What an afternoon! On this July Saturday, in its usual and ever-so-picturesque misty setting, the Glyndebourne Festival offers us a magnificent tribute to Mozart’s sublime masterpiece — a pinnacle of…
LA TRAVIATA | Teatro Real Madrid
The Teatro Real’s revival of Willy Decker’s legendary 2005 staging of La Traviata was nothing short of extraordinary. This minimalist yet deeply expressive production continues to captivate with its symbolic…
NORMA | Teatro alla Scala
Decades of waiting—yes, literal decades—had gone by without Norma being staged in the most iconic theatre of the Italian repertoire. You can imagine my reaction when, in May 2024, I…
DIALOGUES DES CARMELITES | Teatro La Fenice
“Avec votre permission, l’ai dĂ©cidĂ© d’entrer au Carmel” Although Poulenc’s masterpiece has now firmly entered the repertoire in theaters all over theworld, this production of “les dialogues des CarmĂ©lites” is…
FAUST | Théâtre National de l’OpĂ©ra-Comique
But a ghost is not a corpse (…). It is a living being. Only its body stems from the soul: it has no surplus flesh, no hunger, no thirst, no…
LA TRAVIATA | Grand Théâtre de Genève
How is it possible to let this happen? How can I maintain any critical subjectivity after witnessing such a disastrous production from a staging point of view? Anything related to…
COSI FAN TUTTE | Opéra de Lyon
On June 18, 2025, the OpĂ©ra de Lyon offered up a refreshingly original and engaging version of Cosi fan tutte that charmed with its creativity, playfulness, and clever restraint. In Marie Eve…
IL MATRIMONIO SEGRETO | Teatro San Carlo
Il Matrimonio Segreto by Domenico Cimarosa was performed for the first time at the Burgtheater in Vienna on February 7, 1792, just two months after the death of Wolfgang Amadeus…
MANON | Opéra National Paris
Back at the OpĂ©ra Bastille, Massenet’s Manon made its return in a revival that had originally promised a dual cast of Nadine Sierra with Benjamin Bernheim, and Amina Edris with…