Countless criteria can be considered to judge whether an operatic performance has been successful (or not). One of the most important – and most rarely achieved – is the ability…
TURANDOT | 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…
DIE LIEBE DER DANAE | Teatro Carlo Felice
The highlight of the season of the Genoese theater was the staging of die Liebe der Danae, proposal of the greatest interest due to the fact that these are the…
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;…
DON CARLOS | Opera National de Paris
There’s something deeply personal and poetic about beginning to write a review of an opera while en route to the theatre. It gives me a moment to reflect on the…
SALOME | Teatro San Carlo
Wie schön ist die Prinzessin Salome heute Nacht! Since its first performance in Dresden on 9 December 1905, the opera Salome has shocked the musical world; first of all the…
KATA KABANOVA | Bayerische Staatsoper
Zázrak! Vskutku třeba říci, že 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…
LA BOHEME | Greek National Opera
Lately, it seems to be a season of firsts for me! After my first-ever backstage experience at the Opéra de Lyon earlier this week, this was not only my first…