En direct, Vidéo: Rechercher des critiques de musique classique, opéra et ballet | Andrea Carroll

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Vienne

02 mars 2026

Gnadenlos genial: L’opera seria am Theater an der Wien

Par Snapdragon

Julie Fuchs (Stonatrilla) and Josh Lovell (Ritornello) © Teatro alla Scala | Brescia e Amisano

A forgotten meta-opera at La Scala: Gassmann’s L’opera seria

Par Laura Servidei, 29 mars 2025

Christophe Rousset leads a great cast and an even greater orchestra in Gassmann’s 1769 rarity in Laurent Pelly’s visually striking, but oddly subdued, take on a comedy that thrives on chaos.

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Milan

29 mars 2025

A forgotten meta-opera at La Scala: Gassmann’s L’opera seria

Par Laura Servidei

Ólafur Sigurdarson (Alberich), Andrea Carroll, Svetlina Stoyanova and Virginie Verrez (Rhinemaidens) © Teatro alla Scala | Brescia e Amisano

A new Ring in Milan! Das Rheingold shines at La Scala

Par Laura Servidei, 03 novembre 2024

La Scala presents a new production of Richard Wagner's masterpiece by David McVicar with a superb cast under the considerate baton of Simone Young.

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Milan

03 nov. 2024

A new Ring in Milan! Das Rheingold shines at La Scala

Par Laura Servidei

Andrea Carroll (Norina) © Teatro alla Scala | Brescia e Amisano

Livermore’s cinematic Don Pasquale is revived at La Scala with mixed results

Par Laura Servidei, 11 mai 2024

Not so Dolce Vita... Davide Livermore’s fascinating interpretation of Donizetti’s masterpiece doesn’t quite manage to uplift a somewhat disappointing musical performance.

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Milan

11 mai 2024

Livermore’s cinematic Don Pasquale is revived at La Scala

Par Laura Servidei

Lauren Fagan (Countess), Emily Fons (Cherubino) and Andrea Carroll (Susanna) © Michael Cooper

Toronto

Canadian Opera Company's sexed up Figaro: beautifully sung, creepily funny

Par John Gilks, 27 janvier 2023

The COC revival of its 2016 production of Le nozze di Figaro is still rooted in Claus Guth’s gloomy Scandinavia but it’s lightened up to become much sexier and funnier.

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Toronto

27 janv. 2023

COC's sexed up Figaro: beautifully sung, creepily funny

Par John Gilks

Ginger Costa-Jackson (Carmen) © Don Ipock

Kansas City

Bad girls make good opera: Carmen at Lyric Opera of Kansas City

Par Hilary Stroh, 24 septembre 2022

A well-sung, traditional production of Carmen opens the season for the Lyric Opera of Kansas City.

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Kansas City

24 sept. 2022

Bad girls make good opera: Carmen in Kansas City

Par Hilary Stroh

Celebrating La Scala: Robert Carsen’s Don Giovanni returns

Par Laura Servidei, 02 avril 2022

Robert Carsen’s imaginative 2011 production of Mozart’s masterpiece is revived in Milan with an excellent cast led by Christopher Maltman.

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Milan

02 avril 2022

Celebrating La Scala: Robert Carsen’s Don Giovanni returns

Par Laura Servidei

High Wycombe

Bangs and whimpers: Cal McCrystal directs a riotous Le Comte Ory at Garsington

Par Dominic Lowe, 02 juillet 2021

Garsington Opera's new production of Rossini's comic masterpiece is a bawdy hoot, but humour aside it features an ensemble who provide first-class bel canto singing.

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High Wycombe

02 juil. 2021

Bangs and whimpers: Cal McCrystal directs Le Comte Ory at Garsington

Par Dominic Lowe

Hero or villain? Wiener Staatsoper's Don Giovanni leaves the question unanswered

Par George Jahn, 01 décembre 2019

The Don is dark and light, the production somewhere in between, with strong singing and musical direction but stodgy staging.

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Vienne

01 déc. 2019

Hero or villain? Don Giovanni at the Wiener Staatsoper

Par George Jahn

Rigoletto an der Wiener Staatsoper: Rückkehr eines Publikumslieblings

Par Snapdragon, 01 mai 2019

Joseph Calleja als Herzog von Mantua und Christoph Maltman in der Titelpartie: einen Abend wie diesen gibt es nicht alle Tage.

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Vienne

01 mai 2019

Rigoletto an der Wiener Staatsoper: Rückkehr eines Publikumslieblings

Par Snapdragon

Karpfenland Österreich: Welturaufführung von Die Weiden an der Wiener Staatsoper

Par Snapdragon, 08 décembre 2018

Die Staatsoper goes (erfolgreich) modern: Opernfreunde kommen an Die Weiden nicht vorbei.

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Vienne

08 déc. 2018

Karpfenland Österreich: Die Weiden an der Wiener Staatsoper

Par Snapdragon

High Wycombe

Light and shade: Garsington Opera’s Pelléas et Mélisande at Wormsley

Par Matthew Rye, 18 juin 2017

Debussy’s opera of half-lights succeeds in taming the glare of the midsummer sun in Garsington’s new staging.

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High Wycombe

18 juin 2017

Light and shade: Pelléas et Mélisande at Wormsley

Par Matthew Rye

Daniele Abbado’s disappointing Don Carlo in Vienna

Par Jonathan Sutherland, 29 mai 2016

Daniele’s Abbado’s black-box production of Don Carlo augurs a crash landing with no survivors.

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Vienne

29 mai 2016

Daniele Abbado’s disappointing Don Carlo in Vienna

Par Jonathan Sutherland

Londres

One-shot saloon: Operalia 2015 a triumph for the ladies

Par Mark Pullinger, 19 juillet 2015

Operalia is a curious beast among voice competitions. Step onto the stage, belt out your aria and, before you’ve barely had time to acknowledge the applause, the next contestant shuffles along the conveyor belt. A one-shot saloon.

Londres

19 juil. 2015

One-shot saloon: Operalia triumph for the ladies

Par Mark Pullinger

Seattle

Seattle Opera: Buffing the buffa in Ariadne

Par Thomas May, 16 mai 2015

Seattle Opera closes its season with an Ariadne auf Naxos that highlights the comedy but only fitfully comes to life in the opera within the opera.

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Seattle

16 mai 2015

Buffing the buffa in Ariadne

Par Thomas May

Fort Worth

A Happy Union: Tradition and Youthfulness in the Fort Worth Opera’s Marriage of Figaro

Par Bachtrack reviewer, 01 juin 2012

The 2012 Fort Worth Opera Festival, now nearing its conclusion, presented the last of its three performances of Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro on Friday evening. A traditional approach governed everything from the modest yet handsome sets to the conservative musical interpretation.

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