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A bizarre misunderstanding returns: L’equivoco stravagante at the Rossini Opera Festival

By Laura Servidei, 08 August 2024

Rossini’s ill-fated farce finds new life in the intelligent and enjoyable 2019 production by Leiser and Caurier at the Rossini Opera Festival, featuring a great cast under the unwavering baton of Michele Spotti.

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Pesaro

09 Aug 2024

L’equivoco stravagante returns to the Rossini Opera Festival

By Laura Servidei

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London

The tragic arc of a very human drama: Madama Butterfly returns to The Royal Opera

By David Karlin, 14 March 2024

With the help of excellent singing and acting performances from a cast led by Asmik Grigorian and Joshua Guerrero, Puccini’s tale of abandonment hits home.

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London

15 Mar 2024

A very human drama: Madama Butterfly at The Royal Opera

By David Karlin

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London

Unfaltering opera buffa entertainment: Rossini's Barber of Seville at Covent Garden

By David Karlin, 02 February 2023

Two outstanding performances by young singers light up a splendidly crafted revival of Caurier and Leiser's colourful production.

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London

03 Feb 2023

Unfaltering opera buffa: The Barber of Seville at the ROH

By David Karlin

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London

Maria Agresta captivates in latest ROH revival of Madama Butterfly

By David Truslove, 12 September 2022

A mixed bag of performances at Covent Garden, but with an outstanding Butterfly who brings ample rewards to an evening where the emotional temperature eventually soars.

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London

13 Sep 2022

Maria Agresta captivates in latest ROH revival of Madama Butterfly

By David Truslove

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London

A subtly revised Madama Butterfly returns to the Covent Garden stage

By Mark Pullinger, 14 June 2022

Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier’s production has undergone a year of expert scrutiny before this well-sung revival.

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London

15 Jun 2022

A subtly revised Madama Butterfly returns to the Covent Garden stage

By Mark Pullinger

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Baden-Baden

Outstanding performances in brothel-based Pique Dame at Baden-Baden Easter Festival

By Ako Imamura, 12 April 2022

The Baden-Baden Easter Festival offers a memorable production of Pique Dame with excellent musical performances convincing in Leiser and Caurier's updating of the plot.

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Baden-Baden

13 Apr 2022

Outstanding performances in brothel-based Baden-Baden Pique Dame

By Ako Imamura

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Zurich

Another triumph for Bartoli: L’italiana arrives in Zurich from Salzburg on a dromedary’s back

By Laura Servidei, 06 March 2022

Opernhaus Zürich presents a Salzburg Festival production of Rossini’s first masterpiece, with a stellar cast and an orchestra on original instruments, under the baton of Gianluca Capuano.

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Zurich

08 Mar 2022

L’italiana arrives in Zurich from Salzburg on a dromedary’s back

By Laura Servidei

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Zurich

The New Year arrives with laughter in Zurich, on the notes of Le Comte Ory

By Laura Servidei, 31 December 2021

Zurich Opera revives a successful production of Rossini’s masterpiece with a strong cast for a fun, entertaining New Year’s Eve.

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Zurich

02 Jan 2022

New Year arrives with laughter in Zurich: Le Comte Ory

By Laura Servidei

Pesaro

Puns, dirty jokes and bizarre misunderstandings: L’equivoco stravagante at the Rossini Opera Festival

By Laura Servidei, 13 August 2019

A new, successful production by Leiser and Caurier supports a great cast of Rossini specialists, with Teresa Iervolino, Paolo Bordogna and Davide Luciano in the lead roles.

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Pesaro

14 Aug 2019

Puns, dirty jokes and bizarre misunderstandings

By Laura Servidei

Salzburg

Camels and comic capers in Algiers: Cecilia Bartoli stars in a frothy Italiana at the Salzburg Festival

By Mark Pullinger, 08 August 2018

Cecilia Bartoli is joined by frequent collaborators Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier in a fun-filled Rossini farce full of Italian sunshine. Big grins all round.

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Salzburg

09 Aug 2018

Camels and comic capers in Algiers: Italiana in Salzburg

By Mark Pullinger

London

Broken wings: Ermonela Jaho a devastating Madama Butterfly at Covent Garden

By Mark Pullinger, 27 March 2017

Ermonela Jaho sure likes to put herself (and us) through the emotional wringer on Covent Garden's stage. This time, London finally got to see her as another tragic Puccini heroine: Madama Butterfly.

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London

28 Mar 2017

Broken wings: Ermonela Jaho a devastating Butterfly

By Mark Pullinger

London

A soufflé that fails to rise: Rossini’s Barber falls flat at Covent Garden

By Mark Pullinger, 13 September 2016

For the latest revival of Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier's candy-striped production, the Royal Opera serves up the operatic equivalent of stodgy semolina.

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London

14 Sep 2016

Rossini’s Barber falls flat at Covent Garden

By Mark Pullinger

Milan

Angels and Demons: Verdi's Giovanna d'Arco at La Scala

By David Karlin, 18 December 2015

Verdi's take on the Joan of Arc story may be thin on drama, but outstanding playing from Riccardo Chailly and the La Scala orchestra and top notch singing from Netrebko, Meli and Álvarez make this a wonderful Verdian evening.

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Milan

19 Dec 2015

Angels and Demons: Giovanna d'Arco at La Scala

By David Karlin

Glasgow

Justina Gringyte is a fabulous Carmen in Scottish Opera's Revival

By David Smythe, 17 October 2015

Justina Gringyte is a fabulous Carmen in Scottish Opera's dark take on this most tuneful of operas. Large choruses, including children with cigarettes, and a strong supporting cast make this an enjoyable show.

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Glasgow

19 Oct 2015

Justina Gringyte is a fabulous Carmen in Scottish Opera's Revival

By David Smythe

Zurich

Love, loyalty and treason exposed: Bellini’s Norma in Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet, 10 October 2015

A recent production of Vincenzo Bellini’s Norma starred Cecilia Bartoli, the great mezzo who lives close by, and whom the Zürcher like to claim as one of their own.

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Zurich

11 Oct 2015

Love, loyalty and treason exposed: Norma in Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet

London

Kurzak and Pidò inspire a rumbustious Turco in Italia in Caurier and Leiser's Dolce Vita production

By David Karlin, 11 April 2015

Aleksandra Kurzak delivers a top drawer performance as Fiorilla, leading a star-studded cast as Evelino Pidò gives us a lesson in how to conduct Rossini in the latest revival of Il turco in Italia.

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London

12 Apr 2015

Kurzak and Pidò inspire a rumbustious Turco in Italia

By David Karlin

London

Clattering cherry blossom: solid revival of Madama Butterfly at Covent Garden

By Mark Pullinger, 20 March 2015

Kristine Opolais offers a nuanced, moving Cio-Cio-San in a solid revival of Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier’s sepia and cream production of Madama Butterfly at the Royal Opera.

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London

21 Mar 2015

Clattering cherry blossom: ROH Madama Butterfly

By Mark Pullinger

Vienna

A different trip to the Barber: Paisiello conquers Vienna again at Theater an der Wien

By Chanda VanderHart, 18 February 2015

Not the Barbiere you might have been expecting if you hadn't paid attention to the small print at the Theater an der Wien...

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Vienna

20 Feb 2015

A different trip to the Barber

By Chanda VanderHart

Bristol

WNO's Chorus leads Carmen at the Bristol Hippodrome

By Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres, 12 November 2014

The Welsh National Opera took to the Hippodrome stage for the Bristol leg of their UK tour ofCarmen. This was a revival of Welsh National Opera’s production in the late 1990s, co-produced with Scottish Opera.

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Bristol

14 Nov 2014

WNO's Chorus leads Carmen at the Bristol Hippodrome

By Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres

London

Slapstick fun and stylish singing in the Royal Opera’s revival of Il barbiere di Siviglia

By Mark Pullinger, 19 September 2014

Elder led a performance that twinkled with Rossinian wit, while Serena Malfi left you clamouring for a swift return to Bow Street.

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London

20 Sep 2014

A stylish trip to the Barber

By Mark Pullinger

Vienna

Vaudeville and shadow puppets: Die Zauberflöte in Vienna

By Simon Rees, 09 June 2014

Shadow puppet serpents and policemen in tutus: Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier's production of Die Zauberflöte is graced with a strong cast.

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Vienna

23 Jun 2014

Vaudeville and shadow puppets: Die Zauberflöte

By Simon Rees

Paris

A stormy reception for Rossini's Otello in Paris

By Mark Pullinger, 07 April 2014

Verdi’s Otello opens with a fierce storm raging over Cyprus. In Rossini’s version, composed 71 years earlier in 1816, the composer eschewed the Cypriot setting entirely and the storm doesn’t take place until Act III, although last night a mighty crack of thunder resounded over the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées as the audience filed into the opera house.

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Paris

08 Apr 2014

A stormy reception for Rossini's Otello in Paris

By Mark Pullinger

Vienna

Die Zauberflöte at the Vienna Staatsoper a mixed bag

By Chanda VanderHart, 20 November 2013

Dancing teddy bears, a larger-than-life Sarastro, live birds and numerous airborn characters all make the brand new production of Mozart’s beloved Singspiel at the Staatsoper a very family-friendly event.

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Vienna

22 Nov 2013

Vienna Staatsoper: Zauberflöte

By Chanda VanderHart

Vienna

Sex, wine and bel canto bliss: Le Comte Ory at the Theater an der Wien

By Snapdragon, 20 February 2013

When Jean-Christophe Spinosi stepped onto the podium to conduct Le Comte Ory that night, he didn’t wait for his applause to cease, but instantly cued a hearty forte from the Ensemble Matheus, and consequently a few incredulous looks from the audience.

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Vienna

25 Feb 2013

Sex, wine and bel canto bliss: Le Comte Ory at the Theater an der Wien

By Snapdragon

Salzburg

Giulio Cesare in Salzburg

By Zwölftöner, 25 August 2012

Giulio Cesare, an opera populated with manipulative characters that only interact with each other when shared interests are at stake, is a receptive vessel for a scornful indictment of imperialism and the dubious alliances it forges.

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Salzburg

28 Aug 2012

Giulio Cesare in Salzburg

By Zwölftöner

London

Madama Butterfly

By Intermezzo, 25 June 2011

What makes this otherwise routine revival of Patrice Caurier and Moshe Leiser’s eight year old production an absolute must-see is the sensational Royal Opera House debut of Kristine Opolais in the title role. She is a statuesque Latvian blonde, barely transformed by her dark wig and geisha makeup.

London

27 Jun 2011

Madama Butterfly

By Intermezzo

London

Aleksandra Kurzak shines as Rossini's Rosina

By David Karlin, 18 January 2011

Rossini's The Barber of Seville has been his most enduringly well-loved opera. It's in the top ten of operas performed worldwide today, and it has stayed at the top of the most-played lists even when many of his other works were little played.

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London

19 Jan 2011

Aleksandra Kurzak shines as Rossini's Rosina

By David Karlin

London

Hurrah! The Witch is Dead!

By Hilary Fisher, 29 December 2010

This reviewer fully expected not to enjoy today’s matinee, having read the recent Guardian review and heard mixed reports from friends who saw it when it first came out.

London

30 Dec 2010

Hurrah! The Witch is Dead!

By Hilary Fisher

New York City

The Met in HD, Hamlet, 2010

By Nahoko Gotoh, 27 March 2010

Read our review of Patrice Caurier and Moshe Leise's production of Ambroise Thomas's Hamlet in its 2010 broadcast from the Met Opera in New York.

New York City

01 Dec 2013

The Met in HD, Hamlet, 2010

By Nahoko Gotoh

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Barcelona

Madama Butterfly revolotea de nuevo por el Liceu: Sonya Yoncheva y Paolo Bortolameolli, triunfales ante el público barcelonés

By Maria Sánchez, 09 December 2024

Por cuarta vez, la producción de Moshe Leiser y Patrice Caurier vuelve a llenar el patio de butacas del Liceu, ante un estreno de protagonismo tradicionalista.

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Barcelona

10 Dec 2024

Sonya Yoncheva y Paolo Bortolameolli triunfan en el Liceu

By Maria Sánchez

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Ibos

Pelléas et Mélisande au Parvis, au plus près du drame de l’existence

By Arnaud Saura-Ziegelmeyer, 29 January 2022

L’unique opéra de Debussy surprend agréablement, la qualité de la distribution et de la mise en scène de Patrice Caurier et Moshe Leiser compensant largement la réduction de l'orchestre au seul piano en accompagnement.

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Ibos

01 Feb 2022

Pelléas et Mélisande au Parvis, au plus près du drame de l’existence

By Arnaud Saura-Ziegelmeyer

Monte-Carlo

Un Comte Ory survolté à l’Opéra de Monte-Carlo

By Manon Decroix, 23 February 2021

Déprogrammé du printemps 2020 à cause de la pandémie, l'opéra de Rossini revit à Monte-Carlo, servi par une mise en scène explosive et une distribution excellente.

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Monte-Carlo

24 Feb 2021

Un Comte Ory survolté à l’Opéra de Monte-Carlo

By Manon Decroix

Barcelona

Madama Butterfly vuela alto en el Gran Teatre del Liceu

By Miquel Martínez, 13 January 2019

Madama Butterfly se presenta en Gran Teatre del Liceu en la producción de Leiser y Caurier en una velada con cambios en el reparto que Jorge de León y María Teresa Leva resolvieron por todo lo alto.

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Barcelona

14 Jan 2019

María Teresa Leva debuta con éxito como Cio-Cio-San

By Miquel Martínez

Vienna

Die Zauberflöte an der Wiener Staatsoper: Klamauk und höhere Weihen für einen Großen

By Snapdragon, 18 December 2018

Moshe Leiser und Patrice Cauriers Inszenierung ist repertoiretauglicher als die Polizei erlaubt, die in dieser Inszenierung mit Tutu statt mit Tatütata auftritt.

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Vienna

21 Dec 2018

Klamauk und höhere Weihen für einen Großen: Die Zauberflöte in Wien

By Snapdragon

Vienna

Händels Teseo am Theater an der Wien… und eine bombige Medea

By Snapdragon, 16 November 2018

Mit René Jacobs und dem Regieduo Moshe Leiser/Patrice Caurier haben sich nun gleich drei Prinzen gefunden, die Händels Oper erfolgreich aus dem Dornröschenschlaf holen.

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Vienna

19 Nov 2018

Händels Teseo am Theater an der Wien… und eine bombige Medea

By Snapdragon

Paris

Une Norma sur mesure pour Cecilia Bartoli au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées

By Jean-Marc Piriou, 12 October 2016

On ne peut demeurer indifférent à cette Norma, qui a l’immense mérite d’innover et ce faisant, de démontrer que l’opéra est bel et bien un art vivant.

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Paris

15 Oct 2016

Une Norma sur mesure pour Cecilia Bartoli

By Jean-Marc Piriou

Nantes

Don Giovanni nella téci

By Mariette Crochu, 10 March 2016

Plongée dans cette nouvelle production nantaise, entre l'interphone et le réverbère, portée par de jeunes chanteurs convaincants.

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Nantes

13 Mar 2016

Don Giovanni nella téci

By Mariette Crochu

Monte-Carlo

Norma désacralisée à Monte-Carlo : Alleluia !

By Sébastien Herbecq, 21 February 2016

Cecilia Bartoli, I Barocchisti et les enfants terribles de mise en scène : Patrice Caurier et Moshe Leiser donnent à voir et à entendre une production d'anthologie de Norma à l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo.

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Monte-Carlo

22 Feb 2016

Norma désacralisée : Alleluia !

By Sébastien Herbecq

Salzburg

Die ungeschönte Wahrheit: Iphigénie en Tauride bei den Salzburger Pfingstfestspielen

By Larissa Schütz, 22 May 2015

Wild, grob und grausam - bei der diesjährigen Eröffnung der Pfingstfestspiele wird Glucks Iphigénie en Tauride in eine kalte Gegenwart versetzt und ein ungeschönter Blick auf menschliche Abgründe geworfen. Umso strahlender tritt dabei einmal wieder die musikalische Qualität der Festspiele und allen voran Cecilia Bartoli in den Vordergrund.

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Salzburg

24 May 2015

Die ungeschönte Wahrheit der Festspiele

By Larissa Schütz