En direct, Vidéo: Rechercher des critiques de musique classique, opéra et ballet | Daniela Barcellona

La metteuse en scène Mariame Clément s'attaque à l'opéra de Massenet avec plus ou moins de bonheur, dans une production qui ne manque pas de ressources musicales.

Falstaff très réussi à l'Archevêché d'Aix-en-Provence, pour notre plus grand plaisir : une véritable leçon de joie dans un monde où, nous dit-on, tout n'est que farce.

Cette reprise de Falstaff fait la part belle à l’esprit buffa et donne à Bryn Terfel une nouvelle occasion de briller dans un rôle qui lui sied à merveille.

Loin de toute la monumentalité qui a pu rendre indigestes les belles mélopées et accents verdiens, souvent cantonnées aux grandes pompes et à un logos lourdement orientaliste, cet opéra à l’écriture pourtant raffinée, et à la profondeur mésestimée, méritait une telle relecture.

A strong cast and an inspiring production deliver the latest opera staged at the Rossini Opera Festival.

Un gran último reparto, encabezado por Sondra Radvanovsky, para Un ballo in maschera que abre temporada en el Real y una torpe propuesta escénica.

Es de agradecer el compromiso y el esfuerzo que el Teatro Real ha llevado a cabo, intentando demostrar como es posible programar y realizar eventos culturales en tiempos convulsos.

Zubin Mehta leads a great cast in a revival of a successful production of Verdi's Falstaff at the Staatsoper in Berlin

Comedy fails to spark in Laurent Pelly's new production of Falstaff at the Teatro Real. 

Die russische Sopranistin weiß das Münchner Publikum vom ersten bis zum letzten Ton in der Wiederaufnahme von David Aldens Inszenierung zu fesseln.

Michael Volle makes his debut as Verdi's not-so-Fat Knight in Mario Martone's new production at the Staatsoper. 

In a disappointing revival of Hugo de Ana's clichéd and clumsy production, Liudmyla Monastyrska and Violeta Urmana confronted each other with their superb vocal techniques and diverging styles.

Lengthy but full of melodic invention, Semiramide finally made her triumphant return to the Royal Opera in David Alden's fine new production.

Daniela Barcellona and Jessica Pratt lead a strong cast in an emotional and elegant performance of the first opera seria by Rossini under the expert baton of Roberto Abbado. 

The Rossini masterpiece is brought to life by an inspired conductor and four first-class singers in a new, modern production by David Alden.

Kitsch and grand-opera in Hugo de Ana's production of Samson et Dalila in Turin.

Gianandrea Noseda leads a fiery account of Verdi's “opera in ecclesiastical garb” to open the LSO's new season.

Complete performances of Semiramide are as rare as hen's teeth. Opera Rara came close in a terrific concert performance in the Hanging Gardens of Kensington.

A youthful Bellini opera able to stand on its own two feet? Perhaps not, as Adelson e Salvini gets the Opera Rara treatment. 

The Chicago Symphony and Riccardo Muti celebrate Shakespeare's Anniversary.

Despite starry bel canto experts such as Joyce DiDonato, Lawrence Brownlee and maestro Michele Mariotti, a 2013 Paul Curran staging of Rossini’s La donna del lago reads vacuous on The Metropolitan Opera stage.

A superb revival of Karole Armitage's staging of Gluck's masterpiece at Teatro di San Carlo.

El tenor norteamericano Gregory Kunde se enfrentaba al doble reto de debutar como Turiddu (Cavalleria rusticana) y Canio (Pagliacci) en la temporada lírica de ABAO, en el Palacio Euskalduna de Bilbao, con una cuidada dirección musical de Alessandro Vitiello y una nueva producción de corte clásico a cargo de Joan Anton Rechi.

A menacing rather than a bucolic setting for The Met's new production of La donna del lago, but the proof is in the singing... 

New York Philharmonic under its music director Alan Gilbert delivered an impressive performance of Verdi's famous Requiem, with an excellent ensemble of soloists and chorus.

Teatro Regio in Turin paid its first seasonal tribute to Giuseppe Verdi with an engaging execution of the Messa da Reqiuem.

Ambrogio Maestri reprises his star turn as a vocally and theatrically complete Falstaff in Robert Carsen’s lavish, food-fuelled situational comedy at the Holland Festival.

The Verbier Festival Orchestra is the centrepiece of the festival from which it takes its name. Hundreds of young players hoping to start a professional orchestral career audition each year for the chance to work with big-name conductors, the likes of which this year include Charles Dutoit, Valery Gergiev, Gábor Takács-Nagy, and, for this concert, Gianandrea Noseda.