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Si la direction musicale de Paolo Carignani, l'orchestre et les chœurs impressionnent, l'ensemble de la production est plombé par une mise en scène caricaturale, tandis que la distribution laisse une impression mitigée.

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Copenhagen

12 Sep 2023

L'Aida caricaturale d'Annabel Arden à Copenhague

Von Irma Foletti

Christian Gerhaher (Wozzeck) © Monika Rittershaus

Aix-en-Provence

Musically peerless but battering: Wozzeck at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence

Von David Karlin, 07 Juli 2023

Sir Simon Rattle and the LSO give an orchestral performance to remember, with a fine singing cast, but Simon McBurney's staging dials the bleakness to maximum too early.

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Aix-en-Provence

07 Jul 2023

Musically peerless but battering: Wozzeck in Aix

Von David Karlin

Justina Gringytė (Carmen) © James Glossop

Glasgow

Fulljames' police thriller Carmen closes Scottish Opera season

Von David Smythe, 16 Mai 2023

Fine singing from Justina Gringytė, Alok Kumar and Hye-Youn Lee lead a strong supporting cast, with Dane Lam conducting the Scottish Opera Orchestra and Chorus on top form.

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Glasgow

16 Mai 2023

Fulljames' police thriller Carmen closes Scottish Opera season

Von David Smythe

Alfred Kim (Mao), Leigh Melrose (Nixon),Sandra Ferrández, Gemma Coma-Alabert and Ekaterina Antípova © Teatro Real | Javier del Real

Madrid

Illuminating history-makers: Nixon in China lands at Teatro Real in Madrid

Von David Karlin, 17 April 2023

John Adams’ opera about Richard Nixon’s historic meeting with Mao Tse-Tung is performed with all round excellence, with a real find on the podium in the shape of Olivia Lee-Gunderman.

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Madrid

17 Apr 2023

Illuminating history-makers: Nixon in China lands in Madrid

Von David Karlin

Paris

Dans les filets de Deborah Warner : Peter Grimes emporte Garnier

Von Tristan Labouret, 26 Januar 2023

C'est peut-être l'événement de la saison à l'Opéra de Paris : dans le chef-d'œuvre de Britten, la metteuse en scène britannique fait des débuts remarqués dans la Grande Boutique.

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Paris

26 Jan 2023

Dans les filets de Deborah Warner : Peter Grimes emporte Garnier

Von Tristan Labouret

West Horsley

Alexander Litvinenko at Grange Park Opera: a thrilling – if imperfect – world premiere

Von David Karlin, 15 Juli 2021

Ivor Bolton and Kit Hesketh-Harvey deliver a brilliant political thriller and anti-Putin polemic – at least for its first half.

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West Horsley

15 Jul 2021

Alexander Litvinenko: a thrilling – if imperfect – world premiere

Von David Karlin

Edinburgh

Mazzoli’s luminous Breaking the Waves receives European premiere in Edinburgh

Von David Smythe, 21 August 2019

Sydney Mancasola gives a towering performance in Scottish Opera's new production by Tom Morris.

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Edinburgh

21 Aug 2019

Mazzoli’s luminous Breaking the Waves receives European premiere

Von David Smythe

Paul Appleby (Tom), Hilary Summers (Mother Goose) and Chorus © Pascal Victor | Artcompress

Aix-en-Provence

McBurney paints The Rake's Progress onto a blank canvas in Aix

Von Mark Pullinger, 05 Juli 2017

Simon McBurney's production of The Rake's Progress for Festival d'Aix-en-Provence begins with the equivalent of a blank page – a simple white paper box onto which he pours his inspiration.

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Aix-en-Provence

05 Jul 2017

McBurney paints a blank canvas in Aix

Von Mark Pullinger