This performance of Bach's monumental Mass in B minor is recorded live at Thomaskirche Leipzig. The masterpiece is a dazzling example of the exuberance of the late German baroque and it is produced for the first time with the new Thomaskantor Andreas…

Following the success of King Arthur, which was presented at major European festivals, Vox Luminis is discovering Henry Purcell's "The Fairy Queen", a semi-opera in five acts written for the Dorset Garden in 1692. The dramatic plot of the work is…

The Festspielhaus Baden-Baden hosts the Easter Festival 2022 as a great return of the Live Opera with Tchaikovsky’s classic Pique Dame. The sets and cast of this production set standards and compete with cinema set design. Together for the first time…

Envy, greed, gluttony, anger, lust, sloth, pride.... In the Catechism, seven offences are considered sins so extreme, that they cannot be forgiven. In art, they have inspired all genres: from Renaissance painters to Hollywood films. Eric Gauthier…

Can there be a more charming ambassador for Scotland than Amy Macdonald? On the other hand: On stage, there is an approachable and likable artist who has evidently found her voice, and furthermore— transforms Stuttgart's historic Schlossplatz into a…

Collegium Vocale Gent presents "Il quarto libro de madrigalia a cinque voici" of Monteverdi, recorded during the Crete Senesi Festival 2021 in the beautiful Tuscany. Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) wrote his first book of madrigals in 1587 when he was…

Danza Contemporánea de Cuba, founded in 1959, has now become the country's leading contemporary dance company, with a hybrid style, and a piquant mix of Afro-Caribbean rhythms, jazzy American modernism and European ballet inflections. It is here, in…

Astor Piazzollas "Estaciones Porteñas" (The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires) is a set of four tango compositions performed by the Trio Zadig at the Maison Nougaro in Toulouse. We propose a journey to the heart of South America and the musical filiation…

Compelling love duets, escalating conflicts and arias bursting with virtuosity and emotion. In his three Tudor Queens operas, bel canto master Gaetano Donizetti composed at the top of his game. In this concert, an international cast takes you on an…

In “Die ersten Menschen” (The first humans), the Bible story of the fratricide of Kajin (Cain) and Chabel (Abel) is presented from a different perspective. In the context of the first family on earth, Adahm (Adam) is concerned with cultivating the…