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Sara Jakubiak (Katerina) and Najmiddin Mavlyanov (Sergey) © Brescia e Amisano | Teatro alla Scala

Raw truth, refined art: Shostakovitch’s Lady Macbeth conquers La Scala on opening night

By Laura Servidei, 07 December 2025

Shostakovich's brutal tale of sex, murder and madness storms La Scala's opening night, with Riccardo Chailly leading his final season premiere as Music Director.

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Milan

07 Dec 2025

Shostakovitch’s Lady Macbeth conquers La Scala on opening night

By Laura Servidei

Petr Sokolov (Lébedyev), Dmitry Golovnin (Prince Myschkin) and Dmitry Cheblykov (Rogózhin) © Monika Rittershaus

Vienna

The Idiot: Weinberg’s Dostoevsky drama crushes at MusikTheater an der Wien

By Chanda VanderHart, 30 April 2023

Vasily Barkhatov directs a new production of Mieczysław Weinberg's rarely staged, massive and unwieldy opera at the MuseumsQuartier.

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Vienna

30 Apr 2023

Weinberg’s Dostoevsky drama crushes at MusikTheater an der Wien

By Chanda VanderHart

Eugene Onegin © Monika Rittershaus (2017)

Zurich

Tatyana in the meadow: Barrie Kosky’s Onegin returns to Zurich

By Laura Servidei, 10 February 2023

The Opernhaus Zürich revives a successful production by Barrie Kosky with a great cast under Gianandrea Noseda's baton.

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Zurich

10 Feb 2023

Tatyana in the meadow: Barrie Kosky’s Onegin returns to Zurich

By Laura Servidei