Why on earth hadn’t I been here before? That’s the question that inevitably lingers after a summer opera evening in Sanxay—along with that unmistakable sense of well-being that comes only…
RIGOLETTO | Arena Verona Festival
To close my two-week festival stay in Verona, it could only be with a masterpiece by Verdi. And even though I had already seen this particular masterpiece 11 times live…
LA TRAVIATA |Â Arena Verona Festival
For my 15th edition of the Arena di Verona Festival—and to wrap up the weekend beautifully after the rain cancellation of Aida (which stopped after just 50 minutes)—I was lucky…
NABUCCO | Arena Verona Festival
The most Italian opera in the most Italian place on earth! Giuseppe Verdi’s third opera, which revealed his genius to the entire world, is closely linked to the history of…
LA FORZA DEL DESTINO | ChorĂ©gies d’Orange
The weekend promised to be… magnificent!With three operas across two different festivals — Aix-en-Provence to start, and the ChorĂ©gies d’Orange to wrap things up on Sunday — the program featured…
DER FREISCHĂśTZ | Bregenzer Festspiele
By the end of the day, our hopes that it would take place where we had wished were fading. The stifling afternoon heat, a harbinger of meteorological unrest, suggested that…
LES PĂŠCHEURS DE PERLES | Festival d’Aix en Provence
What a discovery! Why hadn’t I experienced this before? I’ve seen three or four Les PĂŞcheurs de Perles live on stage in the past, but this time… I don’t know…
DON GIOVANNI | Festival d’Aix en Provence
To “give of oneself”: definition — To make a personal effort or sacrifice; to invest one’s time, energy, or physical presence in helping or participating in something. There is no…
NORMA (cast 2) | Teatro Alla Scala
Temple of opera or Disneyland of classical music? Even in the scorching Italian summer, Teatro alla Scala manages to monopolize newspapers and television, media and social media. For days, two…