Linguistic virtuoso, master of human emotions, expert in the Machiavellian power struggles of tyrants, bard of love and present day: here are some of William Shakespeare’s many forms as an author.
With repertoire spanning Castenuovo-Tedesco to Berlioz, through Sibelius, Schubert, Brahms, Chausson, Korngold and still others, Isabelle Druet and Anne le Bozec offer up an overview of art song adaptions of the great English dramaturge, celebrated in 2016 on the occasion of the 400^th anniversary of his death.