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London

Strong performances prevent Gloger's Così fan tutte being buried by its own cleverness

By Nick Boston, 26 June 2024

Golda Schultz leads a fine cast in the fourth revival of Jan Philipp Gloger's Royal Opera production.

***11

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***11

London

27 Jun 2024

Strong performances counter Gloger's “clever” Così fan tutte

By Nick Boston

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Salzburg

Une Folle journée: Mozart-Da Ponte pasticcio at Salzburg's Whitsun Festival

By Laura Servidei, 18 May 2024

Cecilia Bartoli leads a stellar cast in a silly, but fun divertissement where Mozart’s music shines supreme.

****1

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****1

Salzburg

20 May 2024

Une Folle journée: Mozart-Da Ponte pasticcio at the Whitsun Festival

By Laura Servidei

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Milan

Jessica Pratt sparkles in Strehler’s iconic Entführung aus dem Serail at La Scala

By Laura Servidei, 25 February 2024

Young conductor Thomas Guggeis makes a rousing debut at La Scala leading a great cast in one of the greatest productions of the 20th century.

*****

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*****

Milan

27 Feb 2024

Jessica Pratt sparkles in Strehler’s iconic Entführung at La Scala

By Laura Servidei

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Zurich

Mozart’s Entführung as a jukebox musical in Zurich

By Laura Servidei, 05 November 2022

The Opernhaus Zurich revives a 2016 production by David Hermann, where the spoken dialogue is removed and the story completely altered.

**111

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**111

Zurich

06 Nov 2022

Mozart’s Entführung as a jukebox musical in Zurich

By Laura Servidei

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Amsterdam

Marc Albrecht returns to Amsterdam with a Humperdinck rarity

By Nicolas Nguyen, 06 October 2022

Christof Loy directs a new production of Engelbert Humperdinck’s rarely performed second opera, Königskinder.

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Amsterdam

07 Oct 2022

Marc Albrecht returns to Amsterdam with a Humperdinck rarity

By Nicolas Nguyen

Vienna

Double vision in Wiener Staatsoper's Entführung... and the opera benefits

By George Jahn, 16 October 2020

Actors double up with singers in Hans Neuenfels' innovative production of Die Entführung aus dem Serail in Vienna.

*****

*****

Vienna

18 Oct 2020

Double vision in Wiener Staatsoper's Entführung

By George Jahn

Zurich

Astrid Kessler nails the title role in Robert Carsen's “strange beast” of an Arabella in Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet, 01 March 2020

Using the Nazi regime as his Leitmotif, Canadian director Robert Carsen brings Richard Strauss’ Arabella to the Zurich stage.

***11

***11

Zurich

03 Mar 2020

Astrid Kessler nails the title role in Arabella in Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet

London

Highway to Hell: Holten's production of Don Giovanni returns to Covent Garden

By Dominic Lowe, 16 September 2019

Kasper Holten's psychological take on the louche lothario remains controversial, but in its third revival, Erwin Schrott's powerful assumption of the title role is a delight.

***11

***11

London

18 Sep 2019

Highway to Hell: Don Giovanni returns to Covent Garden

By Dominic Lowe

Bayreuth

Who is on trial anyway? Kosky’s Meistersinger conquers Bayreuth again

By Zoltán Szabó, 27 July 2019

Kosky’s production manages to maintain all hallmarks of a 16th-century fairy tale, while juxtaposing them with questions of deep human, political and artistic problems. Regietheater at its best.

*****

*****

Bayreuth

29 Jul 2019

Kosky’s Meistersinger conquers Bayreuth again

By Zoltán Szabó

Bayreuth

Tobias Kratzer's provocative Tannhäuser opens at Bayreuth

By Zoltán Szabó, 25 July 2019

Yesterday, the Bayreuth Festspielhaus, where devotees of Richard Wagner converge annually from all over the world, opened its doors again for this year’s festival. Traditionally presented on the first evening, the new production for this season was Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg (to use the opera’s full name), presented to a capacity audience.

***11

***11

Bayreuth

26 Jul 2019

Tobias Kratzer's provocative Tannhäuser opens at Bayreuth

By Zoltán Szabó

Munich

Michael Volle leaps in for Munich's Meistersinger

By Ako Imamura, 30 September 2018

Michael Volle and Klaus Florian Vogt demonstrate that they are indeed master singers in Munich, despite adversity, in a revival of David Bösch's contemporary production.

****1

****1

Munich

02 Oct 2018

Michael Volle leaps in for Munich's Meistersinger

By Ako Imamura

Bayreuth

Musically sublime, packed with ideas: Kosky's Meistersinger von Nürnberg at Bayreuth

By David Karlin, 31 July 2017

The label “most opera directors” does *not* apply to Barrie Kosky, who makes his Bayreuth debut with a Meistersinger that pulls no punches.

*****

*****

Bayreuth

01 Aug 2017

Musically sublime, packed with ideas

By David Karlin

Oslo

An early start to Easter: Bach’s St John Passion kicks off the Oslo International Church Music Festival

By Aksel Tollåli, 17 March 2017

The Balthasar-Neumann-Chor and Ensemble performed a deeply moving, if slightly uneven, St John Passion, setting off the Oslo Church Music Festival.

****1

****1

Oslo

19 Mar 2017

An early start to Easter: Bach in Oslo

By Aksel Tollåli

London

Well sung but charmless: the Royal Opera's new Così fan tutte

By David Karlin, 22 September 2016

Fine singing from the quartet of lovers isn't enough to prevent Bychkov's slow tempi and Gloger's earnest direction from turning Così into a very long evening.

**111

**111

London

23 Sep 2016

Well sung but charmless Così fan tutte

By David Karlin

Aix-en-Provence

Martin Kušej's new Entführung a disappointingly toothless affair

By Mark Valencia, 03 July 2015

An updating of Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail to the post-World War One era in a desert fails to inspire in Aix.

**111

**111

Aix-en-Provence

04 Jul 2015

Kušej's new Entführung disappointingly toothless

By Mark Valencia

Amsterdam

A bewitching Alcina in Amsterdam

By Nicolas Nguyen, 25 February 2015

The revival of Pierre Audi’s production of Handel's Alcina at the Amsterdam Stadsschouwburg is blessed with an excellent cast, led by Sandrine Piau who gives an unforgettable performance as the sorceress.

*****

*****

Amsterdam

28 Feb 2015

A bewitching Alcina in Amsterdam

By Nicolas Nguyen

Munich

The Bayerische Staatsoper's La clemenza di Tito is a story well told (crazy costumes and all)

By Ilana Walder-Biesanz, 14 October 2014

The Bayerische Staatsoper's La clemenza di Tito features a bold staging, a talented cast of singer-actors, and a great orchestra. Time, place, and genders are all ambiguous, but none of that gets in the way of the story.

****1

****1

Munich

15 Oct 2014

La clemenza: A story well told

By Ilana Walder-Biesanz

Prague

Jiří Bĕlohlávek the star in Czech Philharmonic's Creation

By Frank Kuznik, 01 May 2014

Was that really the Czech Philharmonic playing at the Rudolfinum in Prague on Thursday night? If you closed your eyes it sounded like a dedicated Baroque ensemble serving up a thundering version of Haydn’s Die Schöpfung (The Creation).

*****

*****

Prague

06 May 2014

Jiří Bĕlohlávek the star in Czech Philharmonic's Creation

By Frank Kuznik

Vienna

Five countertenors and a tenor rock the house: Artaserse at the Theater an der Wien

By Snapdragon, 20 November 2012

A cast of five countertenors and one tenor performing an opera by Handel contemporary Leonardo Vinci may look like a long evening to those who don’t appreciate the high male voice, but Baroque lovers hoping for a triplet and trill fest as well as some vocal drag got all they wanted in this concert version of Artaserse.

*****

*****

Vienna

23 Nov 2012

Five countertenors and a tenor rock the house: Artaserse at the Theater an der Wien

By Snapdragon