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Mariame Clément is a popular director at Glyndebourne, and her new production of Figaro shows her trademark approach to hardhitting comedy.

Elisa Verzier, making her Glyndebourne debut, is astonishing as Violetta in a revival of Tom Cairns' 2014 production. 

Glyndebourne's 2021 season opens with an intense, minimalist staging of Janáček’s tale of adultery, focused on the contrasts between its heroine's dreams and reality.

Dmitri Tcherniakov's staging turns Rimsky-Korsakov's opera into storytelling for an autistic boy, but does he deliver a fairy tale ending? 

Johan Reuter is gripping in Krzysztof Warlikowski's powerful vision of the universal, timeless horrors of prison, but visual clutter distracts from Janáček’s music.

In an elegant new production by Ivo van Hove, Malin Byström portrays a graceful, erotic Salome and the RCO play with sensuous lyricism under Daniele Gatti.

Laurent Pelly exploits the satirical side of Rimsky-Korsakov's The Golden Cockerel at La Monnaie in a darkly humorous but colourfully performed production.

Melly Still returns to revive her 2012 staging at Glyndebourne, laying nature bare. Cartoonish, but never sentimental, it presents Vixen red in tooth and claw, 

Full of melodic treasures hidden for ages, Anton Rubinstein's The Demon answers the most demanding expectations.

The Latin Requiem traverses a series of emotional responses to death, ranging from astonishment and dread to humility and gratitude. Verdi’s Messa da requiem contains all of these ingredients but in different proportions to many other well-known settings. Written by an agnostic, it is more earthly than spiritual in outlook, and fear and trembling predominate.

El Teatro Real presenta una producción excepcional tanto en lo musical como en lo escénico, en la que se alcanza un logrado punto de equilibrio entre la novedad y la tradición, entre la búsqueda conceptual y la sugestión sensorial.

Le metteur en scène réalise un coup de maître, parfaitement suivi par une distribution excellente et la direction musicale d'Aziz Shokhakimov, qui fait briller de mille feux la partition de Rimski-Korsakov.

Prokofjews Tolstoi-Veroperung kann an der Bayerischen Staatsoper dank kluger Regie durch Dmitri Tcherniakov und phänomenalem Dirigat von Vladimir Jurowski auch in aktuell belastendem politischen Umfeld überzeugen.

Dans cette nouvelle production quasi monochrome signée Damiano Michieletto, La Monnaie dévoile un Rosenkavalier magnifiquement mélancolique, porté par la direction d'Alain Altinoglu.

L'opéra peu connu de Rimsky-Korsakov bénéficie de la géniale mise en scène de Dmitri Tcherniakov et d'une distribution de toute beauté.

La production de l'année pour l'Opéra de Lyon ! Warlikowski livre une interprétation particulièrement efficace du chef-d'œuvre de Janáček, entre parabole poétique et réalisme cru.