LA FORZA DEL DESTINO | BĂĽhnen 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 | MĂĽnchner 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...
ANNA BOLENA | Greek National Theater
It had been a while — actually, way too long — since my last visit to the Greek National Opera....
MICHELLE SPOTTI / NELSON GOERNER | Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
Before anything else, and I know this usually comes at the end, a very warm thank you to the Orchestre...
BRAHMS / ELGAR | Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
There are pianists one admires, and then there are pianists who make admiration feel like an inadequate response. Igor Levit...
LA TRAVIATA | Teatro Comunale Ferrara
Before even talking about the opera… I need to talk about the place. Because honestly, for me, the Teatro Comunale...
TOSCA | Opera Carlo Felice
I hadn’t been to the opera in over a month. I think that has never happened in my life. And...
DER ROSENKAVALIER | Staatsoper Berlin
After the triumph of Elektra and the less conclusive venture of Ă–dipus und die Sphinx, Hofmannsthal felt the need to...
MACBETH | Bayerische Staatsoper
Verdi was thirty-three years old. The great trilogy did not yet exist. Rigoletto, Trovatore, Traviata — none of it. And...
DIALOGUES DES CARMELITES | Teatro Regio Torino
It is noteworthy that Poulenc's masterpiece has enjoyed a growing presence on Italian stages in recent years. After Rome and...
BILLY BUDD | Opéra National de Lyon
Presented for the first time in its history at the Opéra de Lyon, Billy Budd by Benjamin Britten is staged...
IL TROVATORE | Opéra de Monte-Carlo
There is something quietly miraculous about Il Trovatore. Dismissed by snobs and adored by the masses, Verdi's most melodically concentrated...
Elīna Garanča | Opera de Monte-Carlo
Concluding a refined and significantly stimulating season, the Monte-Carlo Opera presented an operatic recital with orchestra by Latvian mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča. ...
