DIE SCHWEIGSAME FRAU | Staatsoper Berlin
The work is far too rare for us to allow ourselves to miss it. It is, alas, the sole collaboration...
Year: 2025
TRISTAN UND ISOLDE | Bayreuther Festspiele
Some weather websites predicted it would be der heißeste Tag des Jahres. We didn't try to confirm how accurate that...
NABUCCO | Soirées Lyriques de Sanxay
Why on earth hadn’t I been here before? That’s the question that inevitably lingers after a summer opera evening in...
RIGOLETTO | Arena Verona Festival
To close my two-week festival stay in Verona, it could only be with a masterpiece by Verdi. And even though...
LA TRAVIATA | Arena Verona Festival
For my 15th edition of the Arena di Verona Festival—and to wrap up the weekend beautifully after the rain cancellation...
NABUCCO | Arena Verona Festival
The most Italian opera in the most Italian place on earth! Giuseppe Verdi's third opera, which revealed his genius to...
GIANNI SCHICCHI / CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA | Festival de Verbier
There were so many reasons to attend the Verbier Festival this year for the Gianni Schicchi / Cavalleria Rusticana concert...
LA FORZA DEL DESTINO | Chorégies d’Orange
The weekend promised to be… magnificent!With three operas across two different festivals — Aix-en-Provence to start, and the Chorégies d’Orange...
DER FREISCHÜTZ | Bregenzer Festspiele
By the end of the day, our hopes that it would take place where we had wished were fading. The...
LES PÊCHEURS DE PERLES | Festival d’Aix en Provence
What a discovery! Why hadn’t I experienced this before? I’ve seen three or four Les Pêcheurs de Perles live on...
DON GIOVANNI | Festival d’Aix en Provence
To “give of oneself”: definition — To make a personal effort or sacrifice; to invest one’s time, energy, or physical...
NORMA (cast 2) | Teatro Alla Scala
Temple of opera or Disneyland of classical music? Even in the scorching Italian summer, Teatro alla Scala manages to monopolize...
LES CONTES D’HOFFMANN | Opernhaus Zürich
One of the really cool things about loving opera in general is that it’s like a bottomless well—just like good...
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO | Glyndebourne
What an afternoon! On this July Saturday, in its usual and ever-so-picturesque misty setting, the Glyndebourne Festival offers us a...
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...
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....
DIALOGUES DES CARMELITES | Teatro La Fenice
“Avec votre permission, l’ai décidé d’entrer au Carmel” Although Poulenc's masterpiece has now firmly entered the repertoire in theaters all...
FAUST | Théâtre National de l’Opéra-Comique
But a ghost is not a corpse (...). It is a living being. Only its body stems from the soul:...
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...
COSI FAN TUTTE | Opéra de Lyon
On June 18, 2025, the Opéra de Lyon offered up a refreshingly original and engaging version of Cosi fan tutte that charmed...
