En direct, Vidéo: Rechercher des critiques de musique classique, opéra et ballet | Gabrielle Dalton

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Lausanne

05 oct. 2025

Les errances de Don Quichotte à l'Opéra de Lausanne

Par Romain Daroles

Aida à l'Opéra royal du Danemark © Camilla Winther

Copenhague

L'Aida caricaturale d'Annabel Arden à Copenhague

Par Irma Foletti, 12 septembre 2023

Si la direction musicale de Paolo Carignani, l'orchestre et les chœurs impressionnent, l'ensemble de la production est plombé par une mise en scène caricaturale, tandis que la distribution laisse une impression mitigée.

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Copenhague

12 sept. 2023

L'Aida caricaturale d'Annabel Arden à Copenhague

Par Irma Foletti

Nancy

Mission Belle Hélène : 007 à l'Opéra de Lorraine

Par Beate Langenbruch, 14 décembre 2018

La nouvelle production de l’Opéra National de Lorraine à Nancy transforme Pâris en James Bond, non sans succès.

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Nancy

14 déc. 2018

Mission Belle Hélène : 007 à l'Opéra de Lorraine

Par Beate Langenbruch

David Stout (Alberich), James Rutherford (Wotan) and Mark Le Brocq (Loge) © Marc Brenner

Going for gold: Grange Park Opera’s Ring cycle gets under way with an excellent Rheingold

Par Dominic Lowe, 20 juin 2026

Launching that most ambitious of endeavours, a Ring cycle, Grange Park Opera’s production of Das Rheingold proves a real achievement, led by the superb Alberich of David Stout.

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West Horsley

20 juin 2026

Grange Park Opera’s Ring cycle opens with an excellent Rheingold

Par Dominic Lowe

Elin Pritchard (Elisabetta) © Marc Brenner

Elin Pritchard leads a fine cast in Grange Park Opera’s Don Carlo revival

Par Roy Westbrook, 06 juin 2026

Jo Davies’ 2016 staging is revived at the Theatre in the Woods, given a bold execution, led by a regal Elisabetta.

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West Horsley

06 juin 2026

Elin Pritchard leads a fine cast in Grange Park’s Don Carlo revival

Par Roy Westbrook

Lisette Oropesa (Elvira) © Ken Howard | Met Opera

New York

Vocal thrills in Met’s traditional staging of Bellini’s I puritani

Par Susan Stempleski, 31 décembre 2025

Marco Armiliato conducts a finely balanced rendition of Bellini's final masterpiece with a stellar cast headed by Lisette Oropesa and Lawrence Brownlee.

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New York

31 déc. 2025

Vocal thrills in Met’s traditional staging of Bellini’s I puritani

Par Susan Stempleski

Thomas Atkins (Boris) and Natalya Romaniw (Kátya) © Marc Brenner

Alden and Barlow impress in a minimalist Kátya Kabanová at Grange Park Opera

Par David Karlin, 27 juin 2024

A memorable performance, with Stephen Barlow conducting Janáček’s remarkable score with vividness and clarity, while David Alden's staging is a masterpiece of "less is more".

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West Horsley

27 juin 2024

An impressive, minimalist Kátya Kabanová at Grange Park Opera

Par David Karlin

Robert Hayward (Aleko) © Tristram Kenton

Similarities and differences explored in Opera North's Cav and Aleko double bill

Par Richard Wilcocks, 15 février 2024

Opera North's revives its Cavalleria rusticana production by Karolina Sofulak, pairing it this time with Rachmaninov's early opera Aleko.

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Leeds

15 févr. 2024

Similarities and differences explored in Opera North's Cav and Aleko

Par Richard Wilcocks

Galina Averina (Magda) and Claire Lees (Lisette) © Tristram Kenton

La rondine: a feast of lyricism and nostalgic sentimentality from Opera North

Par Richard Wilcocks, 20 octobre 2023

James Hurley directs a new production of Puccini's neglected opera to close Opera North's Green Season.

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Leeds

20 oct. 2023

La rondine: a feast of lyricism and nostalgic sentimentality

Par Richard Wilcocks

Henry Waddington (Falstaff) © Richard Hubert Smith

A joyous, green Falstaff opens Opera North's season

Par Richard Wilcocks, 28 septembre 2023

Upcycled and recycled, a green production of Verdi's final opera is directed by Olivia Fuchs.

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Leeds

28 sept. 2023

A joyous, green Falstaff opens Opera North's season

Par Richard Wilcocks

Ginger Costa-Jackson (Charlotte) and Leonardo Capalbo (Werther) © Marc Brenner

Werther in the woods: an intense new production at Grange Park Opera

Par David Truslove, 17 juin 2023

John Doyle's emotional staging of Werther gets to the heart of Massenet's engagement with Goethe in memorable performances.

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West Horsley

17 juin 2023

Werther in the woods: an intense new production at Grange Park Opera

Par David Truslove

Death-devoted duo: a superb new Tristan und Isolde at Grange Park Opera

Par Roy Westbrook, 08 juin 2023

Charles Edwards' ambitious production is well served by a strong cast as Grange Park Opera opens its season in the Theatre in the Woods.

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West Horsley

08 juin 2023

Death-devoted duo: a superb Tristan und Isolde at Grange Park Opera

Par Roy Westbrook

Jennifer France (Mary Hatch Bailey) and Frederick Ballentine (George Bailey) © Lloyd Winters

Londres

Life is (too) sweet: ENO brings It's a Wonderful Life to the operatic stage

Par Matthew Rye, 25 novembre 2022

English National Opera's It’s a Wonderful Life makes for a feel-good evening of theatre, but it requires a sweet tooth.

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Londres

25 nov. 2022

ENO brings It's a Wonderful Life to the operatic stage

Par Matthew Rye

David Alden's brilliant barrack room ballad: Otello at Grange Park Opera

Par Roy Westbrook, 19 juin 2022

Gwyn Hughes Jones, Elizabeth Llewellyn and Sir Simon Keenlyside star in David Alden's setting of Otello in a militarised Cyprus.

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West Horsley

19 juin 2022

A brilliant barrack room ballad: Otello at Grange Park Opera

Par Roy Westbrook

Exuberant revival of Opera North's Marriage of Figaro

Par Richard Wilcocks, 01 février 2020

Opera North's revival of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro directed by Jo Davies and conducted by Antony Hermus at Leeds Grand Theatre is still full of comic exuberance.

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Leeds

01 févr. 2020

Exuberant revival of Opera North's Marriage of Figaro

Par Richard Wilcocks

Cardiff

Carmen in Cardiff: Welsh National Opera's powerful new production is a triumph

Par Mark Valencia, 28 septembre 2019

Virginie Verrez acted not with fire and ice but with gallic insouciance.

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Cardiff

28 sept. 2019

Carmen in Cardiff: WNO's powerful new production is a triumph

Par Mark Valencia

Don Carlo at Grange Park Opera: gripping historical drama, powerfully sung

Par David Karlin, 06 juin 2019

Verdi's most political of operas brilliantly highlights the juxtaposition of personal desires and political imperatives

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West Horsley

06 juin 2019

Don Carlo at Grange Park Opera: gripping and powerfully sung

Par David Karlin

Vienne

Grantscherben in Pluderhosen: Carlos Álvarez als Falstaff an der Wiener Staatsoper

Par Snapdragon, 25 janvier 2019

Carlos Álvarez und Simon Keenlyside sind ein Duo Infernale: wer Falstaff mag, wird nicht so schnell einen besseren erleben.

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Vienne

25 janv. 2019

Grantscherben in Pluderhosen: Falstaff an der Wiener Staatsoper

Par Snapdragon

Opera North presents stark contrasts with Cavalleria rusticana and Trial by Jury

Par Richard Wilcocks, 27 septembre 2017

Opera North's Little Greats festival continues with two deeply contrasting short operas - a grimly tragic and austere version of Macagni's Cavalleria rusticana and a frothy and hilarious production of Gilbert and Sullivan's Trial by Jury.

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Leeds

27 sept. 2017

Opera North presents stark contrasts with Cavalleria rusticana and Trial by Jury

Par Richard Wilcocks

Opera North's Little Greats: jealousy, murder and childhood fantasy

Par Richard Wilcocks, 16 septembre 2017

Charles Edwards and Annabel Arden direct Leoncavallo's Pagliacci and Ravel's L'Enfant et les sortilèges in a contrasting pairing of two short operas in Opera North's 'Little Greats' season.

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Leeds

16 sept. 2017

Opera North's Little Greats: jealousy, murder and childhood fantasy

Par Richard Wilcocks

Amsterdam

A high-spirited Don Giovanni at Nederlandse Reisopera

Par Nicolas Nguyen, 09 mars 2017

Director Jo Davies' staging of Mozart’s dramma giocoso for Nederlandse Reisopera is a high-spirited affair packed with humour, where the emphasis is decidedly more on giocoso than on the dramma.

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Amsterdam

09 mars 2017

A high-spirited Don Giovanni at Nederlandse Reisopera

Par Nicolas Nguyen

Opera North's Cenerentola provides plenty of comedy and revels

Par Richard Wilcocks, 16 février 2017

La Cenerentola is the final component of Opera North's fairytale season, with every voice and every character getting a chance to revel in Rossini's intricate ornamentation.

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Leeds

16 févr. 2017

Cenerentola provides plenty of comedy and revels

Par Richard Wilcocks

Vienne

McVicar’s Falstaff a timely success at the Haus am Ring

Par Chanda VanderHart, 09 décembre 2016

The Staatsoper's new Falstaff is a production that is attractive not only visually, but also in terms of the varied musical color.

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Vienne

09 déc. 2016

McVicar’s Falstaff a timely success in Vienna

Par Chanda VanderHart

Alresford

The Inquisition's dark days: Don Carlo at Grange Park

Par David Karlin, 18 juin 2016

Strong vocal and orchestral performances and a tour-de-force staging of Act II light up Grange Park's production of Verdi's political thriller of the dark days of the Spanish inquisition.

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Alresford

18 juin 2016

The Inquisition's dark days: Don Carlo at Grange Park

Par David Karlin

Glasgow

Traditional Rusalka a visual feast for Scottish Opera

Par David Smythe, 09 avril 2016

Anthony McDonald’s Rusalka looks and sounds wonderful in a traditionally told production, with Anne Sophie Duprels returning to the role.

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Glasgow

09 avril 2016

Traditional Rusalka a visual feast for Scottish Opera

Par David Smythe

Opera North's gleeful Marriage of Figaro is not to be missed

Par Richard Wilcocks, 24 janvier 2015

A gleeful production of The Marriage of Figaro from Opera North, which makes it hard to imagine any dark side at all to the comedy.

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