En direct, Vidéo: Rechercher des critiques de musique classique, opéra et ballet | New Zealand Opera Chorus

New Zealand Opera's new production impresses with its stunning set design and art direction, and its restrained emotional tone. 

Director Simon Phillips takes the opportunity to reshape the setting of Rossini's comic opera to modern-day New Zealand. 

Gareth Farr re-orchestrates Gluck in Neil Ieremia's imaginative reinterpretation of the Orpheus myth for New Zealand Opera. 

Lindy Hume directs a refreshingly uncomplicated new staging for New Zealand Opera, supported by fine musical performances.

An excitingly theatrical Verdi Requiem under Giordano Bellincampi, benefitting greatly from a mostly stunning line-up of solo singers.

Edo de Waart opted frequently for slow, steady tempi that robbed the music of a lot of its inner vitality.

A superlative performance of Carmen that was certainly among the most thrilling performances New Zealand Opera has put on in recent memory.