If you know my love for Giuseppe Verdi, you already know that what follows will be nothing but praise. So I kindly ask anyone who came here hoping for a…
OTELLO |Â Teatro Regio Parma
It obviously wasn’t the first time I set foot in one of Italy’s most beautiful theaters in Parma, but it was the very first time I came for the Verdi…
OTELLO | Teatro Real de Madrid
I didn’t have to wait long to see my favorite opera of the 25/26 season. Barely after the curtain fell in London, I was already on a plane heading 2h30…
LES VĂŠPRES SICILIENNES | Royal Opera House
What’s funny, as the years go by, is that the longer summer feels, the more the wait for the new opera season feels like an eternity! Yes, sure, I had…
NORMA |Â BĂĽhnen Bern
I thought I was just coming to a “simple” back-to-season concert version of Norma for a single performance at the Bern Opera… but what I actually witnessed on August 31…
NORMA | Gstaad Menuhin Festival
So… this was my 5th year in a row at the Gstaad Menuhin Festival, after highlights like I Puritani and a magical Tosca two years ago. This time, it was…
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 I had already seen this particular masterpiece 11 times live…
LA TRAVIATA |Â Arena Verona Festival
For my 15th edition of the Arena di Verona Festival—and to wrap up the weekend beautifully after the rain cancellation of Aida (which stopped after just 50 minutes)—I was lucky…
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 on Thursday, July 24, and let me give you a…