic.

Sir Edward Elgar’s hugely sonorous choral work, The Dream of Gerontius is rarely performed in Switzerland, boosting the attraction of this, its seventh performance ever inside these borders.

Dramatische Natürlichkeit, Farben und gesanglich deutliche Auffälligkeiten stillten Neugierde und Erwartung an diesen ersten historisch-informierten Ring-Aufschlag der Wagner-Lesarten.