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New York City

01 Apr 2025

Glänzendes Met-Debüt von Joana Mallwitz

Von Susan Stempleski

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Salzburg

Liebeskranker Dichter als Filmregisseur: Hoffmanns Erzählungen in Salzburg

Von Thomas Schacher, 13 August 2024

Die Neuproduktion von Offenbachs letzter Oper an den Salzburger Festspielen bringt in der Regie von Mariame Clément einen erfrischend neuen Ansatz und unter dem Dirigat von Marc Minkowski einen Ohrenschmaus.

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Salzburg

14 Aug 2024

Liebeskranker Dichter als Filmregisseur: Hoffmann in Salzburg

Von Thomas Schacher

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Berlin

Im besten Sinne werkgetreu: Mozarts Idomeneo an der Staatsoper Unter den Linden

Von Christoph Wurzel, 19 März 2023

Ein aufwühlender Opernabend, an dem vor allem in der Musik das grandiose Drama stattfand.

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Berlin

24 Mär 2023

Im besten Sinne werkgetreu: Mozarts Idomeneo an der Staatsoper Berlin

Von Christoph Wurzel

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Wien

Ein Geniestreich: Benjamin Brittens Der Tod in Venedig erstmals an der Volksoper Wien

Von Snapdragon, 14 Mai 2022

Sir David McVicars Inszenierung ist ein bemerkenswertes Psychogramm, das jede Note und jede Zeile des Werks ins richtige Licht setzt. Ein Muss nicht nur für Britten-Freunde.

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Wien

17 Mai 2022

Ein Geniestreich: Der Tod in Venedig erstmals an der Volksoper Wien

Von Snapdragon

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Visually stunning, psychologically unnerving: a strong new Figaro at Glyndebourne

Von Dominic Lowe, 29 Juni 2025

Mariame Clément is a popular director at Glyndebourne, and her new production of Figaro shows her trademark approach to hardhitting comedy.

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Glyndebourne

30 Jun 2025

A strong new Figaro opens at Glyndebourne

Von Dominic Lowe

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Matthew Bourne’s The Midnight Bell: emotionally compelling

Von Amanda Jennings, 12 Juni 2025

In The Midnight Bell, Sir Matthew Bourne has produced some of his best choreography, loose and free-flowing but tense with desire and mixed with dread.

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London

13 Jun 2025

Matthew Bourne’s The Midnight Bell: emotionally compelling

Von Amanda Jennings

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Competent but uninspiring: Gounod and McVicar’s Faust returns to The Royal Opera

Von David Karlin, 23 Mai 2025

Stripped of its original superstar casting, Gounod’s grand opera provides entertainment but fails to cohere.

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London

24 Mai 2025

Faust at The Royal Opera: competent but uninspiring

Von David Karlin

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Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake: breathtakingly clear action

Von Amanda Jennings, 12 Dezember 2024

Bourne has created an extraordinary legacy. His Swan Lake will remain relevant for generations to come.

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London

13 Dez 2024

Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake: breathtakingly clear action

Von Amanda Jennings

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Ying Fang and Luca Micheletti light up McVicar’s Marriage of Figaro

Von Mark Pullinger, 02 September 2024

Sir David McVicar's Figaro has been delighting audiences at the Royal Opera House since 2006. Is this its final outing?

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London

03 Sep 2024

Ying Fang and Luca Micheletti light up McVicar’s Marriage of Figaro

Von Mark Pullinger

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Hail Caesar! Glyndebourne’s celebrated Giulio Cesare in Egitto returns

Von Roy Westbrook, 23 Juni 2024

Louise Alder shines as Cleopatra, one of Baroque opera’s greatest creations, in the fourth Glyndebourne revival of Sir David McVicar's much-loved production.

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Glyndebourne

24 Jun 2024

Hail Caesar! Glyndebourne’s celebrated Giulio Cesare returns

Von Roy Westbrook

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Paris

L’éclatante réussite de Médée par William Christie et David McVicar à l’Opéra de Paris

Von Emmanuel Gaillard, 09 Mai 2024

Distribution exemplaire (dont Lea Desandre dans le rôle-titre), orchestre, chœur et chef aux petits oignons, mise en scène intelligente : le génial opéra de Charpentier fait une grandiose entrée au répertoire de la Grande Boutique.

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Paris

16 Mai 2024

L’éclatante réussite de Médée par Christie et McVicar à Garnier

Von Emmanuel Gaillard

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Toronto

Sondra Radvanovsky triumphs in Canadian Opera Company's darkly grand Medea

Von Gianmarco Segato, 03 Mai 2024

In the title role of Canadian Opera Company's Medea, soprano Sondra Radvanovsky offers the vocal and dramatic goods required by this flawed masterpiece.

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Toronto

05 Mai 2024

Sondra Radvanovsky triumphs in COC's darkly grand Medea

Von Gianmarco Segato

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Tokyo

Matthew Bourne's Romeo and Juliet: a 21st century love story

Von Naomi Mori, 10 April 2024

Sir Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures brought its groundbreaking Romeo and Juliet to Tokyo for the first time and wowed the audience with its magical storytelling.

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Tokyo

16 Apr 2024

Matthew Bourne's Romeo and Juliet: a 21st century love story

Von Naomi Mori

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Prescient then, terrifying now: The Handmaid’s Tale at English National Opera

Von David Karlin, 01 Februar 2024

Margaret Atwood’s dystopic novel, masterfully adapted for the operatic stage, is strongly performed at ENO and rings even truer today than it did when it was written.

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London

02 Feb 2024

Prescient then, terrifying now: The Handmaid’s Tale at ENO

Von David Karlin

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Leeds

La rondine: a feast of lyricism and nostalgic sentimentality from Opera North

Von Richard Wilcocks, 20 Oktober 2023

James Hurley directs a new production of Puccini's neglected opera to close Opera North's Green Season.

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Leeds

22 Okt 2023

La rondine: a feast of lyricism and nostalgic sentimentality

Von Richard Wilcocks

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Leeds

A feast of Purcell in Sir David Pountney’s Masque of Might at Opera North

Von Richard Wilcocks, 06 Oktober 2023

Sir David Pountney directs a satirical take on dictatorship and the climate crisis inventively set to the music of Purcell.

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Leeds

08 Okt 2023

A feast of Purcell in Sir David Pountney’s Masque of Might

Von Richard Wilcocks

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Leeds

A joyous, green Falstaff opens Opera North's season

Von Richard Wilcocks, 28 September 2023

Upcycled and recycled, a green production of Verdi's final opera is directed by Olivia Fuchs.

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Leeds

29 Sep 2023

A joyous, green Falstaff opens Opera North's season

Von Richard Wilcocks

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Matthew Bourne's Romeo and Juliet is a heartbreaker

Von Deborah Weiss, 04 August 2023

Matthew Bourne's Romeo and Juliet is a triumph of theatre, offering mesmerising leading performances that will move you to tears.

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London

05 Aug 2023

Matthew Bourne's Romeo and Juliet is a heartbreaker

Von Deborah Weiss

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McVicar’s Marriage of Figaro scrubs up well at Covent Garden

Von Mark Pullinger, 08 Juli 2023

Joana Mallwitz makes her Royal Opera debut in the pit as Sir David McVicar returns to direct this revival of his much-loved 2006 show.

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London

09 Jul 2023

McVicar’s Figaro scrubs up well at Covent Garden

Von Mark Pullinger

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Athens

Inheriting Callas’ crown in Athens: Pirozzi takes on Medea… and wins

Von Mark Pullinger, 25 April 2023

The punishing role of Medea is forever associated with Maria Callas. To celebrate the diva’s centenary, Greek National Opera presents a new production by Sir David McVicar, starring Italian soprano Anna Pirozzi.

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Athens

26 Apr 2023

Inheriting Callas’ crown in Athens: Pirozzi takes on Medea

Von Mark Pullinger

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Semyon Bychkov leads a musically superior Rusalka at Covent Garden

Von Mark Pullinger, 21 Februar 2023

Ann Yee and Natalie Abrahami give Rusalka an ecological reading, but it's the musical side of things that really takes flight in The Royal Opera's new production.

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London

22 Feb 2023

Semyon Bychkov leads a musically superior Rusalka at Covent Garden

Von Mark Pullinger

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New Adventures’ Sleeping Beauty: ballet with bite!

Von Mark Pullinger, 07 Dezember 2022

Forget tutus and pointework. Sir Matthew Bourne is a great storyteller and his Sleeping Beauty is packed with a punchy narrative... and a vampiric twist.

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London

07 Dez 2022

New Adventures’ Sleeping Beauty: ballet with bite!

Von Mark Pullinger

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New York City

Radvanovsky triumphs as Cherubini's Medea opens the Met Opera season

Von Robert Levine, 27 September 2022

Sir David McVicar's new production opens the Met season with house's first ever staging of Cherubini's Medea.

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New York City

29 Sep 2022

Radvanovsky triumphs as Cherubini's Medea opens the Met Opera season

Von Robert Levine

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Barcelona

Deliciosamente monumental, impecablemente sublime: La flauta mágica conquista el Liceu

Von Juan José Freijo, 20 Juni 2022

Capitaneada por Gustavo Dudamel, esta es una representación de lujo que ningún aficionado debería perderse y una perfecta oportunidad para crear afición.

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Barcelona

22 Jun 2022

Deliciosamente monumental, impecablemente sublime: La flauta mágica

Von Juan José Freijo

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Dancing a merry tune: Le nozze di Figaro at Glyndebourne

Von Dominic Lowe, 22 Mai 2022

Michael Grandage's vivid production of Mozart's comic masterpiece is fast becoming a classic and is revived here to a very high standard.

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Glyndebourne

24 Mai 2022

Dancing a merry tune: Le nozze di Figaro at Glyndebourne

Von Dominic Lowe

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A topical tale: Gilead returns to the Coliseum stage

Von Matthew Rye, 08 April 2022

Poul Ruders’ The Handmaid’s Tale comes home to English National Opera after 20 years in a powerful new production by Annilese Miskimmon.

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London

09 Apr 2022

A topical tale: Gilead returns to the Coliseum stage

Von Matthew Rye

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Rising stars have a crazy day: Figaro returns to Covent Garden

Von Roy Westbrook, 09 Januar 2022

A sublime Federica Lombardi leads a young cast of mostly Italian singers in a revival of Sir David McVicar's popular staging.

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London

10 Jan 2022

Rising stars have a crazy day: Figaro returns to Covent Garden

Von Roy Westbrook

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Anna Pirozzi's bravura Lady Macbeth lights up Covent Garden

Von David Karlin, 16 November 2021

The Italian soprano produces enormous power and great sensitivity in equal measure to illuminate a memorable Verdi Macbeth.

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London

17 Nov 2021

Anna Pirozzi's bravura Lady Macbeth lights up Covent Garden

Von David Karlin

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New-minted rather than dusted down: ENO opens season with Satyagraha

Von Mark Valencia, 14 Oktober 2021

Phelim McDermott's popular staging of Satyagraha, which verges on the lush and the voluptuous, is revived to open English National Opera's season.

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London

15 Okt 2021

New-minted rather than dusted down: ENO opens season with Satyagraha

Von Mark Valencia

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Matthew Bourne's Midnight Bell: a trip back in time to fog-bound Soho and Fitzrovia

Von Graham Watts, 06 Oktober 2021

A world premiere for New Adventures is much less dance than theatre but, when needed, Bourne's choreography carries the story along outstandingly.

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London

07 Okt 2021

A trip back in time to fog-bound Soho and Fitzrovia

Von Graham Watts

David McVicar's staging of The Magic Flute revived at the Royal Opera House

Von Mark Valencia, 15 September 2021

Unlike many Flutes, David McVicar's 2003 production treats Mozart's score as a proper opera, albeit with romp instead of pomp.

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London

16 Sep 2021

McVicar's Magic Flute staging revived at the Royal Opera House

Von Mark Valencia

Love is no picnic: Nicholas Hytner's Così fan tutte returns to Glyndebourne

Von Dominic Lowe, 04 Juli 2021

Lush visuals and appealing singing do not quite make up for a somewhat lacklustre revival of Nicholas Hytner's acclaimed 2006 production of Mozart's late comedy.

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Glyndebourne

06 Jul 2021

Love is no picnic: Hytner's Così fan tutte returns to Glyndebourne

Von Dominic Lowe

New York City

A musically ideal Così in The Met's revival

Von Robert Levine, 18 Februar 2020

Phelim McDermott’s Coney Island Così fan tutte returns to The Met, in sparkling vocal performances.

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New York City

20 Feb 2020

A musically ideal Così in The Met's revival

Von Robert Levine

Great Britten: Death in Venice returns to Covent Garden in superb new staging

Von Mark Pullinger, 21 November 2019

Benjamin Britten's final opera hasn't been staged by The Royal Opera in over 25 years, but his setting of Thomas Mann's Death in Venice receives a great new production by Sir David McVicar.

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London

22 Nov 2019

Great Britten: Death in Venice returns to Covent Garden

Von Mark Pullinger

New York City

Met Opera revives Le nozze di Figaro with musical style

Von Linda Holt, 16 November 2019

In its revival of the 2014 production of Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro, the Metropolitan Opera offers a satisfying blend of comic antics, beautifully realized music, and some top-notch singing in several roles.

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New York City

17 Nov 2019

Met Opera revives Le nozze di Figaro with musical style

Von Linda Holt

Magical Flute: McVicar's Zauberflöte returns to Covent Garden

Von Matthew Rye, 04 November 2019

David McVicar’s imaginative staging of Mozart’s The Magic Flute comes back for its eighth run at the Royal Opera with an excellent new cast.

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London

05 Nov 2019

Magical Flute: McVicar's Zauberflöte returns to Covent Garden

Von Matthew Rye

Romeo + Juliet another palpable hit for Sir Matthew Bourne

Von Graham Watts, 09 August 2019

A commitment to youth brings another palpable hit to the New Adventures' repertoire.

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London

11 Aug 2019

Romeo + Juliet another palpable hit for Sir Matthew Bourne

Von Graham Watts

How to stage magic: Glyndebourne's Rusalka

Von David Karlin, 04 Juli 2019

A welcome return to the Glyndebourne Festival for Melly Still's staging, which brings out the full emotional range of Dvořák’s fairytale of denial, heartbreak and forgiveness.

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Glyndebourne

05 Jul 2019

How to stage magic: Glyndebourne's Rusalka

Von David Karlin

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Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake triumphantly takes flight once again

Von Mark Pullinger, 12 Dezember 2018

Bourne's radical reworking of Swan Lake returns to Sadler's Wells, 23 years after its premiere.

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London

13 Dez 2018

Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake takes flight once again

Von Mark Pullinger

Carry on Cleo: Joélle Harvey leads terrific revival of Giulio Cesare at Glyndebourne

Von Mark Pullinger, 10 Juni 2018

Interviewed at the time of this production's first outing, McVicar declared that “Entertainment is not a dirty word”. His Giulio Cesare remains a hugely entertaining opera production.

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Glyndebourne

11 Jun 2018

Carry on Cleo: Joélle Harvey triumphs at Glyndebourne

Von Mark Pullinger

Geneva

Wozzeck in Geneva: grit and light

Von Elodie Olson-Coons, 02 März 2017

A strong, compelling staging – coherent in aesthetic and philosophy, if a little restrained in performance.

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Geneva

03 Mär 2017

Wozzeck in Geneva: grit and light

Von Elodie Olson-Coons

Humour and humanity: McVicar's Meistersinger touches the heart at Glyndebourne

Von Mark Pullinger, 21 Mai 2016

“Honour your masters!” Sachs instructs Walther in the final scene. Wagner's spirit was honoured well as Glyndebourne's festival opened, but did the song contest necessarily crown the right winner?

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Glyndebourne

22 Mai 2016

McVicar's Meistersinger touches the heart

Von Mark Pullinger

Madrid

Crónica de un bis anunciado: Nucci protagoniza Rigoletto en el Teatro Real

Von Juan José Freijo, 30 November 2015

Un notable reparto vocal y un cantante leyenda para una producción de claroscuros.

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Madrid

01 Dez 2015

Nucci protagoniza Rigoletto en el Teatro Real

Von Juan José Freijo

Edinburgh

A Butterfly fit for the Commonweath Games

Von David Smythe, 08 Mai 2014

Scottish Opera revives Sir David McVicar's Madama Butterfly. It still looks wonderful. The music, players and singers tell the harrowing story magnificently.

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