If you know a little about what I do, first of all, and after reading the rest of this article, you know that I’m a passionate person who has enormous,…
RIGOLETTO | Deutsche Oper Berlin
Another Rigoletto? Yes. Still exciting? Absolutely. I’ve stopped counting how many Rigolettos I’ve seen this year — and yet, each one feels like a new adventure. That’s the beauty of…
RICCARDO MUTI |Â Teatro de Piacenza
Some evenings become unforgettable before they even begin — and Thursday night in Piacenza was one of them. For the first time in my life, I finally experienced Maestro Riccardo…
PLACIDO DOMINGO / ANDREA BOCELLI | Arena Genève
Last night in Geneva felt like a crossover event between Superman and Batman — except instead of saving the world, they came to save music lovers’ hearts. Yes, I’m talking…
DON CARLO |Â Deutsche Oper Berlin
To be perfectly honest, as I write these words from the train back to Lausanne the morning after, I find myself asking a bold and perhaps blasphemous question: Have Les…
LES VĂŠPRES SICILIENNES |Â Deutsche Oper Berlin
Some evenings at the opera redefine your relationship with a composer’s work—and May 24 at the Deutsche Oper Berlin was exactly that. Les VĂŞpres Siciliennes may often be considered the…
PLACIDO DOMINGO | Casino Bern
There are concerts you go to with excitement. Others with curiosity. But then there are those you attend with reverence — because you know you’re about to witness a piece…
RIGOLETTO | Opernhaus ZĂĽrich
This time, I didn’t head to the Swiss capital to hear Verdi’s masterpiece — instead, I went to Switzerland’s largest city, home to its most prestigious opera house. You guessed…
RIGOLETTO | BĂĽhnen Bern
I still can’t fully explain — except maybe by invoking pure passion — how it’s possible to be this excited every time I go to see Rigoletto. Last night, I…