Antoine Lévy-Leboyer

Sir Simon Rattle impresses with Henze’s Das Floss der Medusa in Munich

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GermanyGermany Neuwirth, Henze: Jörg Widmann (clarinet), Kathrin Zukowski (soprano), Georg Nigl (baritone), Michael Rotschopf (speaker), Tölzer Knabenchor, Bavarian Radio Chorus, WDR Radio Chorus, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Isarphilharmonie, Munich, 6.2.2026. (AL-L)

Sir Simon Rattle conducts baritone Georg Nigl and his combined forces in Henze’s Das Floss der Medusa © BR musicaviva/Astrid Ackermann

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Sir John Eliot Gardiner’s new choir for a new year performs Bach and Beethoven in Zurich

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SwitzerlandSwitzerland Bach, Beethoven: Rebecca Hardwick (soprano), Iris Korfker (alto), Peter Davoren (tenor), Alex Ashworth (bass), The Constellation Choir, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich / Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor). Tonhalle Zurich, 31.12.2025. (AL-L)

Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducted Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in Zurich © Antoine Lévy-Leboyer

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Janáček’s anti-hero proves that a good evening at the opera in Innsbruck is more than the sum of its parts

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AustriaAustria Janáček, The Excursions of Mr. Brouček: Soloists, Chorus and Extrachorus of Tiroler Landestheater Innsbruck, Tiroler Symphonieorchester Innsbruck / Matthew Toogood (conductor). Tiroler Landestheater Innsbruck, 27.12.2025. (AL-L)

The Excursions of Mr. Brouček © Tiroler Landestheater

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Podcast: Artificial Intelligence at Bayreuth – A discussion with Ring ‘Curator’ Marcus Lobbes

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A New Ring for a New Era We are incredibly excited to share the link for the latest episode of Entrepreneurial Realities, the podcast of the venture lab of the Munich technical university run by Seen and Heard International Munich correspondent Antoine Lévy-Leboyer! Antoine spoke with Marcus Lobbes, the Director of the Academie for Theater … Read more

Sir Simon Rattle conducting in Munich allowed for more discovery of detail in Berg’s Wozzeck

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GermanyGermany Berg, Wozzeck (concert performance): Soloists, Chorus of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Children’s Chorus of Bavarian State Opera, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Isarphilharmonie, Munich, 5.10.2025. (AL-L)

Christian Gerhaher (Wozzeck), conductor Sir Simon Rattle, Malin Byström (Marie) and BRSO  © BR/Astrid Ackermann

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