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Philippe Jordan und das Staatsopernorchester liefern den perfekten Klangteppich für die Schagerparade.

Vorgeschmack auf Bayreuth: Pablo Heras-Casado gelang mit dem SWR Symphonieorchester ein magischer Parsifal-Klang. Da darf man seinem Debüt auf dem Grünen Hügel in diesem Jahr mit großer Spannung entgegen sehen.

Anna Netrebko glänzt in Harry Kupfers unklarer Neuinszenierung an der Seite von Plácido Domingo.

Die Staatsoper Berlin eröffnet die Spielzeit mit einer starken Neuinszenierung der Meistersinger von Nürnberg, die der Vergangenheit Tribut zollt und gleichzeitig in die Zukunft weist.

Eine aktualisierte, sonst jedoch traditionelle Fassung des Fliegenden Holländers von Jan Philipp Gloger bietet in Bayreuth viel Freude, obwohl sie vielleicht nicht so lange im Gedächtnis bleiben wird wie umstrittenere Kost der Festspiele.

Frank Castorfs Bauernhof-Szenerie der Sowiet-Ära drängt sich dem emotionalen Kern von Wagners Walküre nicht auf und bietet ausgezeichnete Leistung von Johan Botha, Anja Kampe und Claudia Mahnke sowie superbes Spiel des Festspielorchesters.

Kirill Petrenko startet mit einem Tusch in Die Walküre, während Frank Castorfs Inszenierung uns in die Ölfelder von Baku im Russland der späten Zarenzeit entführt.

Très attendue depuis son annulation pour cause de Covid-19, la Tétralogie selon Calixto Bieito déçoit grandement pour son premier épisode, et ni la fosse ni la distribution vocale ne compensent cet échec.

Si la mise en scène complexe et confuse de Kirill Serebrennikov ne sert pas le drame wagnérien, la direction d'Alexander Soddy et la performance de la distribution, de l'orchestre et des chœurs rehaussent la production.

For whatever reason Fabio Luisi chose Verdi's Requiem for his inauguration concert with the NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo, it turned out to be an apt and poignant choice.

The performance of Wagner’s Lohengrin transcends Andreas Homoki's curious staging, redeemed by vocal and orchestral performances that shine in their nuanced artistry.

Daniel Barenboim conducts an underwhelming cast in the Staatsoper's new Samson et Dalila, and Argentinian director Damián Szifron's operatic debut is stale and cliché-ridden. 

Laurent Pelly’s darkly stylish production of Manon is revived with a strong cast of singers. In the title role, Lisette Oropesa demonstrated elegant and incisive singing, while Michael Fabiano was her virile and powerful partner.

Sultry Berg and and a lithe, forceful Beethoven Nine herald an exciting new reign in Berlin.

Bartlett Sher's production of Gounod's Romeo et Juliette returns to the Met. 

En 2018, l’Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France prend une bonne résolution : désormais, le premier concert de l’année sera systématiquement consacré à la Neuvième Symphonie de Beethoven. Retour sur une « première » réussie.

As clearly visible on all photos, the Sydney Opera House has two “sails”, interconnected major sections. One of them houses concerts, the other operas. Opera performances, however, are not exclusively taking place in the Opera Theatre.

Mise en abyme du drame qui conduira Rigoletto à vivre errant comme un défunt, cette production mise en scène par Claus Guth et portée par une distribution vocale très juste s'avère tout aussi saissisante qu'étonnantament lumineuse dans ce qu'elle révèle pourtant de plus sombre des affects humains.

Sir David McVicar's production of Tristan und Isolde premiered at the Wiener Staatsoper in 2013, and was then recognized as a friendly platform for singers. Here it is freshly revived with a new cast.

La Fura ofrece en este Holandés un espectáculo mayúsculo, de una superficialidad inteligente, acompañado por un elenco solvente y un foso con escaso sentido narrativo. 

Don Giovanni is an opera which has as its title character a man who is an unrepentant womaniser, who ultimately receives his just reward in one of the most famous scenes in opera where he is consumed into the fires of hell.

Fabio Luisi conducts a solidly cast Guillaume Tell with panache, Rossini's final opera returning to the Metropolitan Opera after a long absence. 

Simon Keenlyside returned to the Met after absence and led a delightful cast of Don Giovanni at the Met.

Loin de toute la monumentalité qui a pu rendre indigestes les belles mélopées et accents verdiens, souvent cantonnées aux grandes pompes et à un logos lourdement orientaliste, cet opéra à l’écriture pourtant raffinée, et à la profondeur mésestimée, méritait une telle relecture.

“Prepare to be shocked!” was the warning issued before this new Lucia di Lammermoor from Katie Mitchell at the Royal Opera House. Shocking? Yes, but in a good way. 

A brilliant revival of Donizetti's Maria Stuarda at The Met centres on the dramatic confrontation between Queen Elizabeth I and Mary Stuart at Fotheringhay. 

Earnest singing and dramatic insight made Das Rheingold with the Hong Kong Philharmonic a remarkable evening. 

Fidelio waves goodbye to Barenboim at La Scala, and a fine production marks the occasion with a firework display. 

Art installation of a biogas factory is the setting for a mostly undistinguished musical performance.

Christian Thielemann and his orchestra were the stars of an excellent performance of Wagner's Der fliegende Holländer. 

A modern, simple production of Simon Boccanegra at Dresden's Semperoper, doesn’t interfere with the action.  

What is perhaps even more remarkable than the unabashed grandeur of the new Parsifal at the Lyric Opera of Chicago is the degree to which its spectacle draws on the images and genres of 20th-century media technologies including popular music.

When most of us feel like we’re getting a little stale with a piece of work we’re doing – when the thoughts, words or ideas are drying up – we stop for a coffee, stretch our legs, or do a bit of internet browsing. When Richard Wagner realised inspiration was running low for Siegfried, he decided to have a break from it too.

It’s very difficult to write about Berlioz’s Les Troyens without mentioning its length. Tonight’s cinema screening of Fransesca Zambello’s lush production was billed at 341 minutes – that’s 5.6 hours. But beamed live from the Metropolitan Opera in New York, those 5.6 hours entailed spectacular operatic entertainment.

Read our review of Mary Zimmerman's production of ­Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor in its 2011 broadcast from the Met Opera in New York.