The story may not be the happiest in the repertoire, but we left the GroĂźer Saal of the Vienna State Opera with full hearts. Filled with a shared enthusiasm (both…
DER ROSENKAVALIER | Théâtre des Champs Elysées
It is perhaps the opera that moves me the most. These are the words chosen by Alain Duault at the beginning of the section dedicated to Rosenkavalier in his Dictionnaire amoureux de l’opĂ©ra….
INTERVIEW | SĂ©bastien Rouland
Donner Siegfried Ă Versailles, n’est-ce pas une folie ?, dĂ©clare-t-il d’emblĂ©e. Stimmt : rien de plus inopinĂ©, voire incongru. Les stĂ©rĂ©otypes qui entourent l’un et l’autre n’admettent que très mal pareille extravagance :…
DAS PARADIES UND DIE PERI | La Seine Musicale
Take a work that carries a message of hope, unfolding across the world – thus speaking to each and every one – in a timeless era. Introduce singers of unparalleled…
THE QUEEN OF SPADES | Oper Leipzig
The première of The Queen of Spades (Pique Dame in German) took place in the warmly inviting setting of the Oper Leipzig auditorium, elegantly adorned with understated wooden panelling and…
DER FLIEGENDE HOLLĂ„NDER | Staatsoper Berlin
A tout Seigneur, tout honneur ! In The Flying Dutchman, it is with ample means that the score and libretto summon the enchanting power of the myth inspired by Heine’s…
IL NOME DELLA ROSA | Teatro alla Scala
The challenge was significant: to transpose Umberto Eco’s most well-known and popular work to opera, with all its narrative and historical particularities. Francesco Filidei did not want to make the…
LOHENGRIN | Deutsche Oper Berlin
Countless criteria can be considered to judge whether an operatic performance has been successful (or not). One of the most important – and most rarely achieved – is the ability…
DER ROSENKAVALIER | Oper Frankfurt
Strauss/Hofmanntsthal’s best opera? Some will say so outright. Others will be more cautious, and think of the masterpieces Die Frau ohne Schatten and Elektra. We have no ambition to decide;…