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As Richard Eyre’s staging reaches its 30th anniversary, a new Violetta arrives on the Royal Opera block in what proves to be one of the best revivals in recent years. 

Philipp Stölzl depicts Turandot as a tragedy of a lonely princess who pays dearly for her cruelty in his fascinating new production at the Staatsoper Berlin.

This third revival of Richard Jones' production is thoroughly competent but struggles to rise above the routine.

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

This Paris production of The Snow Maiden proves that director Dmitri Tcherniakov is today's greatest champion of Rimsky-Korsakov's operas. 

The applause and screams at the premiere were raucously frenetic – and while the hysteria seemed a bit exaggerated, an energetically positive reception was completely justified.

Within Mozart’s Don Giovanni, the darkest corners of the soul are exposed by music, stirred up by the lying, lecherous exploits of the aristocratic scoundrel, Don Giovanni.

Operatic twitchers are drawn irresistibly to Rosenblatt Recitals, tempted by the opportunity to spot exciting up-and-coming singers.

Der französische Tenor bringt mit seiner uneitlen Art und Weise in Charles Gounods Oper das Wiener Publikum zum Schmelzen.

L’Orchestre National de France clôt sa saison le soir du 14 juillet lors du Concert de Paris, au pied de la tour Eiffel, en compagnie de quelques-unes des stars lyriques les plus en vue du moment.

Difficile de comprendre réellement comment a pu naître, dans l’esprit du metteur en scène allemand, un rapprochement aussi saugrenu. C’est pourtant dans un vaisseau spatial, puis sur la terre lunaire, que l’action de La bohème se déroule.

René Pape überzeugt bei seinem Rollendebüt an der Wiener Staatsoper als hellstimmiger Boris Godunow.