Sébastien Glass

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Stabat Mater / Nathalie Stutzmann, conductor · Philippe Jaroussky, countertenor / Emöke Barath, soprano / Orfeo 55 / Recorded at the Château de Fontainebleau, France, April 2014. Video by Ozango / ARTE France.

In the magnificent rooms of the Galleria Borghese in Rome, John Eliot Gardiner and his ensembles The Monteverdi Choir and The English Baroque Soloists bring together the music of Claudio Monteverdi and the paintings of Caravaggio. The encounter of two works whose creators revolutionised their disciplines.

For Franz Liszt, the piano was a unique tool of expression with which he shaped 19th century music like no other composer. His two piano concertos, composed almost simultaneously over the course of many years, broke free from the formal constraints of the genre to create a continuous narrative reminiscent a symphonic poem. Bertrand Chamayou is soloist in an historically informed performance with the Les Siècles orchestra.

Accompanied by the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra and pianist Beatrice Rana, Mikko Franck conducts Shostakovich's Symphony No. 10 and Tchaikovsky's Concerto No. 1.

Platée, a silly and conceited nymph, falls for a fake wedding to Jupiter, king of the gods. This new staging of Jean-Philippe Rameau’s Baroque masterpiece is colourful, eccentric, full of wit and free of taboos, yet also surprisingly deep. Louis XV had Platée performed for his son's wedding festivities in 1745. The burlesque raised Rameau’s standing and played a part in his appointment as composer to the court. In 1749, the Paris opera added Platée to its repertoire, notwithstanding the outrage sparked by the libretto.

Brazilian sopranist Bruno de Sá brings his unique voice to the stage accompanied by the Wroclaw Baroque Orchestra, featuring extracts from lesser-known operas by Luigi Caruso and Felice Alessandri, as well as arias by Mozart.

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Stabat Mater / Nathalie Stutzmann, conductor · Philippe Jaroussky, countertenor / Emöke Barath, soprano / Orfeo 55 / Recorded at the Château de Fontainebleau, France, April 2014. Video by Ozango / ARTE France.

In the magnificent rooms of the Galleria Borghese in Rome, John Eliot Gardiner and his ensembles The Monteverdi Choir and The English Baroque Soloists bring together the music of Claudio Monteverdi and the paintings of Caravaggio. The encounter of two works whose creators revolutionised their disciplines.

For Franz Liszt, the piano was a unique tool of expression with which he shaped 19th century music like no other composer. His two piano concertos, composed almost simultaneously over the course of many years, broke free from the formal constraints of the genre to create a continuous narrative reminiscent a symphonic poem. Bertrand Chamayou is soloist in an historically informed performance with the Les Siècles orchestra.

Accompanied by the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra and pianist Beatrice Rana, Mikko Franck conducts Shostakovich's Symphony No. 10 and Tchaikovsky's Concerto No. 1.

Platée, a silly and conceited nymph, falls for a fake wedding to Jupiter, king of the gods. This new staging of Jean-Philippe Rameau’s Baroque masterpiece is colourful, eccentric, full of wit and free of taboos, yet also surprisingly deep. Louis XV had Platée performed for his son's wedding festivities in 1745. The burlesque raised Rameau’s standing and played a part in his appointment as composer to the court. In 1749, the Paris opera added Platée to its repertoire, notwithstanding the outrage sparked by the libretto.

Brazilian sopranist Bruno de Sá brings his unique voice to the stage accompanied by the Wroclaw Baroque Orchestra, featuring extracts from lesser-known operas by Luigi Caruso and Felice Alessandri, as well as arias by Mozart.

Sacred music meets the theatricality of opera in Handel's oratorio Messiah, here conducted by Laurence Equilbey and performed by the Insula Orchestra, Polish artist Jakub Józef Orliński and the Chœurs accentus at the Aix-en-Provence Easter Festival.

Young María, the embodiment of tango, leaves the outskirts of Buenos Aires and tries her luck in the chaotic downtown, where she triumphs in dark places ruled by crime and debauchery, unaware that a menacing presence stalks her, seeking her doom and death.

Bobby McFerrin is one of the world's best-known vocal innovators and improvisers, a world-renowned conductor. He has worked with celebrities such as Yo-Yo Ma, Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock. Bobby McFerrin will absolutely hold a spectacular new program "SpiritYouAll" accompanied by the instrumental band and singers. Before the concert in Lviv the program will be presented only in a few European cities.

The story of Don Pasquale revolves around a classic comedic premise: a young couple in love schemes to thwart the inappropriate plans of a pompous old man, who wants to marry the girl himself. What makes the opera notable within this familiar genre is its emphasis on genuine human emotion. Donizetti’s score is graceful and effervescent, as one would expect from this master of melody, but adds an additional level of sophistication to match the comic (yet insightful) proceedings. Recorded on February 28th 2015, at the Opéra de Vichy.