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Torre del Lago

18. Juli 2026

Tosca goes over the top at Torre del Lago

Von Simon Thompson

Toulouse

Michael Fabiano fait trembler le Capitole dans Otello

Von Arnaud Saura-Ziegelmeyer, 14. April 2026

Pour ses débuts à Toulouse, le ténor américain se distingue dans le rôle-titre de l'ouvrage verdien. Mise en scène, plateau vocal et fosse s'associent parfaitement pour livrer la quintessence du drame.

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Toulouse

14. Apr. 2026

Michael Fabiano fait trembler le Capitole dans Otello

Von Arnaud Saura-Ziegelmeyer

Wendy Bryn Harmer (Turandot) © Andrew Schwartz

Kansas City

A big and bold Turandot in Kansas City

Von Hilary Stroh, 2. Mai 2025

Lyric Opera of Kansas City ends its season with Garnett Bruce's blockbuster production of Puccini's Turandot.

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Kansas City

2. Mai 2025

A big and bold Turandot in Kansas City

Von Hilary Stroh

Waiting for the robins to nest again: an underwhelming Madama Butterfly in Sydney

Von Zoltán Szabó, 29. Juni 2022

A mid-performance jump-in by tenor Thomas Strong saves the show on the opening night of this revival of Graeme Murphy's production.

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Sydney

29. Juni 2022

An underwhelming Madama Butterfly in Sydney

Von Zoltán Szabó

La Juive makes a belated Australian debut

Von David Larkin, 9. März 2022

187 years after its Parisian debut, Halévy's La Juive receives its Australian premiere. A sterling cast under Carlo Montanaro reveals some unexpected beauties (and occasional longueurs) in this classic of French grand opéra.

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Sydney

9. März 2022

La Juive makes a belated Australian debut

Von David Larkin

Naples

Lucia di Lammermoor spread her wings in Naples, with a few ruffled feathers

Von Lorenzo Fiorito, 18. Januar 2022

Gianni Amelio's traditionalist staging pleased the audience, and Nadine Sierra brought vocal grace and a flawless technique to the title role.

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Naples

18. Jan. 2022

Teatro San Carlo revives Lucia di Lammermoor in Naples

Von Lorenzo Fiorito

Naples

Il turco in Italia in Naples: nostalgia for the good old days

Von Lorenzo Fiorito, 19. März 2021

A concert performance makes our reviewer at the Teatro San Carlo pine for a return to staged opera.

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Naples

19. März 2021

Il turco in Italia in Naples: nostalgia for the good old days

Von Lorenzo Fiorito

Kansas City

Lucia and the Lairds: symbolically rich staging for Lyric Opera of Kansas City

Von Hilary Stroh, 7. März 2020

Sarah Coburn triumphs in Shawna Lucey's production of Donizetti's masterpiece.

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Kansas City

7. März 2020

Lucia and the Lairds: Lyric Opera of Kansas City

Von Hilary Stroh

Timelessly timely: a dark and damning Rigoletto in Seattle

Von Thomas May, 10. August 2019

Using the misogyny and violence of Rigoletto to hold up a mirror to contemporary corruption, Lindy Hume's production overcomes its inconsistencies with a vivid blend of theatrical and musical values.

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Seattle

10. Aug. 2019

Timelessly timely: a dark and damning Rigoletto in Seattle

Von Thomas May

Intense role debut from Michael Fabiano as Werther in Sydney

Von Jeremy Eccles, 22. Februar 2019

The real triumph of Michael Fabiano's role debut as Werther lay in controlling the bold intensity of his voice in favour of a sweet and lower-key level of passion – a match for Massenet's frequent choice of the cello.

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Sydney

22. Feb. 2019

Intense role debut from Michael Fabiano as Werther in Sydney

Von Jeremy Eccles

Mad scenes in Sydney for Jessica Pratt’s Lucia

Von Patricia Maunder, 28. Juni 2018

With her signature role’s coloratura fireworks and dramatic nuance, Jessica Pratt’s Sydney Opera House debut is one to remember.

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Sydney

28. Juni 2018

Mad scenes in Sydney for Jessica Pratt’s Lucia

Von Patricia Maunder

Melbourne

Opera Australia's beautiful La traviata returns to Melbourne

Von Patricia Maunder, 17. April 2018

The quality cast purred, but glorious roars are required to jolt audiences from placid enjoyment of Opera Australia’s gorgeous 24-year-old production of this Verdi classic.

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Melbourne

17. Apr. 2018

Opera Australia's beautiful La traviata returns to Melbourne

Von Patricia Maunder

Trying to rethink Madama Butterfly at Seattle Opera

Von Thomas May, 5. August 2017

Seattle Opera's visually poetic and refined Madama Butterfly peeks back at Puccini's own first version of the opera, which was arguably more openly critical of the devastation wrought by imperialism.

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Seattle

5. Aug. 2017

Trying to rethink Madama Butterfly at Seattle Opera

Von Thomas May

Frankfurt am Main

A dark and stunning new Rigoletto in Frankfurt

Von Ako Imamura, 28. April 2017

Oper Frankfurt's new production of Rigoletto focuses on the dark side of the tragedy with excellent singing from the two principals.

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Frankfurt am Main

28. Apr. 2017

A dark and stunning new Rigoletto

Von Ako Imamura

San Francisco

A Carmen for Our Time from Bieito in San Francisco

Von Maria Nockin, 27. Mai 2016

Calixto Bieito’s production of Georges Bizet’s Carmen isn't without controversy. San Francisco Opera gave us raw sexuality unvarnished by any degree of social refinement.

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San Francisco

27. Mai 2016

A Carmen for Our Time from Bieito in San Francisco

Von Maria Nockin

Maria Stuarda at Seattle Opera: Donizetti fever rages on from coast to coast

Von Thomas May, 9. März 2016

The thrills of Tudor (pseudo-)history and bel canto expressivity combine in the second of Donizetti's “Three Queens” operas, Maria Stuarda, making its company debut at Seattle Opera.

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Seattle

9. März 2016

Maria Stuarda at Seattle Opera: Donizetti fever rages on from coast to coast

Von Thomas May

Seattle Nabucco aims for innovation but falls flat

Von Thomas May, 8. August 2015

To open its season, Seattle Opera presents its first-ever Nabucco in a production undermined by weak staging and uneven casting.

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Seattle

8. Aug. 2015

Seattle Nabucco aims for innovation but falls flat

Von Thomas May

Budapest

Stairway to heaven: a thrilling Mefistofele in Budapest

Von Mark Pullinger, 28. Mai 2015

Rarely performed, Boito’s Mefistofele is an audacious, spectacular opera, needing an audacious, spectacular staging to do it justice. That’s exactly what it gets in Balázs Kovalik’s production for Hungarian State Opera.

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Budapest

28. Mai 2015

Stairway to heaven: thrilling Mefistofele in Budapest

Von Mark Pullinger

Paris

Une nouvelle production décoiffante du Barbier de Séville à l'Opéra Bastille

Von Caroline Dessaint, 19. September 2014

Originalement conçue, cette nouvelle production de l'opéra de Rossini a tout pour séduire, nous divertir et nous suprendre.

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