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A highly successful Falstaff at the Archevêché in Aix-en-Provence, for our greater pleasure: a true lesson in joy in a world where, we are told, all is but a joke.

Livermore's staging implies two different storylines – do we only see the result of Don Giovanni's hallucinations?

As the culmination of Muti's Italian Opera Academy in Tokyo, the maestro conducted a model performance of selected excerpts from Rigoletto in the main hall of Tokyo Bunka Kaikan.

The Magic Flute's roots in popular theatre come through most strongly throughout Vick's production, which sparkles with a wealth of witty detail. But treatment of the work's socio-political undercurrents doesn't work nearly as well.

The director presents the story clearly enough, but apart from that, there is not much going for this production.

A dark minimalist inspiration for Vincent Boussard’s co-production of the Boston version of Un ballo in maschera, returning to the Gran Teatre del Liceu after 16 years.

A long awaited debut for an opera which revealed itself as a Romantic masterpiece.

De retour à Paris pour fêter le centenaire de sa première venue avenue Montaigne, l’Orchestre de l’Opéra de Vienne a fait forte impression dans l'opéra de Mozart sous la direction de Philippe Jordan.

La producción de la Staatsoper Berlin de Falstaff se presenta en Les Arts con un elenco bien armado y en la que orquesta y escena contribuyen al fluir de la diversión.

Madama Butterfly se presenta en Gran Teatre del Liceu en la producción de Leiser y Caurier en una velada con cambios en el reparto que Jorge de León y María Teresa Leva resolvieron por todo lo alto.

Pour les fêtes, l'Opéra de Toulon présente une nouvelle production décevante de la Zauberflöte de Mozart.