Almost a year ago, Pene Pati and Adèle Charvet made their respective role debuts as Werther and Charlotte in a concert version in Geneva. It is on the stage of…
DAS WUNDER DER HELIANE | Opéra National du Rhin
Das Wunder der Heliane? It unfolds in Strasbourg, upon the blessed stage of the Opéra national du Rhin which, true to its reputation, displays both daring and discernment in presenting…
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…
CARMEN | Opernhaus Zürich
The house is sold out this evening for the revival of Andreas Homoki’s production, which plays with a mise en abyme of theatrical representation. A living, breathing performance, driven by…
THE PASSENGER | Opéra National du Capitole
There are subjects that demand every ounce of tact one can summon merely to approach them, yet they cannot evade the obligation to evoke, as plainly as possible, the very…
NABUCCO | Teatro San Carlo
The production of Nabucco, which inaugurated the year 2026 at the most beautiful theater in theworld, can be considered the perfect synthesis of the Lissner/Tzempetonidis management, recentlyconcluded with the designation…
TRISTAN UND ISOLDE | Gran Teatre del Liceu
A glittering evening, as beguiling as it was enchanting. The première of a superb production in which the avowed minimalism, guided by a stagecraft as incisive as it was assured,…
GSTAAD NEW YEAR MUSIC FESTIVAL
Quel plaisir… Hope, Eternity, Talent, and Sublime. These are the four words that define the four evenings I spent in the Swiss mountains for the Gstaad New Year Music Festival….
DIE FLEDERMAUS | Deutsche Oper Berlin
A vibrant sense of ensemble spirit radiated from the stage of the Deutsche Oper Berlin on this 31 December. As for the Vienna of Emperor Franz Joseph’s era, Rolando Villazón’s…