No, this is not an opera for children (although there have already been performances for young audiences). It is certainly about animals, with their physical and acoustic characterisation, but this…
MESSIAH | Théâtre des Champs Elysées
When Christmas arrives (as it does at Easter), it’s hardly surprising to see Handel’s Messiah on the bill just about everywhere. But the difference with this Théâtre des Champs ElysĂ©es…
DER ZWERG | Deutsche Oper Berlin
His ugliness is remarkable – “a hideous gnome” according to Alma [Mahler] – but his eyes radiate intelligence, and like all those she touched with her wing, he has an…
ARIADNE AUF NAXOS | Opéra de Rouen Normandie
Let’s sublimate the metamorphosis into a stylistic kaleidoscope! Ariadne auf Naxos is one of the happiest collaborations between Hugo von Hofmannsthal and Richard Strauss. Halfway between Der Rosenkavalier and Die Frau ohne Schatten, between mythological…
VÄšC MAKROPULOS | Staatsoper Unter den Linden
Co tedy stojĂ za to? – Nic! Zhola nic! (“- So what is it worth? – Nothing! Absolutely nothing!”) It is with these words that, in Act II, Emilia Marty (or/and Eugenia…
HEROÏNE | Opéra National de Lorraine
First and foremost, you have to disobey: that’s the first duty when the order is threatening and cannot be explained. (Ariane et Barbe Bleue or La DĂ©livrance inutile, act 1.)…
LE DOMINO NOIR (The Black Domino) | Opéra Comique
A typical example of the opĂ©ra-comique style of the first half of the 19th century, The Black Domino (Le Domino Noir) is the ninth most performed opera at the OpĂ©ra Comique…
SALOME | Wiener Staatsoper
Strauss’s first masterpiece premiered in 1905, Salome (op. 54) is an opera of rare power, unfolding continuously in one act, a pure fin de siècle product, the first step towards expressionism, eminently…