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Un Falstaff entre mat et brillant à l'Opéra de Montpellier
Si Michael Schønwandt et l'Orchestre national Montpellier Occitanie servent la partition de Verdi avec brio, la mise en scène de David Hermann est globalement tristounette et la distribution vocale correcte mais sans plus.
Dead Man Walking at English National Opera: a superb execution
Anneliese Miskimmon's ENO production of Jake Heggie and Terence McNally's tale of crime, repentance, compassion and redemption compels from start to finish.
San Francisco Opera offers a dark, powerful Rusalka
Both vocally and instrumentally the performance was a high-class one
Quinn Kelsey excels as Rigoletto in San Francisco
If you love Verdi's inventive music, enjoy fabulous male voices in particular, and appreciate great opera conducting with exquisitely sensitive orchestral playing – then this Rigoletto is a must.
Merola Opera Program presents Susa’s Transformations
Witty, edgy and full of Freudian insight, Anne Sexton’s libretto updates the dark and bizarre world of the Brothers Grimm fairy tales. Conrad Susa’s music is equally droll and contemporary.