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Norma in Zurich: superb vocalists trapped in a minimalist staging
A production which has Robert Wilson's signature all over it, but feels like a wagon in front of the horse.
A sophisticated new Butterfly directed by Ferzan Ozpetek in Naples
Turkish-Italian director Ferzan Ozpetek stages this new production of Madama Butterfly at Teatro San Carlo in Naples with a fine, penetrating approach.
A florid perversity: Barrie Kosky fires up Die Gezeichneten in Zurich
Barrie Kosky’s production of Franz Schreker’s Die Gezeichneten (The Branded) is in keeping with what was long considered one of the early 20th century’s most scandalous works.
Minimalistic new production of Idomeneo in Zurich
In Jetske Mijnssen’s new production of Idomeneo, all order of human entanglements, sorrows and pain run rampant.
Simplicity the key to new Butterfly in Zurich
Apparently, the composer himself was a notorious cheater, we can assume that some of the unsavoury themes of his 1904 opera “Madame Butterfly” were close to the bone.
Neon and cubes in Zurich
Questionable identities, clandestine messages, love and money are the stuffs of Gioacchino Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia, revived again in Zurich.