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Christoph Altstaedt conducts the Ulster Orchestra in a charming programme of quintessentially Viennese music for New Year.

Requiring trained opera singers to focus primarily on acting and asking actors to sing in a renowned opera house puts everyone out of their comfort zone, which is not necessarily a bad thing.

“Acting is the expression of a neurotic impulse. It’s a bum’s life,” stated the late, great Marlon Brando. Felix Breisach took this idea to heart when staging his modernized Figaro in a mental institution.

Regisseur Marco Štorman inszeniert einen Abend, der ganz aus dem Geist von Adams' Musik lebt.

Torsten Fischers Inszenierung am Theater an der Wien ist erwartungsgemäß einen Besuch wert.

L’œuvre de Rossini donnait l’occasion à la mise en scène (Laura Scozzi) d’explorer les réminiscences contemporaines offertes par le livret d’Angelo Anelli. L’angle choisi est celui des relations, plutôt conflictuelles et violentes entre hommes et femmes.