Some theaters become familiar over time.And then there are theaters that slowly become part of your opera life. Before even talking about I Puritani, I really need to once again…
NABUCODONOSOR | Teatro Alla Scala
There are reviews⊠and then there are nights like this one.Nights that remind you why you fell in love with opera in the first place. Because letâs be honest: Nabucco…
DVOĆĂK / MARTINĆź / STRAVINSKY / RAVEL | Concertgebouworkest
V pĆĂrodÄ â In Nature’s Realm â is the opening panel of a DvoĆĂĄk triptych of concert overtures the symphonic circuit prefers to leave on the shelf, and on Friday…
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO | Dutch National Opera
Two scars across an otherwise glowing evening. Dutch National Opera‘s new Nozze di Figaro gives us Mozart at the level the work deserves on almost every front â a Netherlands…
A MIDSUMMER NIGHTâS DREAM | Deutsche Oper Berlin
When an opera is based on a comedy, one is entitled to expect at least some trace of humour. A modicum of entertainment, at the very least; laughter would be…
RECITAL ETIENNE DUPUIS | Opéra National de Lyon
After a triumphant portrayal of Henri Ashton in the production of Lucie de Lammermoor at the OpĂ©ra Comique, the Canadian baritone treated us to an anthology worthy recital at the…
HAYDN, ADĂMEK, BRAHMS | Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Two end-points of a great musical spectrum, the Gasteig brochure called this programme, with OndĆej AdĂĄmek‘s Where Are You? set between them as the unstable hinge. The copy, for once,…
IL TROVATORE | Bayerische Staatsoper
Caruso is supposed to have said that all Il trovatore requires is âthe four greatest singers in the worldâ â a line that has been gently mocked for a century,…
LA FORZA DEL DESTINO | BĂŒhnen Bern
I was extremely excited about this one. Last year, when the new seasons were announced, I saw that both Zurich Opera and Stadttheater Bern were programming La forza del destino…
BRUCKNER 7 | Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
The Adagio of the Seventh â written in part as a tombeau for Wagner, scored for the first time in Bruckner‘s output with four Wagner tubas â is the longest…