MACBETH | Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova
The first of three operas written by Giuseppe Verdi, based on Shakespeare's plays, returns to Genoa, in a musically successful...
AIDA | Teatro Massimo di Palermo
There are opera houses you visit.And then there are opera houses you dream about for years before finally stepping inside....
DER ROSENKAVALIER | Wiener Staatsoper
To hear and see this opera here makes more sense than anywhere else in the world - save perhaps Dresden...
I PURITANI | Teatro Regio Torino
Some theaters become familiar over time.And then there are theaters that slowly become part of your opera life. Before even...
NABUCODONOSOR | Teatro Alla Scala
There are reviews… and then there are nights like this one.Nights that remind you why you fell in love with...
DVOŘÁK / MARTINŮ / STRAVINSKY / RAVEL | Concertgebouworkest
V přírodě — In Nature's Realm — is the opening panel of a Dvořák triptych of concert overtures the symphonic...
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO | Dutch National Opera
Two scars across an otherwise glowing evening. Dutch National Opera's new Nozze di Figaro gives us Mozart at the level...
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM | Deutsche Oper Berlin
When an opera is based on a comedy, one is entitled to expect at least some trace of humour. A...
RECITAL ETIENNE DUPUIS | Opéra National de Lyon
After a triumphant portrayal of Henri Ashton in the production of Lucie de Lammermoor at the Opéra Comique, the Canadian...
HAYDN, ADÁMEK, BRAHMS | Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Two end-points of a great musical spectrum, the Gasteig brochure called this programme, with Ondřej Adámek's Where Are You? set...
IL TROVATORE | Bayerische Staatsoper
Caruso is supposed to have said that all Il trovatore requires is “the four greatest singers in the world” —...
LA FORZA DEL DESTINO | Bühnen Bern
I was extremely excited about this one. Last year, when the new seasons were announced, I saw that both Zurich...
BRUCKNER 7 | Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
The Adagio of the Seventh — written in part as a tombeau for Wagner, scored for the first time in...
SIMON BOCCANEGRA | Münchner Rundfunkorchester
There is a snobbery about concert performances of opera that the genre rarely deserves and almost never bears out. Strip...
RECITAL NETREBKO/TEZIER | Teatro Verdi di Busseto
I don’t even know where to start. Actually… I do. I think I’ve reached the peak. The absolute maximum of...
ARIADNE AUF NAXOS | Staatsoper Berlin
Staging Ariadne auf Naxos is no simple task. Beneath its apparent simplicity - modest duration and relatively small forces - the work...
INTERMEZZO | Semperoper
Depending on your point of departure, Dresden may not be the most accessible destination in Germany. For those living in...
LA BELLE AU BOIS DORMANT | Opéra de Saint-Étienne
The Opéra de Saint-Étienne brings back to life a work that had disappeared for over a century: La Belle au...
THE DEATH OF KLINGHOFFER | Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
The day that I and my enemy sit peacefully each putting his case and working towards peace That day our...
MADAMA BUTTERFLY | Grand Théâtre de Genève
A few days before the announcement of the 2026–2027 season — which I’m really looking forward to, especially with a...
