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The Deutsche Oper revives once again Boleslaw Barlog’s old production, with two outstanding singers at their debut in the house.

Fine musical performances blend with staggering video artistry in Aleu's spectacular science-fiction setting.

Deutsche Oper Berlin's revival of Manon Lescaut achieves a rare theatrical success; a witty and visually stunning production combined with thrilling music making in the pit with Sir Simon Rattle leading the orchestra and singers with emotional urgency.

Stefano Poda's staging has its own coherence, but it is as cold as the Chinese princess. 

The Metropolitan Opera’s now 29-year old production of Aida is still standing and still looking good. Gianni Quaranta’s gigantic sets – floor-to-sky-statuary, regal-looking staircases, a couple of horses, wise/exciting use of the stage elevator to change scenes (causing, unfortunately, a glitch the other night which delayed the final scene for a few minutes), costumes (by Dada Saligeri) mostly of

People who claim that opera is nothing more than a glorified pantomime would have their prejudices confirmed at Deutsche Oper Berlin's Un ballo in maschera. This is, however, high praise. It’s an evening of camp entertainment, not a philosophy lesson.

Lavish sets and costumes, plus high musical quality, make Tosca at the Vienna State Opera a fine example of grand opera. 

A well-worked revival of Elijah Moshinsky's production of Rossini's Barber of Seville offers gales of laughter and vocal delights at the Sydney Opera House, with starring roles for Paolo Bordogna, Anna Dowsley and Warwick Fyfe

Bravo to the Haus am Ring for a bloody good night of music, drama and beauty – an excellent first première of the season.

Mario Martone's Cavalleria rusticana—Pagliacci returns to La Scala, with results that do not always convince. 

American tenor Brian Jagde is the standout in this Tosca, with just those notes of honey and throatiness that seem to wrap up an orchestra’s sound and deliver the whole package to your front door, no signature needed.

An attractive double bill of opera and zarzuela paves the way to a new way of performing this fascinating Spanish genre. 

Cirque du Soleil producer Franco Dragone's new Aida for the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples aimed to scrub off all the bombast from this triumphalistic work. The eccentricities of the production led to a poor-quality outcome, though there was some fine singing.

Leider scheitern die guten Ideen des Regisseurs, Philipp Himmelmann, an der Umsetzung.

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.

Hemos acudido a la última representación de Katiuska en el Teatro de la Zarzuela, y sólo podemos lamentar no haber ido también a las anteriores. La comañía presentó una versión inolvidable de la opereta del maestro Sorozábal, cuidadosa en los detalles incluso desde su cartel publicitario.

Una inteligente escena a cargo de Mario Gas, que recrea un rodaje hollywoodiense en la década de los años treinta, y una cuidada dirección de orquesta a cargo de Marco Armiliato han puesto en el escenario del Real una magnífica versión de Madama Butterfly, protagonizada por Ermonela Jaho la cual brilló en técnica y en actuación.

Clôturant la saison de l'Opéra de Paris, cette nouvelle production de La Cenerentola mise en scène par Guillaume Gallienne et dirigée par le chef italien Ottavio Dantone manque quelque peu d'équilibre.

El Teatro de la Zarzuela apuesta por rescatar La villana, con música de Amadeo Vives, y un libreto de Romero y Fernández Shaw basada en una obra de Lope de Vega.

Die Tosca der Bayerischen Staatsoper lässt durch ihre simple Inszenierung den Sängern viel Raum für Gestaltung, der gut genutzt wurde.