After years on the opera stage, where her stunning lyric coloratura soprano voice and her incredible ability as an actress have enchanted audiences, the soprano Natalie Dessay said goodbye to opera in...

‘I came here as a stranger, a stranger I depart… Love likes to wander – God has made it so.’ From the first lied of Winterreise, ‘Gute Nacht’, we are touched by the torment of the lost traveller. He w...

The baritone Dietrich Henschel does not shy away from a challenge. As a lieder singer and conductor he develops projects of his own that breathe new life into the recital and concert genre. On the occ...

‘A light mind, a light heart, they say; but a mind that is too light often hides a heart that is too heavy.’ Franz Schubert’s bitter words could be applied to many of his vocal compositions, where ben...

‘I have just finished a cycle of Kerner’s poems. Clara was very happy but has also suffered from my silences and absences – this is the price of my lieder.’ Shortly after marrying Clara, Robert Schuma...

‘Operatic Artist of the Year’ for the second time in 2016 at the Victoires de la Musique Classique in France, acclaimed in opera houses worldwide, the mezzosoprano Karine Deshayes is equally superb in...

‘How marvellous opera would be if there were no singers!’, Rossini is supposed to have exclaimed. Knowing the skill and vivacity with which he wrote for the artists of his time this statement sounds l...