Yes… my friends, yes — another Otello! Yet another Otello!After Parma, Madrid, and Strasbourg — while waiting for Catania and Liège — I went back to see Otello once again…
LA TRAVIATA |Â The State Opera – Prague
For the second time in a year, I had the chance to see this magnificent production of La Traviata in one of Prague’s fabulous theaters — and let me tell…
IPHIGENIE EN TAURIDE | Théâtre National de l’OpĂ©ra Comique
It is one of the leading events events of this operatic season: the tout Paris musical world speaks of little else. And with good reason: beyond the rarity of the…
LES PÊCHEURS DE PERLES | Opéra de Massy
A full house bore witness to an evening of resounding success. The enchantment was profound, for the work had been long anticipated, still a rarity when set against Bizet’s greatest…
DER FLIEGENDE HOLLANDER | Opera de Monte-Carlo
“Nur alle sieben Jahre ist es ihm erlaubt an Land zu steigen und seine Erlösung zu betreiben—” Heinrich Heine Written between May 1840 and August 1841, “the Flying Dutchman”, also…
FRANCESCA DA RIMINI | Deutsche Oper Berlin
This season, the Deutsche Oper Berlin presents a revival of a work that, for reasons as curious as they are obscure, remains a rarity on European stages (a few exceptions…
OPERALIA | Sofia
Opera is more alive than ever. We never truly doubted it, but it’s refreshing—almost electrifying—to feel it so vividly. This year marks our first collaboration with Operalia, and what an…
LUDOVIC TEZIER | Opera de Lyon
You know those moments when you realize just minutes before a concert starts that what you’re about to hear is not at all what you expected? Well, that was me…
ARIADNE AUF NAXOS | Bayerische Staatsoper
Circumstances aligned with understated charm to leave a lasting impression: a constellation of performers, a baton of prestige, an orchestra steeped in acclaim, and one of the most ravishing jewels…
CENDRILLON | Opéra Royal du Château de Versailles
Take one of Perrault’s most famous tales, add some lightning-fast music, throw in a hand picked cast, and set it all in a world where theatre and circus come together…