One hundred and twenty-five years after its first performance in Rome on January 14, 1900, Athens also paid homage to Puccini’s masterpiece with a series of for months sold- out…
L’ELISIR D’AMORE |Â Liceu – Barcelona
Let me start with something bold: this production of L’Elisir d’Amore is without a doubt in my Top 10 operas of the entire year. And honestly, if I had to…
LUCREZIA BORGIA | Teatro de la Maestranza
I travelled to Seville almost entirely for one reason: to see Marina Rebeka in her role debut as Lucrezia Borgia. I had been excited for months—truly convinced that this role…
DIALOGUES DES CARMÉLITES | Wiener Staatsoper
“I watched over every note, paid attention to the right vowels on the high sounds, ensured a completely natural prosody, while allowing the voice to pour out to the fullest…
LES CONTES D’HOFFMANN | Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin
Pene Pati’s role debut as Hoffmann and the provocative Lydia Steier’s direction of this iconic opera were more than enough to justify a trip to the German capital. We won’t…
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR | Wiener Staatsoper
Laurent Pelly proves once again that he is among the finest interpreters of Donizetti on stage. His production, already familiar to Vienna, remains sharp, fluid, and theatrically intelligent — the…
SALOME | Komische Oper Berlin
In Richard Strauss’s one-act Salome, the audience’s collective verdict is revealed only at the curtain call. Yet the fervour of the applause last night at the Komische Oper Berlin left…
OTELLO | Teatro Bellini – Catania
Two weeks after my Otello in Prague, you would think the excitement would calm down… but no. I arrived in Catania as thrilled as if I were seeing Otello for…
BENJAMIN BERNHEIM | Victoria Hall – Genève
There is something uniquely special about attending a recital at Victoria Hall — the intimacy, the acoustics, the warm Geneva audience… and when the evening is led by Benjamin Bernheim,…
REQUIEM VERDI | Victoria Hall – Geneva
There are some works in the classical world that feel less like concerts and more like… events. Moments you prepare for, breath for, almost fear a little. Verdi’s Requiem is…