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Anna Goryachova and Mélissa Petit shine as doomed lovers Tancredi and Amenaide, while Jan Philipp Gloger's contemporary setting has much to offer, but doesn't quite nail the landing.

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Bregenz

18 Jul 2024

Love in time of the drug wars: a contemporary Tancredi at Bregenz

By Orsolya Gyárfás

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Antwerp

Power to the people! Milo Rau's revolutionary Clemenza di Tito opens in Antwerp

By Eleanor Knight, 10 September 2023

Revolution is not for the fainthearted in Milo Rau’s decolonized production of Mozart's opera seria for Opera Ballet Vlaanderen.

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Antwerp

10 Sep 2023

Power to the people! A revolutionary Clemenza di Tito

By Eleanor Knight

Zurich

Norma in Zurich: superb vocalists trapped in a minimalist staging

By Sarah Batschelet, 02 June 2019

A production which has Robert Wilson's signature all over it, but feels like a wagon in front of the horse.

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Zurich

02 Jun 2019

Norma in Zurich: superb vocalists trapped in a minimalist staging

By Sarah Batschelet

Berlin

Champagne without the fizz: Tcherniakov's new Betrothal in a Monastery in Berlin

By Hugo Shirley, 13 April 2019

The Russian director's role play production of Prokofiev's comedy falls flat at the Staatsoper.

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Berlin

13 Apr 2019

Champagne without the fizz: Tcherniakov's Betrothal in a Monastery

By Hugo Shirley

London

A tale of many Tchaikovskys: Herheim's The Queen of Spades at The Royal Opera

By David Karlin, 13 January 2019

Herheim places the composer at the centre of his opera in a staging that's clever and erudite but somewhat cold; musical performances are mixed.

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London

13 Jan 2019

A tale of many Tchaikovskys: The Queen of Spades at ROH

By David Karlin

Zurich

Sensuality and solidarity in Serebrennikov's new Così fan tutte in Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet, 08 November 2018

If ever a new production of a Mozart opera had a riveting backstory, this one is it.

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Zurich

08 Nov 2018

Sensuality and solidarity in Zurich's new Così

By Sarah Batschelet

London

Kosky's Carmen fails to light fires at Covent Garden

By David Karlin, 14 February 2018

Interesting ideas and a brilliant orchestral performance aren't enough to overcome a visually dull staging, predictable choreography and a lack of chemistry between the protagonists.

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London

14 Feb 2018

Kosky's Carmen fails to light fires

By David Karlin

Rome

Grace and delirium: Michieletto's Il viaggio a Reims lands in Rome

By James Imam, 14 June 2017

Lord Sidney's contemplation of the insanity of the world seems to be the impetus for this delirious production. So endless is its stream of gags that to attend this show is to be left feeling exhausted.

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Rome

14 Jun 2017

Grace and delirium: Michieletto's Viaggio lands in Rome

By James Imam

Zurich

Effervescent music, unrelenting activity: Haydn’s Orlando Paladino in Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet, 16 May 2017

Joseph Haydn’s opera Orlando Paladino was once cited as “a mixed salad of madness, mayhem and true love”. A recent revival in Zurich supports that assessment.

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Zurich

16 May 2017

Effervescent music, unrelenting activity: Haydn’s Orlando Paladino in Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet

Oslo

Rossini ex machina: Stefan Herheim’s Cenerentola in Oslo

By Aksel Tollåli, 21 January 2017

With his first foray into Rossini, Norwegian director Stefan Herheim turns La Cenerentola into a brilliantly funny spectacle, filled with thought provoking humour and outstanding singing.

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Oslo

21 Jan 2017

Rossini ex machina: La Cenerentola in Oslo

By Aksel Tollåli

Zurich

Torments, caprice and folly: a fine Figaro in Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet, 15 October 2016

Men unfaithful out of habit? Sheer madness to trust a woman? These were the great themes of what has proven to be Mozart’s most popular opera.

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Zurich

15 Oct 2016

Torments, caprice and folly in Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet

Amsterdam

Caged bird: Tchaikovsky stars in Herheim's Pique Dame at Dutch National Opera

By Mark Pullinger, 09 June 2016

The role of the outsider struck a chord with Tchaikovsky, whose homosexuality alienated him from society. Stefan Herheim takes that identification as the central idea in his remarkable new production at Dutch National Opera.

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Amsterdam

09 Jun 2016

Caged bird: Tchaikovsky stars in Herheim's Pique Dame

By Mark Pullinger

Naples

A Norma of total beauty triumphs in Naples

By Lorenzo Fiorito, 28 February 2016

This production of Norma was definitely the best staging seen at the San Carlo in recent years.

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Naples

28 Feb 2016

A Norma of total beauty triumphs in Naples

By Lorenzo Fiorito

Zurich

Tics and tricks à la Marthaler: Il viaggio a Reims in Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet, 06 December 2015

Theatre director Christoph Marthaler is renowned – if notorious – for his “off the wall” productions and adherence to bad boy antics. This Viaggio was no exception.

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Zurich

06 Dec 2015

Tics and tricks à la Marthaler

By Sarah Batschelet

Zurich

La Verità in Cimento in Zurich: On the Heels of a Baby-Swap

By Sarah Batschelet, 25 May 2015

Seldom performed, this Vivaldi work plays on all the great themes of opera: jealousy, identity, paternal and fraternal love, and other human values cast aside for all the wrong reasons.

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Zurich

25 May 2015

La Verità in Cimento in Zurich: On the Heels of a Baby-Swap

By Sarah Batschelet

Amsterdam

Damiano Michieletto gives Il viaggio a Reims a thorough dusting in Amsterdam

By Nicolas Nguyen, 20 January 2015

Director Michieletto’s playful staging, Stefano Montanari’s expressive conducting and stylish singing from a cast of seasoned Rossinian singers make for a thoroughly enjoyable new production of the too rare Il viaggio a Reims at the Dutch National Opera.

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Amsterdam

20 Jan 2015

Dusting down Il viaggio a Reims

By Nicolas Nguyen

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Zurich

Liebesdreieck am englischen Königshof: Donizettis Roberto Devereux in Zürich

By Thomas Schacher, 05 February 2023

David Alden beschreitet einen Mittelweg zwischen Ausstattungsoper und Regietheater, Enrique Mazzola baut seinen historischen Ansatz aus, und Inga Kalna vermag die Erwartungen nicht ganz zu erfüllen.

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Zurich

05 Feb 2023

Liebesdreieck am englischen Königshof: Roberto Devereux in Zürich

By Thomas Schacher

Valencia

Laurent Pelly da alas a una super-Cenerentola en Les Arts

By Daniel Martínez Babiloni, 23 December 2020

Les Arts estrena una producción muy cuidada de La Cenerentola de Rossini.

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Valencia

23 Dec 2020

Laurent Pelly da alas a una super-Cenerentola en Les Arts

By Daniel Martínez Babiloni

Vienna

Eugen Onegin oder: Gepflegte Langeweile an der Wiener Staatsoper

By Isabella Steppan, 31 October 2020

Dmitri Tcherniakovs Inszenierung geht beharrlich gegen Text und Musik und sorgt für eine leidenschaftslose Vorstellung am Halloween-Abend.

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Vienna

31 Oct 2020

Eugen Onegin oder: Gepflegte Langeweile an der Wiener Staatsoper

By Isabella Steppan

Geneva

La Cenerentola à Genève : du rose et des larmes chez Laurent Pelly

By Irma Foletti, 26 September 2020

Le Grand Théâtre de Genève ouvre sa saison avec La Cenerentola vue par Laurent Pelly : une Cendrillon farfelue, décoiffante mais aussi très émouvante.

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Geneva

26 Sep 2020

La Cenerentola à Genève : du rose et des larmes chez Laurent Pelly

By Irma Foletti

Madrid

Carmen de Bieito: la salvaje vitalidad de un clásico

By Juan José Freijo, 11 October 2017

Esta Carmen es una explosión de fuerza y destino, que sabe conjugar la violencia irrefrenable de unas pulsiones desatadas con la desolación de una tragedia inevitable.

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Madrid

11 Oct 2017

La salvaje vitalidad de un clásico

By Juan José Freijo