‘To me art, and especially music, elevates us as far as possible over what is,’ declared Gabriel Fauré, whom last songs cycles L’Horizon chimérique could express better than any other, a ‘desire to ...

One place sea-level rise can be measured is the Atlantic Ocean, where in the world of opera there is a growing gulf between the shores. Rare, and rarer, is the major European opera singer who crosses ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. There has already been one major recording of Fauré’s songs in the past two years — French tenor Cyrille Dubois ...

‘Singing pleases my soul. Dance, for me, is almost as sweet as a kiss. Let your steps be slow, let them imitate the attitudes of pleasure and the abandon of sensual delight...’ Ravel based his songs ...

Ana Maria Martinez, Sophie Koch, Shawn Mathey and Stephane Degout star as two pairs of anguished young lovers, in the Salzburg Festival's production of Mozart's Cosi. Puerto Rican soprano Ana Maria ...

Soprano Véronique Gens, mezzo Fleur Barron, tenor Laurence Kilsby and baritone Stéphane Degout came together to cover almost half of Fauré’s entire song output Of all this year’s significant musical ...

This revival brings new shades of meaning and insight to David McVicar’s much-loved production, with luxury casting and a particularly fine performance from Stéphane Degout as the Count David ...

May 4, 2007 • Mozart's masterpiece Cosi fan tutte is billed as a comedy, but it often leaves romantically inclined listeners feeling just a little bit queasy. It comes to us from the Salzburg Festival ...

For the French Baritone's first and impeccably executed recital at Wigmore Hall he stuck to a menu exclusively devoted to the mélodies of his native land. Rating: * * * * The French baritone is a ...

Stéphane Degout (above) as Pelléas, and his brother are in love with the same woman, Magdalena Kozena as Mélisande, in this opera, conducted brilliantly by Simon Rattle. Ken Howard (2) The ...