Bieitos interpretation of Wagner‘s Lohengrin deals with love, hate, jealousy and hope, but above all with man‘s imperative need to believe in something. To visualise these two contrasting worlds, Bieito creates two settings on stage: the world of…

The main focus of the Easter Festival 2013, held for the first time with the Berliner Philharmoniker at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, will be on the four performances of Mozart’s opera “The Magic Flute” conducted by Sir Simon Rattle. The principal…

Mozart's masterpiece is recorded in an unrivalled performance conducted by Daniel Barenboim and stage directed by the famous movie-director and writer Doris Dörrie. Her colourful production is combining Mozart’s bitter-sweet story of love and…

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…

Haendel composed only episodically for the church: the Dixit Dominus is a psalm written during his stay in Rome, based on the Venetian models with borrowed Gregorian singing. We are stroke by the wealth of the words we hear: emotion pierces the mind…

The Verbier Festival is an international classical music event that takes place each summer in the mountain town of Verbier, Switzerland. The Festival’s mission is to build a community of exchange between great masters and young artists from all over…

The Verbier Festival is an international classical music event that takes place each summer in the mountain town of Verbier, Switzerland. The Festival’s mission is to build a community of exchange between great masters and young artists from all over…

The Verbier Festival celebrates its 25th anniversary with arguably the most phenomenal gathering of soloists in classical music. This all-star program is devised in three parts focusing on strings, piano and orchestra. This exuberant reunion of…

This series of twelve TV programmes presents the very best of the concerts of the 17th edition of the Verbier Festival with the most prestigious artists in classical music. As ever, the musical encounters gather established musicians such as Martha…

This series of twelve TV programmes presents the very best of the concerts of the 17th edition of the Verbier Festival with the most prestigious artists in classical music. As ever, the musical encounters gather established musicians such as Martha…