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A good, mostly Italian cast brings alive one of the most famous productions by the great director Giorgio Strehler, under the baton of Andrés Orozco-Estrada.

***11

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***11

Milan

08 Oct 2023

Giorgio Strehler’s Nozze di Figaro still going strong at La Scala

By Laura Servidei

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Milan

Rusalka makes a splash in a long overdue Teatro alla Scala debut

By Laura Servidei, 13 June 2023

Conductor Tomáš Hanus leads a great cast in a stunningly beautiful production of Dvořák’s masterpiece directed by Emma Dante.

*****

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*****

Milan

15 Jun 2023

Rusalka makes a splash in a long overdue Teatro alla Scala debut

By Laura Servidei

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Milan

Cavalli's La Calisto arrives at La Scala for the first time and triumphs

By Renato Verga, 30 October 2021

Cavalli's debut at La Scala is a triumph, earning applause that not even a Bohème or a Traviata can sometimes elicit.

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*****

Milan

01 Nov 2021

La Calisto arrives at La Scala for the first time and triumphs

By Renato Verga

Vienna

Mistrust, rage and colonialism: Adrian Noble’s new Otello at the Wiener Staatsoper

By Chanda VanderHart, 20 June 2019

During the “Salce” and “Ave Maria” in Act Four Bezsmertna turned this to magical effect, thinning out and floating her shimmering soprano into gossamer threads.

***11

***11

Vienna

22 Jun 2019

Mistrust, rage and colonialism: Otello at the Staatsoper

By Chanda VanderHart

Zurich

Wretched fates and quirky staging: Eugene Onegin in Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet, 24 September 2017

Barrie Kosky’s atypically conservative production of the Russian classic was marked by musical direction and vocal performances of the highest order.

****1

****1

Zurich

25 Sep 2017

Wretched fates and quirky staging: Eugene Onegin in Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet

Vienna

Cross-dressing abounds: Gluck's Armide at Wiener Staatsoper

By David Karlin, 19 October 2016

Excellent playing from Les Musiciens du Louvre and a mixed vocal performance are matched by a staging by Ivan Alexandre likely to be controversial.

**111

**111

Vienna

19 Oct 2016

Cross-dressing abounds: Gluck's Armide

By David Karlin

Salzburg

Going for gold: Strauss' Die Liebe der Danae returns to Salzburg

By Matthew Rye, 05 August 2016

Strauss' penultimate opera is treated to a lavish if superficial staging at the Salzburg Festival, but the real rewards come from the musical performance of this unjustly neglected work.

****1

****1

Salzburg

07 Aug 2016

Strauss's Die Liebe der Danae returns to Salzburg

By Matthew Rye

Vienna

Sin City meets silent film: Hindemith’s Cardillac at the Staatsoper Wien

By Chanda VanderHart, 22 June 2015

Cardillac has a spooky, sinister fascination that both intrigues and horrifies and which is quite successfully expressed in this striking production by Sven-Eric Bechtolf.

****1

****1

Vienna

24 Jun 2015

Sin City meets silent film: Cardillac

By Chanda VanderHart

Vienna

An overthought, underperformed Don Giovanni in Vienna

By Paul Selar, 16 June 2015

Within Mozart’s Don Giovanni, the darkest corners of the soul are exposed by music, stirred up by the lying, lecherous exploits of the aristocratic scoundrel, Don Giovanni.

***11

***11

Vienna

23 Jun 2015

An overthought, underperformed Don Giovanni

By Paul Selar

Vienna

Simon Rattle begins his Vienna Ring journey

By Ako Imamura, 16 May 2015

Vienna Staatsoper revived Wagner's Ring Cycle with a splendid orchestral performance of Das Rheingold led by Sir Simon Rattle.

****1

****1

Vienna

17 May 2015

Simon Rattle begins his Vienna Ring journey

By Ako Imamura

Vienna

La Juive: Neil Shicoff’s dramatic farewell to the Wiener Staatsoper

By Chanda VanderHart, 03 March 2015

Those who are able would be wise to scare up a ticket for Shicoff’s swansong – it would be a shame to miss an historic performance.

****1

****1

Vienna

05 Mar 2015

La Juive at Wiener Staatsoper

By Chanda VanderHart

Vienna

Comedy and tragedy sharing the bill: Ariadne auf Naxos in Vienna

By Simon Rees, 11 June 2014

Ariadne auf Naxos is the ideal Viennese opera: an entertainment by Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal that satirises the relationship between composer and patron.

****1

****1

Vienna

24 Jun 2014

Ariadne auf Naxos in Vienna

By Simon Rees