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Thanks to Barrie Kosky's flamboyant imagination and a solid cast, the Komische Oper's new production of La Cage aux Folles glitters, but could be more gay.

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Berlin

30 Jan 2023

Out of the closet and into the cage: La Cage aux Folles in Berlin

By Elena Luporini

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Adelaide

Barrie Kosky’s reimagined Golden Cockerel launches Adelaide Festival

By Brian Angus, 06 March 2022

Continuing Adelaide’s partnership with the Aix-en-Provence Festival another impressive, quirky, creative, imaginative Barry Kosky opera has enriched Adelaide’s Festival scene.

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Adelaide

07 Mar 2022

Barrie Kosky’s reimagined Golden Cockerel launches Adelaide Festival

By Brian Angus

Paris

A long road to nowhere for Igor at the Bastille

By Mark Pullinger, 01 December 2019

Barrie Kosky's makes a limited impact in his debut at Opéra de Paris, apart from an hallucinogenic Polovtsian Dances.

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Paris

01 Dec 2019

A long road to nowhere for Igor at the Bastille

By Mark Pullinger

Berlin

Nocturnal orgies versus controlled reason: The Bassarids at Komische Oper

By Zenaida des Aubris, 13 October 2019

Sophisticated interpretation of The Bassarids by Hans Werner Henze at the Komische Oper Berlin

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Berlin

15 Oct 2019

Nocturnal orgies versus controlled reason

By Zenaida des Aubris

Salzburg

Au fait with Orphée: Salzburg celebrates Offenbach's bicentenary

By Matthew Rye, 17 August 2019

The Salzburg Festival's production of Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld is another classic in the making from Barrie Kosky.

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Salzburg

18 Aug 2019

Au fait with Orphée: Salzburg celebrates Offenbach's bicentenary

By Matthew Rye

London

Carmen minus charisma: a limp revival of Kosky's production at Covent Garden

By Mark Pullinger, 24 June 2019

Barrie Kosky's divisive production returns to The Royal Opera but has lost its zing.

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London

25 Jun 2019

Carmen minus charisma: a limp revival of Kosky's production

By Mark Pullinger

London

La forza dei Cristofori: Loy and Maltman raise hell at Covent Garden

By David Karlin, 17 April 2019

Short of the three lead stars of its opening, The Royal Opera's La forza del destino remains a thrilling evening, powered by Christof Loy's interesting staging and virile singing from Christopher Maltman.

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London

18 Apr 2019

La forza dei Cristofori: Loy and Maltman raise hell

By David Karlin

London

Outrageous fortune: stellar opening night for La forza del destino at Covent Garden

By Mark Pullinger, 21 March 2019

The hottest opera ticket in London this season sees Jonas Kaufmann and Anna Netrebko reunited on the Royal Opera House's stage for the first time since 2008. It was worth the wait.

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London

22 Mar 2019

Outrageous fortune: stellar opening for Forza at Covent Garden

By Mark Pullinger

London

Royal Opera Carmen: slicker, but still a mountain to climb

By Stephen Pritchard, 30 November 2018

Barrie Kosky's troubled production returns to Covent Garden

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London

01 Dec 2018

Royal Opera Carmen: slicker, but still a mountain to climb

By Stephen Pritchard

Berlin

Voltaire à la Kosky: a magical Candide at Komische Oper

By David Karlin, 24 November 2018

Serious farce, warm-hearted sarcasm, operatic Broadway: Barrie Kosky and Komische Oper turn Bernstein's problem child into a show that thrills from start to finish.

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Berlin

25 Nov 2018

Voltaire à la Kosky: a magical Candide at Komische Oper

By David Karlin

Glyndebourne

Everybody loves David: Handel’s Saul at Glyndebourne

By Charlotte Valori, 19 July 2018

Barrie Kosky's punchy, visually exhilarating take on Saul, with Iestyn Davies as a sublime David, makes for a powerful evening of drama at Glyndebourne.

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Glyndebourne

20 Jul 2018

Everybody loves David: Handel’s Saul at Glyndebourne

By Charlotte Valori

Amsterdam

Solid La forza del destino opens Dutch National Opera season

By Jenny Camilleri, 09 September 2017

An able cast sings in Christof Loy’s non-interventionist and insightful production of Verdi’s panoramic tragedy, conducted with vivid detail by Michele Mariotti.

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Amsterdam

10 Sep 2017

Solid La forza del destino opens Dutch National Opera season

By Jenny Camilleri

Adelaide

Glyndebourne's Saul wins over Adelaide

By Sandra Bowdler, 03 March 2017

The stunning Glyndebourne production of Saul by Barrie Kosky also makes a big impact in the Adelaide Festival.

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Adelaide

05 Mar 2017

Glyndebourne's Saul wins over Adelaide

By Sandra Bowdler

London

Vaudeville. Nasality. Shostakovich. Kosky.

By David Karlin, 20 October 2016

I arrived at the Royal Opera House in the usual way, settled into my seat, and – could you believe it – the opera was gone!

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London

21 Oct 2016

Vaudeville. Nasality. Shostakovich. Kosky.

By David Karlin

Glyndebourne

Alchemy from Barrie Kosky in Handel's Saul at Glyndebourne

By David Karlin, 26 July 2015

With the help of a star-studded cast, Barrie Kosky's imaginative staging delivers a production of Handel's Saul which has just about everything going for it: choreography, voices, acting. A must-see.

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Glyndebourne

27 Jul 2015

Alchemy from Barrie Kosky in Handel's Saul

By David Karlin