DER ROSENKAVALIER | Théâtre des Champs Elysées
It is perhaps the opera that moves me the most. These are the words chosen by Alain Duault at the...
INTERVIEW | Sébastien Rouland – Chef d’Orchestre
Donner Siegfried à Versailles, n’est-ce pas une folie ?, déclare-t-il d’emblée. Stimmt : rien de plus inopiné, voire incongru. Les stéréotypes qui entourent...
LA FILLE DU REGIMENT | Teatro San Carlo
Among the most popular of the immense catalogue of Gaetano Donizetti, scornfully called “Dozzinetti” 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-Saëns’ Samson et Dalila received a powerful and deeply compelling performance at the Opéra de Saint-Étienne on May 11....
THE QUEEN OF SPADES | Oper Leipzig
The première of The Queen of Spades (Pique Dame in German) took place in the warmly inviting setting of the...
DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER | Staatsoper Berlin
A tout Seigneur, tout honneur ! In The Flying Dutchman, it is with ample means that the score and libretto...
RIGOLETTO | Opernhaus Zürich
This time, I didn’t head to the Swiss capital to hear Verdi’s masterpiece — instead, I went to Switzerland’s 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 | Bühnen Bern
I still can’t fully explain — except maybe by invoking pure passion — 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 | Theater Basel
The best way to reconcile after a falling-out is through honest communication and the willingness to move forward. That’s exactly...
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...
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 | 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...
SEASON 2025/2026 | Opera de Paris
The Opéra National de Paris has officially announced its highly anticipated 2025/2026 season, promising a thrilling blend of classic masterpieces,...
SALOME | Teatro San Carlo
Wie schön ist die Prinzessin Salome heute Nacht! Since its first performance in Dresden on 9 December 1905, the opera...
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...
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....
