The première of The Queen of Spades (Pique Dame in German) took place in the warmly inviting setting of the Oper Leipzig auditorium, elegantly adorned with understated wooden panelling and…
DER FLIEGENDE HOLLĂ„NDER | Staatsoper Berlin
A tout Seigneur, tout honneur ! In The Flying Dutchman, it is with ample means that the score and libretto summon the enchanting power of the myth inspired by Heine’s…
RIGOLETTO | Opernhaus ZĂĽrich
This time, I didn’t head to the Swiss capital to hear Verdi’s masterpiece — instead, I went to Switzerland’s largest city, home to its most prestigious opera house. You guessed…
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 historical particularities. Francesco Filidei did not want to make the…
RIGOLETTO | BĂĽhnen Bern
I still can’t fully explain — except maybe by invoking pure passion — how it’s possible to be this excited every time I go to see Rigoletto. Last night, I…
LOHENGRIN | Deutsche Oper Berlin
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 |Â 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 |Â 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;…