Laurent Pelly proves once again that he is among the finest interpreters of Donizetti on stage. His production, already familiar to Vienna, remains sharp, fluid, and theatrically intelligent — the…
DON GIOVANNI |Â Wiener Staatsoper
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…
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…
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 Sanxay—along with that unmistakable sense of well-being that comes only…
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 magnificent tribute to Mozart’s sublime masterpiece — a pinnacle of…
ANDREA CHENIER | Deutsche Oper Berlin
Among the pinnacles of the verismo repertoire, Andrea ChĂ©nier holds a special place — and, as always with Giordano, it demands a careful balance: between the pure beauty of the…
LA TRAVIATA |Â Deutsche Oper Berlin
It is a fragile but essential balance that La Traviata always demands: between the luminous lightness of its melodic flights and the tension of an intimate drama unfolding behind closed…
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA / PAGLIACCI | Bayerische Staatsoper
A new CavPag production always comes with its share of expectations, given that this unique pairing of two verismo masterpieces consistently sparks a wide range of passionate and varied interpretations….