HAMLET | Teatro Regio Torino
âTo be or not to be a tenor? That is the questionâ The Teatro Regio in Torino is staging the...
Reviews
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA / PAGLIACCI | Bayerische Staatsoper
A new CavPag production always comes with its share of expectations, given that this unique pairing of two verismo masterpieces...
DON CARLO |Â Deutsche Oper Berlin
To be perfectly honest, as I write these words from the train back to Lausanne the morning after, I find...
LES VĂPRES SICILIENNES |Â Deutsche Oper Berlin
Some evenings at the opera redefine your relationship with a composerâs workâand May 24 at the Deutsche Oper Berlin was...
DER ROSENKAVALIER | Théùtre des Champs Elysées
It is perhaps the opera that moves me the most. These are the words chosen by Alain Duault at the...
LA FILLE DU REGIMENT | Teatro San Carlo
Among the most popular of the immense catalogue of Gaetano Donizetti, scornfully called âDozzinettiâ by his detractors, la Fille du...
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...
PLACIDO DOMINGO | Casino Bern
There are concerts you go to with excitement. Others with curiosity. But then there are those you attend with reverence...
SAMSON ET DALILA | Opéra de Saint Etienne
Camille Saint-SaĂ«nsâ Samson et Dalila received a powerful and deeply compelling performance at the OpĂ©ra de Saint-Ătienne on May 11....
THE QUEEN OF SPADES | Oper Leipzig
The premiĂšre of The Queen of Spades (Pique Dame in German) took place in the warmly inviting setting of the...
DER FLIEGENDE HOLLĂNDER | Staatsoper Berlin
A tout Seigneur, tout honneur ! In The Flying Dutchman, it is with ample means that the score and libretto...
RIGOLETTO | Opernhaus ZĂŒrich
This time, I didnât head to the Swiss capital to hear Verdiâs masterpiece â instead, I went to Switzerlandâs largest...
IL NOME DELLA ROSA | Teatro alla Scala
The challenge was significant: to transpose Umberto Eco's most well-known and popular work to opera, with all its narrative and...
RIGOLETTO | BĂŒhnen Bern
I still canât fully explain â except maybe by invoking pure passion â how it's possible to be this excited...
LOHENGRIN | Deutsche Oper Berlin
Countless criteria can be considered to judge whether an operatic performance has been successful (or not). One of the most...
TURANDOT |Â Theater Basel
The best way to reconcile after a falling-out is through honest communication and the willingness to move forward. Thatâs exactly...
DIE LIEBE DER DANAE |Â Teatro Carlo Felice
The highlight of the season of the Genoese theater was the staging of die Liebe der Danae, proposal of 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...
DON CARLOS |Â Opera National de Paris
Thereâs something deeply personal and poetic about beginning to write a review of an opera while en route to 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...
