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Bregenz

19 Jul 2024

Spektakulärer Freischütz auf der Bregenzer Seebühne

Von Thomas Schacher

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Bregenz

Toxische Männlichkeit: Verdis Ernani bei den Bregenzer Festspielen

Von Thomas Schacher, 19 Juli 2023

Wer Ernani auf die Bühne bringen will, braucht neue Ideen. Die Regisseurin Lotte de Beer deutet die verstaubte Oper aus einer erfrischenden weiblichen Perspektive.

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Bregenz

19 Jul 2023

Toxische Männlichkeit: Verdis Ernani bei den Bregenzer Festspielen

Von Thomas Schacher

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Liebesdreieck am englischen Königshof: Donizettis Roberto Devereux in Zürich

Von Thomas Schacher, 05 Februar 2023

David Alden beschreitet einen Mittelweg zwischen Ausstattungsoper und Regietheater, Enrique Mazzola baut seinen historischen Ansatz aus, und Inga Kalna vermag die Erwartungen nicht ganz zu erfüllen.

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Zürich

05 Feb 2023

Liebesdreieck am englischen Königshof: Roberto Devereux in Zürich

Von Thomas Schacher

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Bregenz

Madama Butterfly auf Papier bei den Bregenzer Festspielen

Von David Renke, 26 Juli 2022

Andreas Homoki inszeniert Puccinis Oper auf einem riesigen Stück Papier. Was noch einem harten Stück Regietheater klingt, entpuppt sich als packendes Kammerspiel, das ganz auf seine Protagonistin zugespitzt ist.

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Bregenz

26 Jul 2022

Madama Butterfly auf Papier bei den Bregenzer Festspielen

Von David Renke

Das wiedergewonnene Paradies: Vasco da Gama setzt die Segel an der Deutschen Oper

Von Mark Pullinger, 04 Oktober 2015

Eine Versetzung von Vasco da Gamas Entdeckung der Seeroute nach Indien in die Gegenwart? Vera Nemirovas stilvolle Inszenierung von Mayerbeers Grand Opéra funktioniert überwiegend gut.

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Berlin

04 Okt 2015

Vasco da Gama setzt die Segel

Von Mark Pullinger

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Eyes wide shut for Berlin’s new Ballo

Von Mark Pullinger, 29 März 2026

At the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Rafael R Villalobos addresses the problems he perceives with Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera, although the musical performances – led by Anna Netrebko – compensate.

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Berlin

29 Mär 2026

Eyes wide shut for Berlin’s new Ballo

Von Mark Pullinger

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Chicago

Missy Mazzoli’s The Listeners takes its Lyric Opera bow in Chicago

Von Graham Meyer, 02 April 2025

Lyric Opera of Chicago's production of Missy Mazzoli's opera, which the company co-commissioned, has strong, dramatic, expressive music throughout, but the story lacks continuity.

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Chicago

02 Apr 2025

Missy Mazzoli’s The Listeners takes its Chicago bow

Von Graham Meyer

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A tribute to bad taste: Marie-Ève Signeyrole directs a new Macbeth at Deutsche Oper Berlin

Von Zenaida des Aubris, 23 November 2024

When does opera direction go too far? Marie-Ève Signeyrole provides the answers in her tasteless, explicit staging of Verdi's Macbeth in Berlin.

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Berlin

23 Nov 2024

A tribute to bad taste: a new Macbeth at Deutsche Oper Berlin

Von Zenaida des Aubris

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Chicago

A starry Rigoletto cast dazzles in Lyric Opera of Chicago’s season opener

Von Graham Meyer, 14 September 2024

Through brilliant singing and layered acting, Javier Camarena, Mané Galoyan, and Igor Golovatenko drive a Rigoletto to warm a traditionalist's heart.

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Chicago

14 Sep 2024

Rigoletto cast dazzles in Lyric Opera of Chicago’s season opener

Von Graham Meyer

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Crowning glory: DNO's Donizetti Tudor trilogy concludes with Roberto Devereux

Von Eleanor Knight, 21 April 2024

Angela Brower steals the crown in the final instalment of Jetske Mijnssen’s Donizetti trilogy with a voice of apparently limitless emotional range.

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Amsterdam

21 Apr 2024

Crowning glory: DNO's Donizetti Tudor trilogy concludes

Von Eleanor Knight

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David Alden's Anna Bolena travels from Zurich to Berlin

Von Laura Servidei, 15 Dezember 2023

Deutsche Oper Berlin presents an uninspiring production by David Alden, with a solid cast led by Federica Lombardi.

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Berlin

15 Dez 2023

David Alden's Anna Bolena travels from Zurich to Berlin

Von Laura Servidei

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

Von David Karlin, 06 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

06 Mai 2023

Outstanding voices, compelling drama: Maria Stuarda at DNO

Von David Karlin

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A concert with a difference: Enrique Mazzola, Kinan Azmeh and the LPO

Von Alexander Hall, 18 Januar 2023

With the LPO it's always good to expect the unexpected. Two contemporary pieces including a vibrant clarinet concerto pave the way for a neglected Russian masterpiece.

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London

18 Jan 2023

A concert with a difference: Enrique Mazzola, Kinan Azmeh and the LPO

Von Alexander Hall

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Marina Rebeka stars as a regal Anna Bolena at Dutch National Opera

Von Nicolas Nguyen, 12 Mai 2022

Latvian soprano Marina Rebeka gives a star performance in first staged production of Donizetti's Anna Bolena in Amsterdam.

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Amsterdam

12 Mai 2022

Marina Rebeka stars as a regal Anna Bolena at Dutch National Opera

Von Nicolas Nguyen

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Memorable Verdi and Strauss from Renée Fleming, Enrique Mazzola and the LPO

Von Mark Valencia, 22 April 2022

The operatic focus was on Otello and Capriccio, but Enrique Mazzola held back the LPO's star turn with Dvořák’s overture as a thrilling opener.

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London

22 Apr 2022

Memorable Verdi and Strauss from Renée Fleming and the LPO

Von Mark Valencia

Successful role debuts for Damrau and Deshayes in Oper Zürich's Anna Bolena

Von Laura Servidei, 05 Dezember 2021

A great cast in Zurich, under the inspired baton of Enrique Mazzola, although David Alden's new production does not completely convince.

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Zürich

05 Dez 2021

Successful debuts for Damrau and Deshayes in Zürich's Anna Bolena

Von Laura Servidei

Glyndebourne

A compelling, pared back Luisa Miller from Christof Loy at Glyndebourne

Von Mark Pullinger, 01 August 2021

Christof Loy would seem to be the perfect director for Covid-era opera, his stripped back production of Verdi's rare middle period opera directed remotely from Austria.

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Glyndebourne

01 Aug 2021

A compelling Luisa Miller from Christof Loy at Glyndebourne

Von Mark Pullinger

Donizetti Queens au Dutch National Opera : Marina Rebeka impériale

Von Valentin Gautron Lavarone, 16 Mai 2021

Dans un spectacle mêlant des scènes d'opéras de Donizetti, l'Orchestre de Chambre des Pays-Bas brille sous la direction d'Enrique Mazzola avec un duo Marina Rebeka – Ismael Jordi au sommet de son art.

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Amsterdam

16 Mai 2021

Donizetti Queens au Dutch National Opera : Marina Rebeka impériale

Von Valentin Gautron Lavarone

Cinematic Sibelius from Enrique Mazzola and the London Philharmonic

Von Mark Pullinger, 31 März 2021

In widescreen and under dramatic lighting, the London Philharmonic Orchestra gives gripping performances of music by Missy Mazzoli and Sibelius.

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London

31 Mär 2021

Cinematic Sibelius from Enrique Mazzola and the LPO

Von Mark Pullinger

Detroit

France meets Russia at the Detroit Symphony

Von Erica Miner, 03 Dezember 2020

Enrique Mazzola conducts an intriguing combination of a French work and a Russian work with a French title focusing on turn-of-the-century France.

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Detroit

03 Dez 2020

France meets Russia at the Detroit Symphony

Von Erica Miner

An immensely dramatic opera: Meyerbeer's Le Prophète at Deutsche Oper Berlin

Von David Karlin, 06 März 2020

Meyerbeer's tale of the Anabaptist rebellion in the 16th-century religious wars proves to be a powerful thriller, with Clémentine Margaine and Gregory Kunde leading a very strong singing cast.

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Berlin

06 Mär 2020

An immensely dramatic opera: Le Prophète in Berlin

Von David Karlin

Salzburg

Au fait with Orphée: Salzburg celebrates Offenbach's bicentenary

Von Matthew Rye, 17 August 2019

The Salzburg Festival's production of Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld is another classic in the making from Barrie Kosky.

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Salzburg

17 Aug 2019

Au fait with Orphée: Salzburg celebrates Offenbach's bicentenary

Von Matthew Rye

Bregenz

Staging on steroids: Verdi’s Rigoletto in Bregenz

Von Sarah Batschelet, 19 Juli 2019

Here was the much-loved three-act opera Rigoletto, yes, but chances are, it was one far beyond Verdi’s wildest dreams.

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Bregenz

19 Jul 2019

Staging on steroids: Verdi’s Rigoletto in Bregenz

Von Sarah Batschelet

Adieux à l'italienne pour Enrique Mazzola et l'ONDIF à la Philharmonie

Von Apolline Gouzi, 22 Mai 2019

Dernier concert réussi pour Enrique Mazzola avec l'ONDIF à la Philharmonie. Les différentes facettes de cette « Dolce Vita » toute en subtilité ont enchanté le public.

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Paris

22 Mai 2019

Adieux à l'italienne pour Enrique Mazzola et l'ONDIF à la Philharmonie

Von Apolline Gouzi

Variety meets vaudeville: Rossini’s Il turco in Italia docks in Zurich

Von Sarah Batschelet, 28 April 2019

In Il turco in Italia, Gioachino Rossini’s command of spiritedness and musical timing is well matched by the plot of lovers’ infidelities.

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Zürich

28 Apr 2019

Rossini’s Il turco in Italia docks in Zurich

Von Sarah Batschelet

A Mixed Evening at Deutsche Oper Berlin's new Les Contes d'Hoffmann

Von Ako Imamura, 15 Dezember 2018

Deutsche Oper Berlin staged an ambitious production by Laurence Pelly with mixed results. The performance included new discoveries and young singers brought fresh energy to the evening.

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Berlin

15 Dez 2018

Mixed Evening at Deutsche Oper Berlin's new Les Contes d'Hoffmann

Von Ako Imamura

French flair: Pure joy from Enrique Mazzola and the LPO

Von Chris Garlick, 24 Oktober 2018

Each of the works are particularly radiant in themselves, but made even more so as they were presented here.

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London

24 Okt 2018

French flair: Pure joy from Enrique Mazzola and the LPO

Von Chris Garlick

Defiling the throne: David Alden's cumbersome Maria Stuarda disappoints in Zurich

Von Sarah Batschelet, 11 April 2018

Gaetano Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda is perhaps most famous for a single and highly emotional scene in which two monarchs engage in a venomous confrontation. One is doomed to die.

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Zürich

11 Apr 2018

David Alden's new Maria Stuarda disappoints in Zurich

Von Sarah Batschelet

A wing and a prayer: the Deutsche Oper's Le Prophète

Von Hugo Shirley, 26 November 2017

Oliver Py's new Meyerbeer staging offers plenty of clichés, but is a solid show, backed up by a fine musical performance.

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Berlin

26 Nov 2017

A wing and a prayer: Le Prophète

Von Hugo Shirley

Neon and cubes in Zurich: a revival of The Barber of Seville

Von Sarah Batschelet, 01 Oktober 2017

Questionable identities, clandestine messages, love and money are the stuffs of Gioacchino Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia, revived again in Zurich.

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Zürich

01 Okt 2017

Neon and cubes in Zurich

Von Sarah Batschelet

Il Signor Bruschino au Théâtre des Champs-Elysées : Il Signor Quiproquo !

Von Anne-Laure Faubert, 16 Juni 2017

L’orchestre national d’Ile de France fait ressortir dès les premières notes le côté comique de l’opéra, tout en montrant un plaisir gourmand à jouer cette musique légère et chatoyante.

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Paris

16 Jun 2017

Il Signor Bruschino au Théâtre des Champs-Elysées : Il Signor Quiproquo !

Von Anne-Laure Faubert

Bel canto Schumann unzipped by Enrique Mazzola and the Philharmonia

Von Chris Garlick, 08 Juni 2017

In the absence of an indisposed Christoph von Dohnányi, Enrique Mazzola impressed in a perfectly formed programme with the Philharmonia.

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London

08 Jun 2017

Bel canto Schumann unzipped by Enrique Mazzola and the Philharmonia

Von Chris Garlick

Chicago

Shagimuratova and Beczała shine in Lucia di Lammermoor at the Lyric

Von Dan Wang, 19 Oktober 2016

Strong vocal talent rules the night, and a late moment of visual splendor caps off a serviceable reading of a battered warhorse.

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Chicago

19 Okt 2016

Shagimuratova and Beczała shine in Chicago Lucia

Von Dan Wang

Prom 14: a Barber with bite as Glyndebourne goes to The Proms

Von Kevin W Ng, 25 Juli 2016

Glyndebourne's annual performance at the Proms proves dramatically untraditional but musically solid.

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London

25 Jul 2016

Prom 14: a Barber with bite as Glyndebourne goes to The Proms

Von Kevin W Ng

Glyndebourne

Forced farce: Arden's Barber opens up shop at Glyndebourne

Von Mark Pullinger, 22 Mai 2016

Annabel Arden's new production, although decently sung and visually striking, is seriously under-directed, allowing forced acting to blunt the humour.

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Glyndebourne

22 Mai 2016

Forced farce: Arden's Barber at Glyndebourne

Von Mark Pullinger

New York City

Grigolo wins the girl and the evening in Met's L’elisir d'amore

Von Robert Levine, 14 März 2016

A revival of Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore at the Met, where Vittorio Grigolo's Nemorino happily ignores most of Bartless Sher's subtexts.

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New York City

14 Mär 2016

Grigolo wins the girl in Met's L'elisir

Von Robert Levine

Kurzak a deliciously devious Norina in Zurich's Don Pasquale

Von Sarah Batschelet, 17 Januar 2016

In Donizetti’s most popular comic opera, the great mix of slapstick buffa and an obtuse venue make up the stuffs of what audiences continue to love.

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Zürich

17 Jan 2016

Kurzak a deliciously devious Norina in Zurich

Von Sarah Batschelet

Montpellier

Marie-Nicole Lemieux - Enrique Mazzola, un dynamisme débordant !

Von Fabien Houlès, 05 Dezember 2015

L'admirable chef d'orchestre Enrique Mazzola et la contralto Marie-Nicole Lemieux nous proposent un concert Rossini en vue d'un enregistrement live. Une vitrine exceptionnelle pour l'orchestre de Montpellier ?

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Montpellier

05 Dez 2015

Marie-Nicole Lemieux - Enrique Mazzola, un dynamisme débordant !

Von Fabien Houlès

Roman festival: the LPO celebrates the Eternal City

Von Matthew Rye, 04 Dezember 2015

An all-Italian programme conducted by Enrique Mazzola encompasses the theatrical worlds of opera, film and ballet as well as purely musical tone-painting.

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London

04 Dez 2015

Roman festival: the LPO celebrates the Eternal City

Von Matthew Rye

Montpellier

Marie-Nicole Lemieux en diva assoluta

Von Sébastien Herbecq, 02 Dezember 2015

Récital Rossini autour de la contrealto Marie-Nicole Lemieux dont les partis pris musicaux soit subjuguent soit interrogent.

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Montpellier

02 Dez 2015

Marie-Nicole Lemieux en diva assoluta

Von Sébastien Herbecq

Glyndebourne

Igor Golovatenko lights up Glyndebourne's new season in Donizetti's Poliuto

Von David Karlin, 21 Mai 2015

Glyndebourne's season opener features an outstanding singing performance by baritone Igor Golovatenko, leading a strong vocal cast. However, staging and orchestral performance leave much to be desired.

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Glyndebourne

21 Mai 2015

Igor Golovatenko lights up Glyndebourne's in Poliuto

Von David Karlin

L’occasione fa il ladro : une farce en demi-teinte

Von Anne-Laure Faubert, 13 Februar 2015

Composée en 1812 par Rossini tout juste âgé de 20 ans, L’occasione fa il ladro est une burletta ou petite farce où l’on sourit souvent. Elle cache cependant une réelle profondeur sur les questions de l’amour et de belles prouesses techniques.

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Paris

13 Feb 2015

L’occasione fa il ladro

Von Anne-Laure Faubert

ONDIF à Pleyel, le concert intelligent

Von Constance Clara Guibert, 18 Oktober 2014

Une programmation cohérente et originale, une prestation imparfaite mais sincère, des idées nouvelles : le concert Empereur de l'ONDIF, avec ses trois campagnes napoléoniennes, fut un concert intelligent.

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Paris

18 Okt 2014

ONDIF, le concert intelligent

Von Constance Clara Guibert

Well-marshalled performance of Meyerbeer’s Dinorah doesn’t dispel the doubts

Von David Larkin, 01 Oktober 2014

A rare chance to hear Meyerbeer's comic opera Dinorah performed in a concert version by the Deutsche Oper Berlin leaves the reviewer concurring with the verdict of history.

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Berlin

01 Okt 2014

Meyerbeer’s Dinorah doesn’t dispel the doubts

Von David Larkin

Tancredi de Rossini au Théâtre des Champs-Elysées

Von Julie Jozwiak, 27 Mai 2014

Mardi 27 mai avait lieu au Théâtre des Champs-Elysées la dernière représentation de Tancredi, “mélodrame héroïque en deux actes” datant de 1813. Le premier grand opera seria de Rossini était servi par une belle distribution, assez efficace pour faire oublier par moments l’absence d’originalité de la mise en scène.

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Paris

27 Mai 2014

Tancredi de Rossini au TCE

Von Julie Jozwiak

Oslo

A somewhat Spanish evening with the Oslo Philharmonic

Von Aksel Tollåli, 22 November 2012

Last Thursday’s concert with the Oslo Philharmonic featured four pieces with little or no connection to each other, other than three of the pieces being either written by Spanish-speaking composers or actually being about Spain. Yet, apart from one piece, it all came together into a rather coherent whole.The concert began with Jacques Ibert’s Bacchanale.

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