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Performer: Roy Cornelius Smith

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Triumph aus Tragödie: Die Bassariden in Mannheim

Henzes Magnum Opus wird in der Neuinszenierung des Nationaltheaters auf packende Weise zum Leben erweckt.
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Mob mentality: a powerful La Juive at Opera Vlaanderen

Corinne Winters (Rachel) and Ray Cornelius Smith (Éléazar) © Opera Ballet Vlaanderen
Peter Konwitschny's production strips away much of the religious symbolism, presenting the difference between Jews and Christians as little more than the dyed colour of their hands. 
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After over 70 years apart, Beethoven’s Fidelio is reunited with the Volksoper

Jaquino dons the coat of the ousted Pizarro in this Volksoper production of Fidelio, clearly indicating that just as one evil head has been (literally) cut off, another is growing in its place… 
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Easter in Italy: Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci at the Norwegian National Opera

Nothing says “Happy Easter” like a bit of alcohol-fuelled murder on the church steps, right? With their new double bill of Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana and Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci, the Norwegian National Opera certainly seems to think so!The two productions were done on practically the same sets, albeit with a few differences, which did create a rather wonderful sense of continuity from the fir
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AmsterdamSaturday Matinees: Mahler and Braunfels

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Mahler, Braunfels
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra (Radio Filharmonisch Orkest); Markus Stenz; Netherlands Radio Choir (Groot Omroepkoor); Staatlicher Chor Latvija; Meagan Miller; Roy Cornelius Smith