TOSCA | Staatsoper Berlin
Friday the 13th may carry a reputation for bad luck, but at the Staatsoper Berlin, there was nothing unfortunate about...
FAURÉ · SAINT‑SAËNS · PROKOFIEV | Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Symphonic & Theatric — A Natural Rhyme Some programmes barely need a stage: they play in images, and this one...
COSI FAN TUTTE | Opera de Monte-Carlo
Don Alfonso sings, "The faith of women is like the phoenix; everyone says it exists, but no one knows where...
DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NÜRNBERG | Staatsoper Stuttgart
Opening night for this production, and for many of its soloists as well: no fewer than seventeen role débuts. A...
DER SCHATZGRÄBER | Deutsche Oper Berlin
Restraint touched with elegance returns to the stage of the Deutsche Oper in this revival of Der Schatzgräber, in Christof...
MADAMA BUTTERFLY | Bayerische Staatsoper
There are evenings when the drama onstage doesn’t so much begin as unfold from the breath of its singers —...
L’ITALIANA IN ALGERI | Grand Théâtre de Genève
In Geneva, people usually come for the auditory experience, not necessarily the visual one, and proving I'm not one to...
MACBETH | Teatro Coccia di Novara
Last Sunday, January 25, 2026, I attended a performance of Giuseppe Verdi’s Macbeth at the Teatro Coccia in Novara, and...
WERTHER | Opéra Comique
Almost a year ago, Pene Pati and Adèle Charvet made their respective role debuts as Werther and Charlotte in a...
DAS WUNDER DER HELIANE | Opéra National du Rhin
Das Wunder der Heliane? It unfolds in Strasbourg, upon the blessed stage of the Opéra national du Rhin which, true...
LA CENERENTOLA | Teatro Regio – Torino
My last Cenerentola was so long ago that the website you're reading this review on didn't even exist yet, and...
CARMEN | Opernhaus Zürich
The house is sold out this evening for the revival of Andreas Homoki’s production, which plays with a mise en...
THE PASSENGER | Opéra National du Capitole
There are subjects that demand every ounce of tact one can summon merely to approach them, yet they cannot evade...
IL TROVATORE | Teatro Carlo Felice – Genova
Attending a final performance is something I increasingly enjoy and am beginning to prefer to opening nights. Sure, opening nights...
NABUCCO | Bayerische Staatsoper
Opening nights of Nabucco often hinge on the ability of the conductor to grip Verdi’s early and volcanic writing with both discipline...
Mozart 38 & Bruckner 4 | Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Originally announced with Gustavo Dudamel, the programme ultimately fell to Paavo Järvi — and what a stroke of luck. His conducting, as...
NABUCCO | Teatro San Carlo
The production of Nabucco, which inaugurated the year 2026 at the most beautiful theater in theworld, can be considered the...
LA BOHEME | Teatro Dell’Opera di Roma
There are not many operas left today that truly make me cry.Not because they are less powerful, but because I...
THE NUTCRACKER | Bayerische Staatsoper
Staging & Choreography: John Neumeier • Sets & Costumes: Jürgen Rose • Musical Direction: Azim Karimov There are Nutcrackers that simply serve tradition, and...
AKADEMIEKONZERT | Bayerische Staatsoper
Conductor: Vladimir JurowskiSoloist: Francesco Piemontesi An ambitious programme spanning three distinct worlds: the brooding intensity of Rachmaninov, the crystalline elegance...
