En direct, Vidéo: Rechercher des critiques de musique classique, opéra et ballet | Alex Otterburn

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Lausanne

23 déc. 2024

Pelly signe un Songe de l’étoffe d’un rêve à Lausanne

Par Romain Daroles

Glyndebourne’s Billy Budd makes a welcome return, fresh and devastating as ever

Par Nick Boston, 02 juillet 2026

Michael Grandage’s production shows no signs of age, with fine central performances from Thomas Mole, Allan Clayton and Sam Carl, and fine playing from the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

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Glyndebourne

02 juil. 2026

Billy Budd makes a welcome return to Glyndebourne

Par Nick Boston

Simon O'Neill (Jimmy MacIntyre) © Tristram Kenton

English National Opera’s Mahagonny: biting, bleak, brilliantly executed satire

Par David Karlin, 16 février 2026

Never has Brecht and Weill’s satire on the inhumanity of man to man been render with such utter darkness; Simon O’Neill heads up a superb cast.

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Londres

16 févr. 2026

ENO’s Mahagonny: biting, bleak, brilliantly executed satire

Par David Karlin

Not out of the woods yet: Glyndebourne’s iconic Dream approaches its century

Par Eleanor Knight, 12 octobre 2025

Sir Peter Hall's classic staging of Britten's Shakespearean comedy nears a landmark moment in Glyndebourne’s autumn season.

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Glyndebourne

12 oct. 2025

Glyndebourne’s iconic Dream approaches its century

Par Eleanor Knight

Decadence and decay: Asmik Grigorian and Antonio Pappano lead a sensational Salome

Par Mark Pullinger, 11 juillet 2025

Even locked behind a music stand, like a caged panther in a sleek black gown, Grigorian’s Salome bristles with dramatic energy in Barbican concert performance of Strauss’ “scherzo with a fatal conclusion”.

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Londres

11 juil. 2025

Decadence and decay: Asmik Grigorian leads a sensational Salome

Par Mark Pullinger

Alex Otterburn (Danilo) © Mihaela Bodlovic

A mafioso Merry Widow at Opera Holland Park

Par Dominic Lowe, 19 juin 2025

Despite some excellent music-making, John Savournin's production is hindered by a laboured New York relocation.

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Londres

19 juin 2025

A mafioso Merry Widow at Opera Holland Park

Par Dominic Lowe

Paula Sides (Hanna Glawari) © Mihaela Bodlovic

Scottish Opera’s Merry Widow tangles with the New York Mafia

Par David Smythe, 30 avril 2025

With misplaced horse heads, violin case guns and as many mafia gags as you could hope for, Scottish Opera’s Merry Widow may not be subtle but it looks and sounds gorgeous.

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Glasgow

30 avril 2025

Scottish Opera’s Merry Widow tangles with the New York Mafia

Par David Smythe

ENO gives Thea Musgrave's Mary, Queen of Scots a worthy performance

Par Nick Boston, 15 février 2025

Musgrave's powerful depiction of a powerful woman at the mercy of male manipulation receives a strong staging from at ENO.

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Londres

15 févr. 2025

ENO gives Thea Musgrave's Mary, Queen of Scots a worthy performance

Par Nick Boston

Saffron Walden

Theatrically poverty-stricken: Blond Eckbert from English Touring Opera

Par Mark Valencia, 18 octobre 2024

Judith Weir's cryptic folk opera lacks the narrative propulsion necessary to enthral an audience, and without resolution there is no catharsis.

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Saffron Walden

18 oct. 2024

Theatrically poverty-stricken: ETO's Blond Eckbert

Par Mark Valencia

Merriment aplenty in Cal McCrystal's Merry Widow at Glyndebourne

Par Dominic Lowe, 09 juin 2024

Glyndebourne's new production of Lehár's greatest work is interpreted with his customary flair and fun by Cal McCrystal.

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Glyndebourne

09 juin 2024

Merriment aplenty in Cal McCrystal's Merry Widow at Glyndebourne

Par Dominic Lowe

Carmen at Glyndebourne: a timeless tragedy brought vividly to today

Par David Karlin, 16 mai 2024

Diane Paulus' staging is remarkably true to the original while making it feel like the work was written yesterday.

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Glyndebourne

16 mai 2024

Carmen at Glyndebourne: a timeless tragedy

Par David Karlin

Gwyn Hughes Jones (Peter Grimes) © Tom Bowles

Peter Grimes a raging, powerful, defiant start to the new ENO season

Par Stephen Pritchard, 21 septembre 2023

English National Opera opens its new season with a revival of David Alden's masterly production.

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Londres

21 sept. 2023

Peter Grimes a raging, powerful, defiant start to the new ENO season

Par Stephen Pritchard

Britten at Glyndebourne: A Dream staging that works its sinister magic once again

Par Mark Pullinger, 01 juillet 2023

A strong revival cast, conducted by Dalia Stasevska, demonstrate why Sir Peter Hall's 1981 vintage staging of Britten’s A Midsummer Night's Dream is such a classic.

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Glyndebourne

01 juil. 2023

A Glyndebourne Dream that works its sinister magic

Par Mark Pullinger

Paula Murrihy (Frances) and Christine Rice (Elizabeth I) © Nirah Sanghani

The second Elizabethan age receives a noble tribute from the first in ENO's Gloriana

Par Roy Westbrook, 08 décembre 2022

When done as well as this, a "concert staging" is not oxymoronic, but a precise term for a valuable mode of presentation.

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Londres

08 déc. 2022

Second Elizabethan age receives a noble tribute in ENO's Gloriana

Par Roy Westbrook

Venise

Full fathom five: Peter Grimes receives its first ever staging at La Fenice

Par Elena Luporini, 24 juin 2022

Finally reaching the stage of the Venetian theatre, Benjamin Britten's first major opera meets with success thanks to Juraj Valčuha's conducting, Paul Curran's staging and an excellent cast.

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Venise

24 juin 2022

Full fathom five: Peter Grimes at La Fenice

Par Elena Luporini

Alresford

Live and recorded enchantments: Grange Festival opens with Britten's Dream

Par Roy Westbrook, 27 juin 2021

Britten's four lovers were costumed in quasi-contemporary, even glamorous manner, stripping to their underwear for the end of Act 2... so more Love Island than Ancient Athens.

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Alresford

27 juin 2021

The Grange Festival opens with Britten's Dream

Par Roy Westbrook

Empty hunger: Bieito’s Carmen returns to ENO

Par Dominic Lowe, 29 janvier 2020

Bieito’s Carmen is now a mainstay of ENO's repertoire, but with an excellent central cast led by Sean Panikkar and Justina Gringytė, the production feels entirely fresh.

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Londres

29 janv. 2020

Empty hunger: Bieito’s Carmen returns to ENO

Par Dominic Lowe

Singing animals, heroic lumberjacks, pure melody and riotous entertainment in ENO's Paul Bunyan

Par David Karlin, 09 mai 2019

The American Dream hits Ally Pally in a vivacious performance of Britten's eclectic operetta, headlined by an ENO chorus who knock it out of the park.

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Londres

09 mai 2019

Pure melody and riotous entertainment: ENO's Paul Bunyan

Par David Karlin

Iain Bell's new opera for ENO, Jack the Ripper: The Women of Whitechapel

Par Mark Valencia, 30 mars 2019

Daniel Kramer’s direction is a model of restraint compared to some of his earlier work for the company.

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Londres

30 mars 2019

Jack the Ripper: The Women of Whitechapel

Par Mark Valencia

Leeds

Opera North's energetic Merry Widow is more than a mere period piece

Par Richard Wilcocks, 29 septembre 2018

Giles Havergal directs and Martin André conducts an energetic production of Franz Léhar's The Merry Widow at the Grand Theatre, Leeds.

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Leeds

29 sept. 2018

Opera North's energetic Merry Widow

Par Richard Wilcocks

Edimbourg

Edinburgh Festival's Queen's Hall cycle closes with a Bernstein flourish

Par Simon Thompson, 25 août 2018

The EIF begins its Bernstein day with music from the outer edges of his career.

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Edimbourg

25 août 2018

EIF's Queen's Hall cycle closes with a Bernstein flourish

Par Simon Thompson

Ariadne aus Glasgow: Strauss’ opera gets a few twists at Opera Holland Park

Par Matthew Rye, 17 juillet 2018

A spirited and seamless production of Strauss’s Ariadne is aided by some excellent singing and playing at London’s premier summer opera festival.

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Londres

17 juil. 2018

Ariadne aus Glasgow: a few twists at Opera Holland Park

Par Matthew Rye

Anna Bonitatibus (Agrippina) © Robert Workman

Alresford

Agrippina triumphs at The Grange Festival

Par David Truslove, 08 juin 2018

A resounding success at its 1709 première, Handel’s Agrippina gripped the ear and dazzled the eye at the Grange Festival in a hugely entertaining and powerful performance.

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Alresford

08 juin 2018

Agrippina triumphs at The Grange Festival

Par David Truslove

Scottish Opera’s Ariadne auf Naxos is witty and passionate

Par David Smythe, 24 mars 2018

Antony McDonald’s take on Ariadne auf Naxos, a co-production from Scottish Opera and Opera Holland Park, sparkles with wit.

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Glasgow

24 mars 2018

Scottish Opera’s Ariadne auf Naxos is witty and passionate

Par David Smythe

Scottish Opera’s Greek: a lively update on Oedipus

Par David Smythe, 03 février 2018

Alex Otterburn as East End Eddy gives a towering performance in Scottish Opera’s revival of its Edinburgh Festival production of Mark Anthony Turnage’s Greek.

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Glasgow

03 févr. 2018

Scottish Opera’s Greek: a lively update on Oedipus

Par David Smythe

Safe and simple pleasures from Scottish Opera's La traviata

Par Gregor Forbes, 19 octobre 2017

There are no answers, nor indeed many probing questions, in this Scottish Opera revival of Sir David McVicar’s production from 2008, but it is sumptuous and enjoyable.

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Glasgow

19 oct. 2017

Safe and simple pleasures from Scottish Opera's La traviata

Par Gregor Forbes

Riotous journey to the Underworld: Royal Academy's Orphée in Hackney

Par Mark Pullinger, 03 février 2017

“Folies Bergère does Greek gods” is how director Martin Duncan describes Offenbach's Orphée aux enfers, and his production for Royal Academy Opera is enormous fun.

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Londres

03 févr. 2017

Riotous journey to the Underworld

Par Mark Pullinger

Flinty graves: a chilling L'incoronazione di Poppea from the Royal Academy of Music

Par Dominic Lowe, 20 mai 2016

In Shoreditch, the Royal Academy of Music showed off some superb singing in a chilling exploration of tyranny and unrestrained power.

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Londres

20 mai 2016

Flinty graves: a chilling Poppea

Par Dominic Lowe

A marriage of youth and experience: Mozart's Figaro in Hackney

Par Matthew Rye, 30 octobre 2015

A polished production of The Marriage of Figaro from some of the potential opera stars of the future.

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Londres

30 oct. 2015

A marriage of youth and experience

Par Matthew Rye

Star of the future: Haobin Wang entertains as Gianni Schicchi at Royal Academy

Par David Karlin, 17 novembre 2014

Royal Academy Opera's thoroughly competent Suor Angelica precedes a fabulously entertaining Gianni Schicchi, with a top drawer performance from Haobin Wang in the title role.

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