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Wien

19. Feb. 2025

Grigorian und Akhmetshina glänzen in säkularer Norma

Von Chanda VanderHart

Wien

Packende Brutalität: Calixto Bieitos Carmen an der Wiener Staatsoper

Von Isabella Steppan, 7. September 2024

Exzellent besetzt und als mitreißender Thriller inszeniert wird bereits in der ersten Woche der neuen Saison im Haus am Ring ein Highlight geboten.

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Wien

7. Sept. 2024

Packende Brutalität: Calixto Bieitos Carmen an der Wiener Staatsoper

Von Isabella Steppan

Salzburg

Schön wie eine Liebeserklärung: I Capuleti e i Montecchi bei den Salzburger Festspielen

Von Isabella Steppan, 21. August 2023

Eine konzertante Aufführung von Bellinis Oper sorgt dank Aigul Akhmetshina und Elsa Dreisig für den wohl beeindruckendsten Opernmoment des Sommers.

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Salzburg

21. Aug. 2023

Schön wie eine Liebeserklärung: I Capuleti e i Montecchi in Salzburg

Von Isabella Steppan

Nicola Luisotti © Sergi Panizo | Gran Teatro del Liceu

Barcelona

Más allá de un Réquiem: el Gran Teatre del Liceu y la herencia emotiva de Verdi

Von Maria Sánchez, 3. November 2026

Un reparto vocal, una orquesta, un coro y una dirección musical de primera línea, para escribir un emotivo capítulo más para la casa liceista.

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Barcelona

3. Nov. 2026

Luisotti brinda un sólido y emotivo del Réquiem de Verdi en el Liceu

Von Maria Sánchez

Gordon Bintner (Don Giovanni) © RBO | Mihaela Bodlovic

Don Giovanni spins round again to open The Royal Opera’s season

Von Mark Pullinger, 10. September 2026

With its busy videography, Kasper Holten's 2014 production returns, vibrantly conducted by Stefano Montanari.

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London

10. Sept. 2026

Don Giovanni spins round again to open The Royal Opera’s season

Von Mark Pullinger

Samson et Dalila, Act 3 © RBO | Mihaela Bodlovic

Praying for better: Richard Jones’ clunky Samson et Dalila returns to Covent Garden

Von Dominic Lowe, 13. Mai 2026

With Aigul Akhmetshina and Seokjong Baek in the title roles, there are reasons to be optimistic, but The Royal Opera’s revival of Richard Jones’ production is a mixed bag.

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London

13. Mai 2026

Richard Jones’ clunky Samson et Dalila returns to Covent Garden

Von Dominic Lowe

Tópicos renovados: Carmen en el Teatro Real

Von Juan José Freijo, 13. Dezember 2025

Aigul Akhmetshina y Eun Sun Kim destacan en una Carmen que reitera clichés sin alcanzar verdadera fuerza dramática.

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Madrid

13. Dez. 2025

La Carmen de Michieletto trae al Real tan solo tópicos renovados

Von Juan José Freijo

Watery masterpieces from Gardner and the London Philharmonic Orchestra at the Proms

Von Chris Garlick, 10. August 2025

The London Philharmonic and Edward Gardner steer us through four ocean-related pieces, by Sibelius, Tippett, Ravel and Debussy.

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London

10. Aug. 2025

Gardner and the London Philharmonic Orchestra at the Proms

Von Chris Garlick

Aigul Akhmetshina (Carmen) © RBO | Marc Brenner

Mummy issues: Michieletto’s Carmen returns to the Royal Opera House

Von Dominic Lowe, 9. April 2025

Aigul Akhmetshina is on the verge of becoming the definitive Carmen; in this first revival of Michieletto's 2024 production at Covent Garden, she delivers the standout performance.

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London

9. Apr. 2025

Mummy issues: Michieletto’s Carmen returns to The Royal Opera

Von Dominic Lowe

Lisette Oropesa (Maria Stuarda) © Javier del Real | Teatro Real

Una Maria Stuarda clásica brilla a través de un gran elenco en el Teatro Real

Von Leonardo Mattana Ereño, 14. Dezember 2024

Maria Stuarda, bajo la dirección de McVicar y Pérez-Sierra, resultó ser una representación redonda, con gran sentido del espectáculo y un equilibrio que situa al canto en el centro de la misma.

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Madrid

14. Dez. 2024

Maria Stuarda brilla a través de un gran elenco en el Teatro Real

Von Leonardo Mattana Ereño

Pretty Yende (Maria Stuarda) and Aigul Akhmetshina (Elisabetta) © Luciano Romano

Naples

Maria Stuarda: the second episode in Jetske Mijnssen's Tudor trilogy opens in Naples

Von Lorenzo Fiorito, 20. Juni 2024

This production focuses on the psychological and human aspects of the central characters, rather than on their political conflict, with Elizabeth playing a pivotal role.

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Naples

20. Juni 2024

Second episode in Jetske Mijnssen's Tudor trilogy opens in Naples

Von Lorenzo Fiorito

Aigul Akhmetshina (Carmen) © ROH | Camilla Greenwell

Michieletto’s excellent new Carmen lit up by Beczała and Akhmetshina at Covent Garden

Von David Karlin, 5. April 2024

Aigul Akhmetshina is outstanding in the title role, hearing Piotr Beczała is a privilege, but it's Damiano Michieletto's new staging that takes the honours.

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London

5. Apr. 2024

Michieletto directs an excellent new Carmen at Covent Garden

Von David Karlin

Rafael Davila (Don José) and Aigul Akhmetshina (Carmen) © Ken Howard | Met Opera

New York City

Aigul Akhmetshina leads powerhouse cast in the Met’s contemporary new Carmen

Von Susan Stempleski, 31. Dezember 2023

Carrie Cracknell’s modernized take on Bizet’s 1875 iconic opera moves the action from early 19th-century Spain to a 21st-century American industrial town.

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New York City

31. Dez. 2023

Aigul Akhmetshina leads powerhouse cast in the Met’s new Carmen

Von Susan Stempleski

Aigul Akhmetshina (Charlotte) and Jonas Kaufmann (Werther) © ROH | Bill Cooper

Jonas Kaufmann ails as Werther, but Covent Garden hails Aigul Akhmetshina's Charlotte

Von Mark Pullinger, 20. Juni 2023

The star tenor is clearly under the weather, but the young house-favourite mezzo shines in an impressive role debut in a revival of Benoît Jacquot's cinematic staging.

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London

20. Juni 2023

Jonas Kaufmann ails, Covent Garden hails Aigul Akhmetshina

Von Mark Pullinger

Kristina Mkhitaryan (Maria Stuarda), Aigul Akhmetshina (Elisabetta) © Dutch National Opera | Ben van Duin

Amsterdam

Outstanding voices, compelling psychodrama: Maria Stuarda at Dutch National Opera

Von David Karlin, 6. Mai 2023

Extraordinary performances from Kristina Mkhitaryan and Aigul Akhmetshina turn Donizetti's take on Schiller into an intense psychological portrait of power struggle.

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Amsterdam

6. Mai 2023

Outstanding voices, compelling drama: Maria Stuarda at DNO

Von David Karlin

Andrzej Filończyk (Figaro) and Aigul Akhmetshina (Rosina) © ROH | Bill Cooper

Unfaltering opera buffa entertainment: Rossini's Barber of Seville at Covent Garden

Von David Karlin, 2. Februar 2023

Two outstanding performances by young singers light up a splendidly crafted revival of Caurier and Leiser's colourful production.

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London

2. Feb. 2023

Unfaltering opera buffa: The Barber of Seville at the ROH

Von David Karlin

New York City

A new cast brings the Met's Rigoletto to life

Von Kevin W Ng, 10. November 2022

Three major Metropolitan Opera debuts bring excitement and vocal glamour to this revival of Bartlett Sher's Rigoletto production.

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New York City

10. Nov. 2022

A new cast brings the Met's Rigoletto to life

Von Kevin W Ng

La commedia è finita: a scorching Cav & Pag at Covent Garden

Von Mark Pullinger, 5. Juli 2022

With more cast reshuffles than in Downing Street of late, this revival of Damiano Michieletto's intertwined Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci double bill triumphs against the odds.

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London

5. Juli 2022

La commedia è finita: a scorching Cav & Pag at Covent Garden

Von Mark Pullinger

Baden-Baden

Outstanding performances in brothel-based Pique Dame at Baden-Baden Easter Festival

Von Ako Imamura, 12. April 2022

The Baden-Baden Easter Festival offers a memorable production of Pique Dame with excellent musical performances convincing in Leiser and Caurier's updating of the plot.

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Baden-Baden

12. Apr. 2022

Outstanding performances in brothel-based Baden-Baden Pique Dame

Von Ako Imamura

No punches pulled in an excellent Covent Garden Rigoletto

Von David Karlin, 23. Februar 2022

The second cast of the season for Oliver Mears' new Royal Opera production augments the intelligent staging with superb singing and acting.

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London

23. Feb. 2022

No punches pulled in an excellent Covent Garden Rigoletto

Von David Karlin

Amsterdam

Karin Rehnqvist’s stunning Silent Earth premieres at the Concertgebouw

Von Rose Dodd, 29. Januar 2022

With the broad sweep of a bold Nordic brush, premieres from Sweden and Denmark presented fresh sound worlds in Amsterdam.

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Amsterdam

29. Jan. 2022

Rehnqvist’s stunning Silent Earth premieres at the Concertgebouw

Von Rose Dodd

Segundo reparto de La Cenerentola: el frenesí rossiniano en la escena del Teatro Real

Von Leonardo Mattana Ereño, 26. September 2021

El Teatro Real inicia la temporada 21-22 con una agitada producción de La Cenerentola de Rossini con dirección musical de Riccardo Frizza y esscénica de Stefan Herheim.

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Madrid

26. Sept. 2021

Segundo reparto de La Cenerentola: el frenesí rossiniano

Von Leonardo Mattana Ereño

Glyndebourne

In the bleak midsummer: Damiano Michieletto's Kátya Kabanová at Glyndebourne

Von David Karlin, 20. Mai 2021

Glyndebourne's 2021 season opens with an intense, minimalist staging of Janáček’s tale of adultery, focused on the contrasts between its heroine's dreams and reality.

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Glyndebourne

20. Mai 2021

In the bleak midsummer: Kátya Kabanová at Glyndebourne

Von David Karlin

Tokyo

A stylish Fledermaus lifts spirits in Tokyo

Von Nahoko Gotoh, 5. Dezember 2020

A welcome touch of Austrian end of year festivities in Tokyo as Heinz Zednik's popular production of Die Fledermaus is revived.

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Tokyo

5. Dez. 2020

A stylish Fledermaus lifts spirits in Tokyo

Von Nahoko Gotoh

Dudamel en el Real o el espectáculo de la Novena enmascarada

Von Jorge Baeza Stanicic, 19. September 2020

Gustavo Dudamel se presentó en el escenario del Real precedido de una inmensa expectación para dirigir la Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid, en sustitución a la Mahler Chamber Orchestra, al Cor de Cambra y Orfeó Català.

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Madrid

19. Sept. 2020

Dudamel en el Real o el espectáculo de la Novena enmascarada

Von Jorge Baeza Stanicic

Getting the band back together: Pappano leads The Royal Opera's return to action

Von Mark Pullinger, 5. September 2020

After a few streamed events with chamber forces, the full orchestra and chorus returned to the House – albeit not in their usual positions – for an entertaining fundraising gala.

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London

5. Sept. 2020

Pappano leads The Royal Opera's return to action

Von Mark Pullinger

Naples

The Queen of Spades plays her cards right in Naples

Von Lorenzo Fiorito, 11. Dezember 2019

Willy Decker does not try to make the structure of the plot any clearer, mainly concentrating on the deeper meaning of the work. The cast was excellent.

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Naples

11. Dez. 2019

The Queen of Spades plays her cards right in Naples

Von Lorenzo Fiorito

Wexford

Man of La Mancha: Massenet’s Don Quichotte opens Wexford Festival Opera

Von Mark Pullinger, 22. Oktober 2019

A terrific opening to the 68th festival with Aigul Akhmetshina's sultry Dulcinée the standout in a great cast.

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Wexford

22. Okt. 2019

Man of La Mancha: Don Quichotte at Wexford

Von Mark Pullinger

Berlin

A Diva playing a Diva: Adriana Lecouvreur in Berlin

Von Laura Servidei, 4. September 2019

Anna Netrebko triumphs at the Deutsche Oper in a concert performance of Cilea’s masterpiece, under the baton of Michelangelo Mazza.

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Berlin

4. Sept. 2019

A Diva playing a Diva: Adriana Lecouvreur in Berlin

Von Laura Servidei

Jette Parker Young Artists unite for a golden afternoon at Covent Garden

Von Mark Valencia, 21. Juli 2019

The young singers spin any raw material into opera gold, sending the audience home as uplifted as if they’d just glugged a bellyful of Pimm’s.

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London

21. Juli 2019

JPYA unite for a golden afternoon at Covent Garden

Von Mark Valencia

La forza dei Cristofori: Loy and Maltman raise hell at Covent Garden

Von David Karlin, 17. April 2019

Short of the three lead stars of its opening, The Royal Opera's La forza del destino remains a thrilling evening, powered by Christof Loy's interesting staging and virile singing from Christopher Maltman.

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London

17. Apr. 2019

La forza dei Cristofori: Loy and Maltman raise hell

Von David Karlin

Ermonela Jaho makes a haunting return to Covent Garden’s Traviata

Von Mark Pullinger, 14. Januar 2019

The Albanian soprano, who made a spectacular jump-in for her house debut in Richard Eyre's production in 2008, makes a splendid return.

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London

14. Jan. 2019

Ermonela Jaho makes a haunting return to Covent Garden’s Traviata

Von Mark Pullinger

No muddle, just music: Pappano delivers an exceptional Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

Von David Karlin, 12. April 2018

The Royal Opera Orchestra produce a revelatory reading of Shostakovich’s eclectic score; a fine performance from Eva-Maria Westbroek and excellent acting from the whole cast light up the drama and farce.

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London

12. Apr. 2018

No muddle, just music: ROH Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

Von David Karlin

Kosky's Carmen fails to light fires at Covent Garden

Von David Karlin, 14. Februar 2018

Interesting ideas and a brilliant orchestral performance aren't enough to overcome a visually dull staging, predictable choreography and a lack of chemistry between the protagonists.

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London

14. Feb. 2018

Kosky's Carmen fails to light fires

Von David Karlin

Tragedy undermined: Peter Brook's La Tragédie de Carmen at Wilton's Music Hall

Von Mark Pullinger, 4. November 2017

Paring the action down to just four singers, La Tragédie de Carmen is the perfect vehicle and venue for a handful of the Royal Opera's Jette Parker Young Artists to strut their stuff.

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London

4. Nov. 2017

Tragedy undermined at Wilton's

Von Mark Pullinger

Baugé-en-Anjou

L’insoutenable légèreté de Rossini : fringante Cenerentola à Baugé

Von Suzanne Lay-Canessa, 30. Juli 2017

S’attaquer à Rossini implique de comprendre son alchimie – en somme, de se souvenir qu’il ne peut exister sans qu’on mobilise la légéreté et la tenue, le souffle et la précision.

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