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Some enchanted evening: Rolando Villazón’s staging of La sonnambula charms The Met

By Susan Stempleski, 06 October 2025

Nadine Sierra stars as a highly affecting Amina in the tenor-turned-director’s revisionist take on Bellini’s bel canto masterwork.

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New York City

06 Oct 2025

Rolando Villazón’s staging of La sonnambula charms The Met

By Susan Stempleski

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Focus on farce: a light Marriage of Figaro makes the case for fun in Chicago

By Graham Meyer, 09 November 2024

Lyric Opera of Chicago revives its diverting and divisive 2015 original production by Barbara Gaines, who does it like a Shakespearean sex farce.

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Chicago

09 Nov 2024

A light Marriage of Figaro makes the case for fun in Chicago

By Graham Meyer

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Overblown roses and illuminated swords: heavy symbolism in Kansas City's Roméo et Juliette

By Hilary Stroh, 09 March 2024

A visually captivating and lyrically authentic production by Doug Scholz-Carlson for the Lyric Opera of Kansas City.

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Kansas City

09 Mar 2024

Heavy symbolism in Kansas City's Roméo et Juliette

By Hilary Stroh

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Castor et Pollux plus près des étoiles avec Currentzis et Sellars au Palais Garnier

By Romain Daroles, 25 January 2025

Le chef gréco-russe et le metteur en scène américain se rejoignent dans une vision généreuse et universaliste de l'opéra de Rameau, servie par une distribution impeccable.

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Paris

25 Jan 2025

Castor et Pollux plus près des étoiles avec Currentzis et Sellars

By Romain Daroles