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A new Salome at the Wiener Staatsoper: orchestral excellence, vocal virtuosity

By George Jahn, 04 February 2023

Already a psychodrama as written, the Salome according to Cyril Teste takes us deeper into what makes the protagonist – or is she a tragic heroine? – into who she is.

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Vienna

04 Feb 2023

Vienna's new Salome: orchestral excellence, vocal virtuosity

By George Jahn

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Stylish, traditional Tosca revived at the Royal Opera House

By Mark Valencia, 28 November 2022

In a face-off between Gabriele Viviani's Scarpia and Malin Byström’s Tosca in this solid revival of Jonathan Kent's 2006 production, there could only be one winner

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London

28 Nov 2022

Stylish, traditional Tosca revived at the Royal Opera House

By Mark Valencia

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Malin Byström and Alexander Soddy lead superb Salome revival at the Royal Opera House

By Roy Westbrook, 09 September 2022

Swedish soprano Malin Byström returns to Sir David McVicar's production at Covent Garden, where she is now probably unsurpassed in the role, vocally and histrionically.

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London

09 Sep 2022

Byström and Soddy lead superb Salome revival at the ROH

By Roy Westbrook

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Edinburgh

Salome stoked to red heat by Byström, Gardner and the Bergen Philharmonic in Edinburgh

By David Smythe, 14 August 2022

Returning to the Edinburgh International Festival after their astonishing Peter Grimes, the Bergen Philharmonic and Edward Gardner bring another opera, Richard Strauss' murderous Salome.

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Edinburgh

14 Aug 2022

Salome stoked to red heat by Byström and the Bergen Philharmonic

By David Smythe

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Amsterdam

Barrie Kosky's Tosca as opera noir in Amsterdam

By Nicolas Nguyen, 12 April 2022

Barrie Kosky's psychological thriller approach to Tosca at Dutch National Opera benefits greatly from the strong performances of its three principals.

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Amsterdam

12 Apr 2022

Barrie Kosky's Tosca as opera noir in Amsterdam

By Nicolas Nguyen

Konwitschny’s controversial Don Carlos a must-see at the Wiener Staatsoper

By Chanda VanderHart, 04 October 2020

A five-hour operatic marathon as the full, five-act French version of Verdi's epic Don Carlos returns to the Staatsoper after a seven-year hiatus.

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Vienna

04 Oct 2020

Konwitschny’s controversial Don Carlos a must-see in Vienna

By Chanda VanderHart

A persuasively dark Don Giovanni in lockdown, from Swedish Radio

By David Karlin, 14 June 2020

Andrew Staples creates an austere, monochrome semi-staging that's strangely appropriate to the times; Peter Mattei and John Lundgren lead an excellent cast.

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Stockholm

14 Jun 2020

A persuasively dark Don Giovanni from Swedish Radio

By David Karlin

Highway to Hell: Holten's production of Don Giovanni returns to Covent Garden

By Dominic Lowe, 16 September 2019

Kasper Holten's psychological take on the louche lothario remains controversial, but in its third revival, Erwin Schrott's powerful assumption of the title role is a delight.

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London

16 Sep 2019

Highway to Hell: Don Giovanni returns to Covent Garden

By Dominic Lowe

Prom 51: A rare visit to the world of Per Nørgård

By Andrew Morris, 20 August 2018

The BBC Scottish Symphony and Thomas Dausgaard unite Wagner, Strauss and a 43-year-old symphony from a modern Danish master.

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London

20 Aug 2018

Prom 51: A rare visit to the world of Per Nørgård

By Andrew Morris

Deception reigns in Christof Loy’s production of Der Rosenkavalier in Stockholm

By Laura Servidei, 26 May 2018

Malin Byström convinces as the Feldmarschallin with Adrian Angelico as a strong Octavian, under the baton of Alan Gilbert.

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Stockholm

26 May 2018

Deception reigns in Loy’s Der Rosenkavalier in Stockholm

By Laura Servidei

Royal Swedish Opera salutes Malin Byström’s thrilling performance as Fedora

By Laura Servidei, 10 March 2018

After her triumph at the Royal Opera House in London as Salome, Byström comes home to Sweden to great acclaim in Giordano’s opera.

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Stockholm

10 Mar 2018

Byström’s thrilling performance as Fedora

By Laura Servidei

The Beauty is the Beast: Malin Byström sings a chilling Salome

By David Karlin, 08 January 2018

Henrik Nánási balances the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House to perfection, setting the stage for a memorable title role performance from Byström and a powerful Jochanaan from Michael Volle.

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London

08 Jan 2018

The Beauty is the Beast: Malin Byström sings a chilling Salome

By David Karlin

Herheim’s lavish Vêpres siciliennes returns to Covent Garden in triumphant style

By Mark Pullinger, 12 October 2017

A mural depicting Etna erupting is the only hint of Sicily in Stefan Herheim’s opulent staging, returning to Covent Garden for the first time since the Royal Opera’s Verdi bicentenary celebrations in 2013.

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London

12 Oct 2017

Herheim’s lavish Vêpres siciliennes returns

By Mark Pullinger

Amsterdam

Beautiful role debut for Malin Byström in Amsterdam Salome

By Jenny Camilleri, 09 June 2017

In an elegant new production by Ivo van Hove, Malin Byström portrays a graceful, erotic Salome and the RCO play with sensuous lyricism under Daniele Gatti.

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Amsterdam

09 Jun 2017

Beautiful role debut for Malin Byström in Amsterdam Salome

By Jenny Camilleri

Annilese Miskimmon's intense production of Jenůfa at the Kungliga Operan in Stockholm

By Laura Servidei, 18 March 2017

Annilese Miskimmon's production brings to life the sinister, stormy story of Janáček's masterpiece in an Irish setting.

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Stockholm

18 Mar 2017

An intense Jenůfa in Stockholm

By Laura Servidei

Tchaikovsky on Twelfth Night rings in the New Year in Stockholm

By Laura Servidei, 05 January 2017

Mika Eichenholz led the Kungliga Filharmonikerna and Malin Byström in the first concert of 2017 at the Stockholm Concert Hall.

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Stockholm

05 Jan 2017

Tchaikovsky on Twelfth Night rings in the New Year

By Laura Servidei

New York City

A direct and engaging Don Giovanni at the Met

By Oliver Brett, 04 November 2016

Don Giovanni is an opera which has as its title character a man who is an unrepentant womaniser, who ultimately receives his just reward in one of the most famous scenes in opera where he is consumed into the fires of hell.

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New York City

04 Nov 2016

A direct and engaging Don Giovanni at the Met

By Oliver Brett

New York City

A winning cast sparks joy in Don Giovanni revival at the Met

By Ako Imamura, 27 September 2016

Simon Keenlyside returned to the Met after absence and led a delightful cast of Don Giovanni at the Met.

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New York City

27 Sep 2016

A winning cast sparks joy in Don Giovanni revival at the Met

By Ako Imamura

San Francisco

SF Opera's Jenůfa glows with radiant performances

By Donna Stoering, 14 June 2016

Remarkable performances from Karita Mattila and Malin Byström head this strong production of Janáček’s Jenůfa at San Francisco Opera.

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San Francisco

14 Jun 2016

SF Opera's Jenufa glows with radiant performances

By Donna Stoering

Hitting the rocks: Damiano Michieletto's Guillaume Tell at Covent Garden

By David Karlin, 29 June 2015

Sadly, Damiano Michieletto and Antonio Pappano's production is more likely to be remembered for its failings – the awful rape scene, its dullness, plus a list of annoying details too long to mention – than for its musical excellence. It’s worth seeing to get a feel of both.

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London

29 Jun 2015

Hitting the rocks: Michieletto's Guillaume Tell

By David Karlin

Martin Kušej's Idomeneo cast as gripping political power struggle

By Mark Pullinger, 03 November 2014

“Here be dragons!” warned seafaring maps of yore, denoting uncharted territories. Martin Kušej, undertaking his first Royal Opera exploration, excised the sea monster from his vision of Mozart’s Idomeneo.

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London

03 Nov 2014

Martin Kušej's Idomeneo as political power struggle

By Mark Pullinger

New York City

Otto Schenk's Arabella is dusted down at the Met

By David Allen, 03 April 2014

Michael Volle stars as a complex Mandryka in the Met's birthday revival of Richard Strauss's Arabella.

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New York City

03 Apr 2014

Arabella at The Met

By David Allen

Aix-en-Provence

Festival d’Aix-en-Provence opens with new Figaro

By Stephen Raskauskas, 05 July 2012

The 2012 Festival d’Aix-en-Provence began its four-week feast of opera and music with Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro—and could there be better a way? Nothing can beat the sublime company of Mozart, Da Ponte and Beaumarchais on a summer evening in the open-air Théâtre de l'Archevêché.

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Aix-en-Provence

05 Jul 2012

Festival d’Aix-en-Provence opens with new Figaro

By Stephen Raskauskas

Miller's no-frills Mozart is back: Così fan tutte at the Royal Opera House

By Francesca Vella, 27 January 2012

The last opera of the Mozart/Da Ponte cycle – the second of the composer’s operas to be performed in this Mozart-dominated season at the Royal Opera House – Così fan tutte pivots on two pairs of young lovers whose affection is put to the test by an old ‘philosopher’, Don Alfonso. Women, the old man argues, are all the same: never constant in their love, never loyal to their men.

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London

27 Jan 2012

Miller's no-frills Mozart is back: Così fan tutte at the Royal Opera House

By Francesca Vella

Antonio Pappano and the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia bring William Tell to the Proms

By Laura Kate Wilson, 16 July 2011

On Saturday night, Antonio Pappano and his Roman orchestra and chorus, the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, brought us the first opera of the 2011 Proms- Gioachino Rossini's William Tell.

London

16 Jul 2011

Antonio Pappano and the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia bring William Tell to the Proms

By Laura Kate Wilson

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Sängerkrieg als Theaterstück: Neuproduktion von Wagners Tannhäuser an der Wiener Staatsoper

By Thomas Schacher, 25 May 2025

Lydia Steier zeigt einen Titelhelden, der sich nicht entscheiden kann, in welcher Welt er leben möchte. Und Philippe Jordan kostet die reiche Klangpalette der späten Wiener Fassung aus.

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Vienna

25 May 2025

Sängerkrieg als Theaterstück: Tannhäuser an der Wiener Staatsoper

By Thomas Schacher

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Munich

Koks und Nutten: Le nozze di Figaro an der Bayrischen Staatsoper

By Phillip Richter, 19 January 2025

An der Bayerischen Staatsoper brilliert ein hochkarätiges Mozart-Ensemble in einem so enttäuschenden, wie trostlosem Regiekonzept.

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Munich

19 Jan 2025

Koks und Nutten: Le nozze di Figaro an der Bayrischen Staatsoper

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Schizophrenes Tatortdrama: Lohengrin an der Wiener Staatsoper

By Norman Schwarze, 02 May 2024

Ein überragender Christian Thielemann sorgt am Pult für einen musikalisch außergewöhnlichen Lohengrin. Auf der Bühne wird eine Paralellwelt gezeichnet, die Traditionalisten nur bedingt gefallen wird.

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Vienna

02 May 2024

Schizophrenes Tatortdrama: Lohengrin an der Wiener Staatsoper

By Norman Schwarze

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Madrid

Ermonela Jaho y Malin Byström deslumbran en el Teatro Real con sus mujeres sin nombre

By Jorge Baeza Stanicic, 17 March 2024

Dos obras que reflejan las complejidades de la psique humana de manera magistral llevadas al escenario por Christof Loy, con las voces de Ermonela Jaho y Malin Byström.

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Madrid

17 Mar 2024

Ermonela Jaho y Malin Byström deslumbran con sus mujeres sin nombre

By Jorge Baeza Stanicic

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Minnie und die starken Männer: La fanciulla del West an der Wiener Staatsoper

By Snapdragon, 10 January 2024

Carlo Rizzi leitet einen genussvollen Abend mit romantischen kleinen Gesten und großen Gefühlen.

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Vienna

10 Jan 2024

Minnie und die starken Männer: La fanciulla del West in Wien

By Snapdragon