There are operas you fall in love with instantly. And then there are operas like La Gioconda. For me, Ponchielli’s Venetian epic has always been something I listen to in…
LISETTE OROPESA | Crans-Montana
Social media often receives its fair share of criticism, but sometimes it delivers something truly special. Just a week ago, I came across a post from Lisette Oropesa announcing that…
NORMA | Teatro Regio Parma
This was a date I had been waiting for for a long time. The main reason was Vasilisa Berzhanskaya. I have seen her several times in bel canto repertoire, including…
L’ELISIR D’AMORE | The State Opera – Prague
If there is one place where I feel comfortable, at ease, and truly at home, it is the State Opera in Prague. I defend this theater, which is so dear…
TURANDOT | Deutsche Oper Berlin
I hesitated for a long time before writing the lines that follow. You know Opera Diary’s primary motivation: to inspire audiences to go to the theater and to focus only…
TOSCA | Staatsoper Berlin
Friday the 13th may carry a reputation for bad luck, but at the Staatsoper Berlin, there was nothing unfortunate about this Tosca. Having seen countless productions of Puccini’s masterpiece over…
L’ITALIANA IN ALGERI | Grand Théâtre de Genève
In Geneva, people usually come for the auditory experience, not necessarily the visual one, and proving I’m not one to hold a grudge, it was an enormous pleasure to see…
MACBETH | Teatro Coccia di Novara
Last Sunday, January 25, 2026, I attended a performance of Giuseppe Verdi’s Macbeth at the Teatro Coccia in Novara, and it was my very first time in this theatre. I…
LA CENERENTOLA | Teatro Regio – Torino
My last Cenerentola was so long ago that the website you’re reading this review on didn’t even exist yet, and it was in Paris at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées during…