Among the pinnacles of the verismo repertoire, Andrea ChĂ©nier holds a special place — and, as always with Giordano, it demands a careful balance: between the pure beauty of the…
IL TROVATORE | Wiener Staatsoper
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…
TURANDOT |Â Theater Basel
The best way to reconcile after a falling-out is through honest communication and the willingness to move forward. That’s exactly what I decided to do with Theater Basel — one…
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;…
KATA KABANOVA | Bayerische Staatsoper
Zázrak! Vskutku tĹ™eba Ĺ™Ăci, Ĺľe zázrak! (Wonderful! You’ve got to admit, it’s wonderful!) That’s how Kudrjáš (James Ley) begins Leoš Janáček’s 6th (of 9) opera, thrilled by the majesty of…
TOSCA | Teatro Alla Scala
There are certain operas that become personal milestones—those you experience over and over again, yet they never lose their power. Tosca is that opera for me. It was one of…