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This is one of Michieletto's simplest stagings yet, the imagery used to a minimum to allow for focus on the psychological core.

The staging highlighted Carmen’s rebellious traits more than her sensual exoticism.

An outstanding Azucena and solid vocal and orchestral performances more than make up for David Bösch's unappealing staging.

Two fascinating casts make Peter Konwitschny's stripped-down Traviata a must-see artistic event in Seattle.

The Marx Brothers famously sent up Verdi's middle period masterpiece in A Night at the Opera and if Bösch doesn't exactly send up Trovatore's corrosive cocktail of infanticide, jealousy and vengeance, he undermines it with his staging.

Strong vocal and orchestral performances and a tour-de-force staging of Act II light up Grange Park's production of Verdi's political thriller of the dark days of the Spanish inquisition.

Last night’s performance, the second after a serious casting face-lift held to that tradition, and was very well received despite its inherent flaws, thanks to some very fine singing.

The Canadian Opera Company's popular production of Puccini's beloved opera returns, its beauty intact and more beguiling than ever, with a powerful lead performance by soprano Patricia Racette.

This unadorned staging of the doomed love story between Rodolfo and Mimì in Salerno doesn’t neglect the veracity and passion of Puccini’s beautiful music.

Es war der Abend der Nora Sourouzian: Die Mezzosopranistin legte eine Glanzleistung hin und dominierte einen ansonsten nicht durchwegs spannungsreichen Abend zur Saisoneröffnung in der Oper Graz.

Ce que Robert Carsen nous donne à voir à travers cette vertigineuse mise en abyme, c’est le théâtre de l’âme humaine en quête d’accomplissement.

L’Opéra Berlioz de Montpellier accueillait mardi 15 juillet le premier opéra de l’édition 2014 du Festival Radio France, en version concert : Zingari de Leoncavallo (1912), dirigé par Michele Mariotti. Une œuvre courte où les passions s’expriment avec ardeur, des interprètes pleins de l’énergie exigée par le vérisme : une réussite.