If the evening’s vocal and orchestral forces revealed occasional moments of sentimentality in the score, such moments were far outnumbered by passages of emotional candour and grandly wrought beauty

Éxito grande para Roth, Orchestre National de France y Dumont, sobre todo para este último que, generoso, nos regaló la 'Tercera consolación' de Liszt.Tocada con mucha sensibilidad pero sin sensiblería.

While the Frank Gehry's sets were pleasingly textural and undeniably successful as works of abstract sculpture, it was apparent that director Peter Sellars would have been just as happy without them.

The most recent performance of the full 'Die Frau ohne Schatten' came from Kirill Petrenko and the Berlin Philharmonic, who gave a one-off concert performance at the Philharmonie following a series of performances at the Baden Baden Easter festival.

'Il Giustino' was written first and foremost a vocal showcase, and the staging acknowledged this by turning the area around the orchestra pit into a platform, allowing the singers to deliver their arias directly to the audience without an excess of projection that might have ruined the delicate balance between voice and instrumental ensemble