Guardian Music — Barbican Hall, LondonPeter Lieberson's five songs to poems by the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda have quickly become renowned since their first performance in 2005. The reason for their special status is that these intensely personal love songs were writt... more info

Guardian Music — Barbican, LondonAndris Nelsons's international share price just keeps on rising at the moment. Debuts with the Vienna, Berlin and New York Philharmonics beckon this season, and there was no shortage of speculation at this debut concert with the Londo... more info

Guardian Music — I saw Robert Lepage's Das Rheingold on screen in New York, beset by honking horns, neon adverts and tourists. It was brilliantOn Monday night I was in New York for Robert Lepage's new production of Das Rheingold. I didn't watch it at the Lincoln Cent... more info

Guardian Music — Symphony Hall, BirminghamFirst seen at the Paris Opéra in 2005, Peter Sellars and Bill Viola's production of Tristan und Isolde, conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen, has since morphed into a concert-hall performance: the drama plays out in a spare semi-s... more info

Guardian Music — Gary Lehman, René Pape, Violeta Urmana, Evgeny Nikitin etc, Chorus & Orchestra of the Mariinsky theatre/ Gergiev(Mariinsky)Valery Gergiev has not been associated with Wagner, despite a much travelled Ring which came to the UK but was not admired. It... more info

Guardian Music — Richard Wagner's great-granddaughter Katharina Wagner is taking on the purists at opera's most exclusive festival – and trying to exorcise its Nazi pastWotan, father of the gods, has just kissed his daughter, Brünnhilde, to sleep and left her t... more info

Guardian Music — Last month, during the Proms performance of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, a few people began to applaudLast month, during the Proms performance of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, a few people began to applaud – which probably appalled others in... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Albert Hall, LondonSunday's two Proms allowed us to hear sections from Wagner's Tristan and Isolde as we rarely hear them: first as the basis of an organ improvisation, then on period instruments. The improvisation was part of Wayne Marshall's ... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Albert Hall, LondonSunday's two Proms allowed us to hear sections from Wagner's Tristan and Isolde as we rarely hear them: first as the basis of an organ improvisation, then on period instruments. The improvisation was part of Wayne Marshall's ... more info

Topix — His name is all but forgotten today, but a century ago Franz Schreker was considered perhaps the most important operatic composer since Richard Wagner. more info