The first of three operas written by Giuseppe Verdi, based on Shakespeare’s plays, returns to Genoa, in a musically successful and scenically more contradictory production. The opera was composed in…
AIDA | Teatro Massimo di Palermo
There are opera houses you visit.And then there are opera houses you dream about for years before finally stepping inside. Coming to Palermo and discovering the Teatro Massimo was a…
DER ROSENKAVALIER |Â Wiener Staatsoper
To hear and see this opera here makes more sense than anywhere else in the world – save perhaps Dresden – because this is where it happens, and where it…
NABUCODONOSOR | Teatro Alla Scala
There are reviews… and then there are nights like this one.Nights that remind you why you fell in love with opera in the first place. Because let’s be honest: Nabucco…
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM | Deutsche Oper Berlin
When an opera is based on a comedy, one is entitled to expect at least some trace of humour. A modicum of entertainment, at the very least; laughter would be…
RECITAL ETIENNE DUPUIS | Opéra National de Lyon
After a triumphant portrayal of Henri Ashton in the production of Lucie de Lammermoor at the OpĂ©ra Comique, the Canadian baritone treated us to an anthology worthy recital at the…
RECITAL NETREBKO/TEZIER | Teatro Verdi di Busseto
I don’t even know where to start. Actually… I do. I think I’ve reached the peak. The absolute maximum of what I could hope for as an opera lover. If…
ARIADNE AUF NAXOS | Staatsoper Berlin
Staging Ariadne auf Naxos is no simple task. Beneath its apparent simplicity – modest duration and relatively small forces – the work presents real challenges, not least in balancing comedy and gravity….
INTERMEZZO | Semperoper
Depending on your point of departure, Dresden may not be the most accessible destination in Germany. For those living in Paris, as the author of these lines does, the least…