Barrie Kosky’s Don Giovanni returns to Vienna as it has every season for the past four years, and its grip on the repertoire remains unshaken. The staging feels manic, almost…
CAV/PAG | Bayerische Staatsoper
Last season, we praised Francesco Micheli’s staging for its coherence and bold contrasts. This revival confirms that vision while reshaping the experience through a cast that brings new colors to…
LA FORZA DEL DESTINO | Opernhaus ZĂĽrich
I have about 10,000 things to say about this production — so I hope you love Verdi and stories, because if that’s the case, you’re in the right place, at…
OTELLO | The State Opera – Prague
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…