Performer: Viktoria Yastrebova

Musically and emotionally, this Traviata mostly ran on a low flame, yet Maria Bayankina convinced as Violetta.

Vasily Petrenko conducted the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and a fine trio of principals in an excellent semi-staged production of Puccini’s Tosca, directed by Amy Lane.The two performances of the opera form the culmination of Bryn Terfel’s two-week stint as Artist in Residence with the orchestra.

Bei ihrem Jubiläum setzen die Münchner Philharmoniker unter der Leitung von Valery Gergiev Mahlers monumentale Achte Symphonie aufs Programm.