En direct, Vidéo: Rechercher des critiques de musique classique, opéra et ballet | Trystan Llŷr Griffiths

Vendredi 20 Janvier 2017, la finale du concours Paris Opera Competition récompensait de jeunes chanteurs lyriques se produisant devant un jury de professionnels, lors d'un concert-concours public au Théâtre des Champs-Elysées. Verdict. 

A fine singing cast gives creditable performances in Johann Stauss II's most famous operetta, but Paul Curran's updating of Act 2 to 1930s Berlin takes the fizz out of the Champagne.

Peter Mumford's intelligent staging concept and a knockout performance by a reduced Philharmonia Orchestra made this a night to remember.

As a hybrid of brilliance and disappointment, this Don Giovanni is in a class of its own.

Back for its third run at Dutch National Opera, with a satisfying cast, McBurney's staging wins new converts. 

McBurney's brilliant stagecraft brings child-like wonderment to the most hardened adults; his interpretation and Raphaël Pichon's conducting exude Mozartian rightness.

In the nearby city of Winterthur, Zurich’s fine International Opera Studio (IOS) recently premiered two short operas by Maurice Ravel, a flashy L’Heure espagnole and a lyrical L’Enfant et les sortilèges.

The 2016 Proms come to a riotous close at the Royal Albert Hall.

Welsh National Opera may have reached the ripe old age of seventy but it's very much alive and kicking.