Co-produced with the Op茅ra Royal de Versailles, this new production of Faust by Charles Gounod, staged by Jean鈥慍laude Berutti, offers a largely traditional transposition. Painted sets and medieval style costumes…
HOSOKAWA 路 BEETHOVEN 路 BRAHMS | M眉nchner Philharmoniker
A Symphonic Narrative, Built from the Inside OutSome concerts tell stories without words, and this evening was one of them. Toshio Hosokawa鈥檚 Blossoming II opened the programme with the quietude…
FAUST | Bayerische Staatsoper
A new production of Faust at the Bayerische Staatsoper, staged by Lotte de Beer, offers a reading that is clear, intelligent, and theatrically fluid, without resorting to heavy-handed concepts. The…
SALOME | Bayerische Staatsoper
Somewhere between the 1930s and 1940s, a group of Jewish men and women gathers in a vast and richly stocked library. As in all places where books are handled and…
LA GIOCONDA | Gran Teatre del Liceu
There are operas you fall in love with instantly. And then there are operas like La Gioconda. For me, Ponchielli鈥檚 Venetian epic has always been something I listen to in…
TAMERLANO | Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe
The International H盲ndel Festival taking place at the Badisches Staatstheater in Karlsruhe presents Handel’s Tamerlano. It鈥檚 a prime opportunity to witness the immense Ren茅 Jacobs at the helm of the…