You know those moments when you realize just minutes before a concert starts that what you’re about to hear is not at all what you expected? Well, that was me…
TOSCA |Â Opernhaus ZĂĽrich
I still remember when I saw the new program of the Opernhaus ZĂĽrich last May, and when I saw that Manon was scheduled for early October with Benjamin Bernheim and…
RIGOLETTO | Teatro Alla Scala
How do you celebrate the birthday of the greatest maestro of all time — on his actual birthday?Well, the answer was obvious: go to La Scala to see Rigoletto. And…
MACBETH | Teatro Verdi Busseto
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…