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INO’s attractive, lively Carmen fails to convince in Dublin
Niamh O’Sullivan brings charisma to an attractive, colourful production, but a lack of dramatic intensity leaves Bizet’s enduring tale of passion and possessiveness short of its full impact.
Eri Nakamura leads a fine cast in The Hallé's Madama Butterfly
Sir Mark Elder conducts The Hallé in a stirring semi-staged production of Madama Butterfly.
Inception au pays de la Castafiore : Genève applaudit Viva la mamma !
Dernier spectacle proposé dans l'éphémère Opéra des Nations, Viva la mamma ! est un formidable opéra dans l'opéra. La production doit beaucoup à ses deux Laurent, Pelly et Naouri.
A forlorn Manon Lescaut arrives in Barcelona
Barcelona’s Gran Teatre del Liceu stages Puccini’s first great success as an operatic composer, Manon Lescaut with the stage direction of Davide Livermore.
Weak leads sink beautiful Met Butterfly
“The Minghella Butterfly” has physically lost none of its luster, but the singing did not live up to the staging.
Grigòlo energizes uneven Werther at the Met
From the moment he stepped on stage as our ill-fated title character, Italian tenor Vittorio Grigolo seemed as if he may burst at the seams.