Intérprete: Christopher Lemmings

The second revival of Richard Jones' staging of Mussorgsky's original 1869 version of Boris Godunov once again stars the Welsh knight. 

An ideal young cast and a thoughtful production bring fresh perspectives to Puccini's tragedy.

The Teatro dell'Opera opens its season with the world premiere of Giorgio Battistelli and Ian Burton's new Shakespearean work, under the baton of Daniele Gatti and the direction of Robert Carsen.

Si le Teatro all’Opera de Rome a souvent fait preuve de conformisme par le passé, l’audace des productions de la saison 2016/2017 lui redonne un nouveau souffle. Après une Maria Stuarda magnifique c’est au tour de Lulu, chef-d’œuvre d’Alban Berg qui n’avait pas été donné à Rome depuis 1968, d’occuper la scène du Teatro dell’Opera. 

Unsuk Chin's opera Alice in Wonderland is performed by the Los Angeles Philarharmonic, conducted by Susanna Mälkki. This is no Disney movie! 

While there’s no reason that a children’s opera should be simple or easy, there’s no real need for it to be difficult either. So I was a little confused going into the Barbican’s performance of Oliver Knussen’s brilliant brace of Maurice Sendak adaptations this Saturday, which was surrounded, despite the works’ subject matter, with a slightly unbecoming aura of seriousness.