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Glyndebourne

21 Mai 2026

Glyndebournes erste Tosca: stimmlich stark, dramatisch unausgereift

Von David Karlin

Golda Schultz (Gräfin Almaviva) und Konstantin Krimmel (Figaro) © Geoffroy Schied

München

Koks und Nutten: Le nozze di Figaro an der Bayrischen Staatsoper

Von Phillip Richter, 19 Januar 2025

An der Bayerischen Staatsoper brilliert ein hochkarätiges Mozart-Ensemble in einem so enttäuschenden, wie trostlosem Regiekonzept.

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München

19 Jan 2025

Koks und Nutten: Le nozze di Figaro an der Bayrischen Staatsoper

Von Phillip Richter

Konstantin Krimmel (Figaro) und Huw Montague Rendall (Graf Almaviva) © Wilfried Hösl

München

Intrigantes Verkleidungsspiel und leise Versöhnung: Figaro an der Bayerischen Staatsoper

Von Michael Vieth, 30 Oktober 2023

Evgeny Titovs Inszenierung und Stefano Montanaris energiegeladenes Dirigat machen große Lust, sich in Mozarts oft gespielte Oper wieder zu vertiefen.

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München

30 Okt 2023

Turbulenter Figaro an der Bayerischen Staatsoper

Von Michael Vieth

Simon O'Neill (Jimmy MacIntyre) © Tristram Kenton

English National Opera’s Mahagonny: biting, bleak, brilliantly executed satire

Von David Karlin, 16 Februar 2026

Never has Brecht and Weill’s satire on the inhumanity of man to man been render with such utter darkness; Simon O’Neill heads up a superb cast.

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London

16 Feb 2026

ENO’s Mahagonny: biting, bleak, brilliantly executed satire

Von David Karlin

Michael Mayes (Joseph De Rocher) and Christine Rice (Sister Helen Prejean) © Manuel Harlan

Dead Man Walking at English National Opera: a superb execution

Von David Karlin, 01 November 2025

Anneliese Miskimmon's ENO production of Jake Heggie and Terence McNally's tale of crime, repentance, compassion and redemption compels from start to finish.

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London

01 Nov 2025

Dead Man Walking at English National Opera: a superb execution

Von David Karlin

Liparit Avetisyan (Lensky), Avery Amereau (Olga) © Royal Ballet and Opera | Tristram Kenton

Soaring orchestral themes, minimalist staging: The Royal Opera’s new Eugene Onegin

Von David Karlin, 24 September 2024

The Royal Opera's season opener is a welcome return for Tchaikovsky's opera after nine years, and a house debut for American director Ted Huffman.

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London

24 Sep 2024

Soaring orchestral themes, minimalist staging: Eugene Onegin

Von David Karlin

Mattia Olivieri (Count Almaviva) and Louise Alder (Susanna) © Wilfried Hösl

München

All play and no work: Louise Alder leads an exuberant Figaro in Munich

Von Orsolya Gyárfás, 17 Juli 2024

Evgeny Titov's new production is heavy on the jokes and light in substance, but delights anyway thanks to its high-class cast.

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München

17 Jul 2024

All play and no work: an exuberant Figaro in Munich

Von Orsolya Gyárfás

Iestyn Davies (Oberon) and Lucy Crowe (Tytania) © Craig Fuller

High Wycombe

Some enchanted evening? Garsington Opera's new A Midsummer Night's Dream

Von Roy Westbrook, 16 Juni 2024

In the first and last acts, ladies entered with a train still attached to a bolt of cloth, which was then cut to length by an attendant. Was this production brought to the stage in a great hurry, allowing no time for costume fittings?

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High Wycombe

16 Jun 2024

Garsington Opera's new A Midsummer Night's Dream

Von Roy Westbrook

Gabrielė Kupšytė (Arminio) and Sarah Dufresne (Tusnelda) © ROH | Marc Brenner

Handel’s Arminio: a Rhineland rebel firing Baroque blanks

Von Mark Pullinger, 20 April 2023

The Royal Opera presents another Handel rarity for its Jette Parker Artists in the Linbury Theatre, the but action thriller approach is ill-suited to the ancient tale.

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London

20 Apr 2023

Handel’s Arminio: a Rhineland rebel firing Baroque blanks

Von Mark Pullinger

Anne Marie Stanley (Lucretia) and Carolyn Holt (Bianca) © ROH | Camilla Greenwell

On the edge of tragedy: The Rape of Lucretia at the Linbury Theatre

Von Dominic Lowe, 13 November 2022

Oliver Mears' new production of Britten's chamber opera is a visceral reflection on tyranny and sexual violence.

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London

13 Nov 2022

On the edge of tragedy: The Rape of Lucretia at the Linbury Theatre

Von Dominic Lowe

Jozef Benci (King Hydraot) and Jennifer Davis (Armida) © Clive Barda | ArenaPAL

Staging sorcery: Dvořák's Armida played straight in fine Wexford production

Von Roy Westbrook, 23 Oktober 2022

Dvořák’s final opera gets a rare staging outside its Czech homeland, at Wexford – the festival where dead operas return to life.

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Wexford

23 Okt 2022

Staging sorcery: Dvořák's Armida played straight in Wexford

Von Roy Westbrook

Niamh O’Sullivan (Mirza) and Gabrielle Philiponet (Lalla-Roukh) © Clive Barda | ArenaPAL

Riotous nonsense and royal nuptials: Lalla-Roukh at Wexford Festival Opera

Von Roy Westbrook, 22 Oktober 2022

Orpha Phelan has fun staging Félicien David’s opéra comique, moving the action from Kashmir and Samarkand to Leila O’Rourke’s Tea Emporium.

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Wexford

22 Okt 2022

Riotous nonsense and royal nuptials: Lalla-Roukh at Wexford

Von Roy Westbrook

Jade Phoenix (Ariele) and Nikolay Zemlianskikh (Prospero) © Clive Barda | ArenaPAL

Rough magic: Fromental Halévy’s La Tempesta opens Wexford Opera Festival

Von Roy Westbrook, 21 Oktober 2022

Wexford Festival thrives on resurrecting long-forgotten operas, so is the perfect place for Halévy's take on Shakespeare, neglected for 170 years.

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Wexford

21 Okt 2022

Rough magic: Halévy’s La Tempesta opens Wexford Opera Festival

Von Roy Westbrook

An imaginative, psychological take on Catalani's Edmea at Wexford Festival Opera

Von Andrew Larkin, 22 Oktober 2021

A journey through the subconscious of the main protagonist Edmea, with Anne-Sophie Duprels as the eponymous heroine.

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Wexford

22 Okt 2021

An imaginative, psychological take on Catalani's Edmea in Wexford

Von Andrew Larkin

Montpellier

Madama Butterfly au Corum : l’Opéra de Montpellier à quatre épingles

Von Tristan Labouret, 02 Oktober 2019

L'Opéra de Montpellier ouvre sa saison 2019-2020 avec une excellente production de Madama Butterfly, où la qualité de l'orchestre joue un rôle primordial.

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Montpellier

02 Okt 2019

Madama Butterfly au Corum : l’Opéra de Montpellier à quatre épingles

Von Tristan Labouret

Market Harborough

Magic from the pit in Nevill Holt Opera’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Von Mark Pullinger, 12 Juni 2019

Despite the excellent playing of the Britten Sinfonia, Anna Morrissey’s flawed production disappoints.

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