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Handel’s Alcina makes its overdue Rome debut

By Pia Maltri, 18 March 2025

Illusion – theatrical illusion – is the theme of Pierre Audi's staging of Alcina, Handel’s beloved opera which finally makes its debut in Rome.

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Rome

21 Mar 2025

Handel’s Alcina makes its overdue Rome debut

By Pia Maltri

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Seattle

Alcina at Seattle Opera: captivating, flirtatious, sometimes weird

By Rosie Rogers, 25 October 2023

Thoughtful cuts, an extremely skillful orchestra and active, inventive staging made this sexy dark comedy engrossing and highly watchable.

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Seattle

27 Oct 2023

Alcina in Seattle: captivating, flirtatious, sometimes weird

By Rosie Rogers

Glasgow

Anthropocene: a timely chiller from Scottish Opera

By David Smythe, 26 January 2019

Climate change, challenged egos and a strange Ice woman tell a gruesome tale in Anthropocene, a finely sung new opera from Stuart MacRae, with libretto from Louise Welsh, set in the Arctic with a cinematic score.

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Glasgow

28 Jan 2019

Anthropocene: a timely chiller from Scottish Opera

By David Smythe

Glasgow

A dark, unflinching Rigoletto from Scottish Opera

By Gregor Forbes, 18 October 2018

More relevant than ever, the patriarchal nightmare of Verdi's Rigoletto is dark and unflinching in Scottish Opera's revival of their 2011 production, with some striking scenes and fine singing.

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Glasgow

20 Oct 2018

A dark, unflinching Rigoletto from Scottish Opera

By Gregor Forbes

Glasgow

The Devil Inside: a deeply chilling opera receives its world première in Glasgow

By David Smythe, 23 January 2016

The Devil Inside, a chilling new opera by Stuart Macrae with libretto by Louise Welsh, is a fairy tale for grown-ups. Who will be the last owner of the devilish bottle and the curse of eternal damnation?

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Glasgow

24 Jan 2016

The Devil Inside: a deeply chilling opera

By David Smythe

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Aix-en-Provence

La Calisto dans le boudoir de la réussite au Festival d'Aix-en-Provence

By Romain Daroles, 07 July 2025

La mise en scène de Jetske Mijnssen déçoit, au contraire de la réalisation musicale proposée par une belle distribution réunie sous la direction intelligente de Sébastien Daucé.

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Aix-en-Provence

09 Jul 2025

La Calisto dans le boudoir de la réussite au Festival d'Aix

By Romain Daroles

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Paris

Ma mère l'Oye et les sortilèges : un Ravel de féerie à l'Opéra de Paris

By Jean-Pierre Rousseau, 21 November 2023

Associant deux œuvres majeures de Ravel (le ballet Ma mère l’Oye et la fantaisie lyrique L’Enfant et les sortilèges), cette production est un spectacle de féerie dans lequel s'illustrent les jeunes talents de l'Opéra.

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Paris

23 Nov 2023

Ma mère l'Oye et les sortilèges : un Ravel de féerie à Garnier

By Jean-Pierre Rousseau