Under the expert baton of Antonello Manacorda and the inventive staging of Damiano Michieletto, Les Contes d’Hoffmann dazzled the Royal Opera House audience in a truly triumphant performance. From start to finish,…
TOSCA | Opéra de Monte-Carlo
Tosca closed the November operas “PUCCINI”, indeed to celebrate the centenary of the death of this genius, operas around the world monopolized to highlight Mr. Giacomo Puccini with 10 operas,…
LA FILLE DU REGIMENT | Opéra de Paris
On Saturday, November 16, I attended La Fille du RĂ©giment at the OpĂ©ra de Paris, marking the 10th performance in this marathon run of Donizetti’s classic. If there’s one production…
LA FORZA DEL DESTINO | Gran Teatre Del Liceu
Seeing La Forza del Destino in Barcelona on November 9th was a night to remember, marking the first of several productions of this Verdi masterpiece I’ll be fortunate enough to…
LA BOHEME | Opéra de Monte-Carlo
It was my “fĂŞte” day on November 8th, and what better way to celebrate than with the divine Anna Netrebko herself at the OpĂ©ra de Monte-Carlo! For someone like me,…
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…
TURANDOT | Bayerische Staatsoper
And so, the iconic Turandot returned to the Bayerische Staatsoper! With a production by Carlus Padrissa from La Fura dels Baus, one might expect a bold and innovative staging—and indeed,…
DER ROSENKAVALIER |Â Teatro Alla Scala
“Ja, such dir den Schnee vom vergangenen Jahr! “ Der Rosenkavalier is perhaps the most poignant work of Western civilization, staging thedomination of passions, the awareness of time passing inexorably and…
NABUCCO |Â Staatsoper Berlin
On October 20, 2024, Verdi’s Nabucco stormed into the Staatsoper Berlin, just weeks after the triumphant run of Turandot. Verdi’s early masterpiece took the stage with intensity and grandeur, leaving…