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An energized cast delivers in a visually eye-popping production as Monteverdi's opera appears at the Haus am Ring for the very first time. 

Verdi's Rigoletto in Weimar Germany? A half-baked concept, but Bartlett Sher's new production is certainly dramatic and it is gorgeously sung. 

Kirill Petrenko launches the Berlin Philharmonic's “Golden Twenties” series with Kurt Weill's First Symphony and Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex.

An over-directed, but vivid staging demonstrating political rise and fall in Ancient Rome transported to the present day.

The biting wit of Vincenzo Grimani's libretto is well served by some knockout arias and excellent performances from a strong cast and the matchless Il pomo d'oro.

A great cast of exciting singers seals a success in Lille, despite a new production which fails to convince.

The father-daughter exchanges between Dmitri Platanias's jester and Sofia Fomina's Gilda prove the highlights of an evening which doesn't always catch fire.

An evening of exquisite Baroque music and flamboyant coloratura at the Royal Theatre in Versailles.

Has Health and Safety finally caught up with the Spanish Inquisition? A flameless auto-da-fé and some low-key individual performances meant this revival took time to hit its stride. 

At least the colour-coded characters in Andreas Homoki’s farcical production made it easy to know which team to barrack for.

The gambling tables and neon lights of Las Vegas might not be the images which immediately enter your head when you think of Verdi’s Rigoletto, but bold art is often created and progressed by the pushing of boundaries and by challenging audiences to reimagine the familiar.

Fifty years ago, on 4 November 1966, Venice was struck by a terrible flood. Now this is the subject of a new opera by composeer Filippo Perocco premiered at the Teatro La Fenice.

In the opening night of Teatro Real's new season, Mariella Devia proved why she is one of the best bel canto singers of the last decades.

The two Danieles – Gatti and Abbado – triumphed in the final opera of the 78th Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, with a heavenly new production of Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande.

Pale ghostly faces, flowers in heaven and a spell binding Christian Gerhaher: Munich celebrates Monteverdi's Orfeo.

Jossi Wieler und Sergio Morabito überraschen mit einer emotionsgeladenen und zeitgemäßen Inszenierung von Claudio Monteverdis Dramma per musica.

La producción de La flauta mágica de Kosky y Andrade regresa tras 4 años al Real con renovado éxito.

Beklemmend, aber auch komisch zeigt Kosky, wie wirkungsvoll Betrug doch ist; Ähnlichkeiten mit lebenden Personen sind dabei nicht beabsichtigt, aber unvermeidlich.

Dans l'opéra de Haendel donné en version de concert, la mezzo-soprano règne sur la scène du Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. 

Convertida en una especie Khaleesi de vodevil, DiDonato ofreció una magnífica actuación en un papel que estrena con esta gira europea, acompañada de un cartel de suplentes que estuvo, cuando menos, a su nivel.

Depravación, lujuria y extravagancia se imponen en el Teatro Real de la mano de David Alden para mostrarnos la hermosa música de Cavalli.

La soprano sueca brindó un recital sólido, prácticamente sin fisuras y superando con éxito las dificultades que plantean arias como "In questa reggia". Por su parte, el bajo búlgaro estuvo a la altura y, si bien no terminó de cautivar en el célebre "Nessun dorma", evidenció por lo demás dominio y empaque.

Rigoletto assez terne au Festival des Arènes de Vérone : le sublime bouffon de Verdi ainsi que la réputation du Festival italien méritaient bien un niveau d’interprétation supérieur. 

Mit Mozarts Zauberflöte gibt Jette Steckel ihr Debüt als Opernregisseurin und polarisiert mit einer von Lichteffekten überladenen Bühnenausstattung das Hamburger Premierenpublikum.

Un notable reparto vocal y un cantante leyenda para una producción de claroscuros.

Une magnifique production du Macbeth de Verdi au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées avec l'Orchestre National de France et Daniele Gatti à la direction.