En direct, Vidéo: Rechercher des critiques de musique classique, opéra et ballet | Leonardo Capalbo

Fin de saison en demi-teinte à l'Opéra du Rhin avec une production de Madama Butterfly réussie côté mise en scène mais plus mitigée côté distribution.

Lotte de Beer gibt Puccinis Oper einen neuen – feministischen – Anstrich.

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

Philippe Arlaud’s production for New National Theatre Tokyo may not be in its first youth, but it delivers on all counts. Leonardo Capalbo, Egils Siliņš and Yuka Kobayashi lead an excellent cast.

Gustavo Dudamel se presentó en el escenario del Real precedido de una inmensa expectación para dirigir la Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid, en sustitución a la Mahler Chamber Orchestra, al Cor de Cambra y Orfeó Català.

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

Jane Archibald gave possibly the most dazzling account of Cunegonde's music that I’ve heard. 

The Kungliga Operan presents a stagnant production of Verdi’s masterpiece, with a competent cast comprised mostly of Swedish singers.

Dorset Opera Festival's bold decision to programme Massenet's obscure opera about a medieval Castilian hero proves to be a major success.

Ivor Bolton and David McVicar have teamed up to create an unapologetically Brittenian Gloriana, with Anna Caterina Antonacci at the top of a great cast

Sex and violence bubbles beneath the surface in this near-faultless staging of Carmen. 

Mariusz Treliński's Traviata had nothing to do with Dumas, Piave or Verdi. It's as if he confused La Dame aux camélias with Lulu.

Leonardo Capalbo makes a successful debut in Tobias Theorell’s minimalistic production of Un ballo in maschera in Stockholm.

Hot on the heels of its Eugene Onegin, full of potential marriages that never reach the altar, Dorset Opera put on an excellent production of an opera with a successful, slick and murderous power couple.

Berlin's Candide is a tour-de-force of dramatic, comic and musical brilliance.

With smart direction, elegant design, and vocal fireworks, the Canadian Opera Company's Roberto Devereux offers a complex portrait of a much-loved historical figure.