En direct, Vidéo: Rechercher des critiques de musique classique, opéra et ballet | Niamh O'Sullivan

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Paris

21 mai 2025

La noblesse du Rosenkavalier de Krzysztof Warlikowski au TCE

Par Jean-Pierre Rousseau

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ENO, BBC join forces in a musically and emotionally stunning Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

Par Mark Valencia, 01 septembre 2025

David Pountney's vernacular translation and Ruth Knight's vivid staging lent a thrilling immediacy to Shostakovich's chilling opera.

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Londres

01 sept. 2025

ENO, BBC join forces in stunning Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

Par Mark Valencia

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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

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Pretty Yende leads an outstanding cast in Oliver Mears’ bleak Semele at The Royal Opera

Par David Karlin, 30 juin 2025

Superb Handelian singing and intense character acting light up Handel’s Semele, staged as a stark, uncompromising indictment of the rich and powerful.

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Londres

30 juin 2025

In Mears’ bleak Royal Opera Semele, Pretty Yende stands out

Par David Karlin

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Terrifically strong principals in Irish National Opera’s new Rigoletto

Par Andrew Larkin, 01 décembre 2024

Michael Chioldi, Soraya Mafi and Bekhzod Davronov shine in Julien Chavez’ energetic production in Dublin’s Bord Gais Theatre.

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Dublin

01 déc. 2024

Terrifically strong principals in Irish National Opera’s Rigoletto

Par Andrew Larkin

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Zurich

Liebesdreieck im Niemandsland: Bizets Carmen am Opernhaus Zürich

Par Thomas Schacher, 07 avril 2024

Andreas Homoki macht in seiner Inszenierung einen grossen Bogen um alles Spanische. Die Hauptdarstellerin Marina Viotti will keine Femme fatale sein. Doch Gianandrea Noseda lässt die klanglichen Trümpfe der Partitur ausspielen.

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Zurich

07 avril 2024

Liebesdreieck im Niemandsland: Bizets Carmen am Opernhaus Zürich

Par Thomas Schacher

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Thrilling Mahler 2 from Anja Bihlmaier and the NSO in Dublin

Par Andrew Larkin, 09 février 2024

So many wonderful small details as well as the grand statements made this the extraordinary, thrilling performance of Mahler's second symphony Resurrection.

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Dublin

09 févr. 2024

Thrilling Mahler 2 from Anja Bihlmaier and the NSO in Dublin

Par Andrew Larkin

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Zurich

Was solls denn nun bedeuten? Wagners Götterdämmerung am Opernhaus Zürich

Par Thomas Schacher, 05 novembre 2023

Auch im vierten Teil von Wagners Tetralogie Der Ring des Nibelungen bleiben Dirigent und Regisseur ihren Ansätzen treu. Alles bleibt scheinbar gleich wie bisher, und dennoch gibt es Überraschungen.

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Zurich

05 nov. 2023

Was solls denn nun bedeuten? Götterdämmerung am Opernhaus Zürich

Par Thomas Schacher

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Dreamtime Rheingold from Kosky and Pappano at The Royal Opera

Par David Karlin, 11 septembre 2023

The first instalment of Covent Garden's new Ring is excellent all round from orchestra and voices, with Barrie Kosky providing plenty of ideas to tease us as to how the cycle will continue.

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Londres

11 sept. 2023

Dreamtime Rheingold from Kosky and Pappano at The Royal Opera

Par David Karlin

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On a knife-edge: Calixto Bieito's Carmen returns to English National Opera

Par Dominic Lowe, 01 février 2023

Bieito’s vivid production of Bizet's most famous work is a classic; his attack on toxic masculinity is visceral, made more potent by an excellent leading pair of singers.

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Londres

01 févr. 2023

On a knife-edge: Carmen returns to English National Opera

Par Dominic Lowe

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Wexford

Riotous nonsense and royal nuptials: Lalla-Roukh at Wexford Festival Opera

Par Roy Westbrook, 22 octobre 2022

Orpha Phelan has fun staging Félicien David’s opéra comique, moving the action from Kashmir and Samarkand to Leila O’Rourke’s Tea Emporium.

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Wexford

22 oct. 2022

Riotous nonsense and royal nuptials: Lalla-Roukh at Wexford

Par Roy Westbrook

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Zurich

Dramatic music-making at its finest as Homoki's Zurich Ring begins

Par Andrew Larkin, 30 avril 2022

A match made in heaven: director's Homoki's compelling interpretation of Das Rheingold is married to exciting musical direction from Gianandrea Noseda, not to mention the stellar cast of singers.

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Zurich

30 avril 2022

Dramatic music-making at its finest as Homoki's Zurich Ring begins

Par Andrew Larkin

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Irish National Opera's entertaining Carmen is a hit in Dublin

Par Andrew Larkin, 07 mars 2022

Paul Curran's production of Carmen is entertaining and slick, with Paula Murrihy as a feisty heroine.

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Dublin

07 mars 2022

Irish National Opera's entertaining Carmen is a hit in Dublin

Par Andrew Larkin

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Baroque thrills: Irish National Opera presents Vivaldi's Bajazet at Covent Garden

Par Kevin W Ng, 04 février 2022

In its Royal Opera House debut, Irish National Opera's high-energy Bajazet provides a great evening for Baroque fans and sceptics alike.

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Londres

04 févr. 2022

Baroque thrills: Vivaldi's Bajazet comes to Covent Garden

Par Kevin W Ng

Wexford

A passionate Winter's Tale at Wexford Festival Opera

Par Andrew Larkin, 21 octobre 2021

In a 70th anniversary season dedicated to adaptations of Shakespeare, this concert performance made a compelling case for Karl Goldmark's final opera.

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Wexford

21 oct. 2021

A passionate Winter's Tale at Wexford Festival Opera

Par Andrew Larkin

Puccini’s Il trittico: a successful revival in Munich

Par Laura Servidei, 11 juin 2021

Ermonela Jaho steals the scene as Suor Angelica in a very successful revival of Lotte de Beer’s production.

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München

11 juin 2021

Puccini’s Il trittico: a successful revival in Munich

Par Laura Servidei

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An entertaining Cenerentola from Irish National Opera

Par Andrew Larkin, 10 novembre 2019

Excellent soloists, inventive sets and fine direction from Sheil and Phelan makes for an entertaining Cenerentola at the Bord Gais Energy Theatre Dublin.

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Dublin

10 nov. 2019

An entertaining Cenerentola from Irish National Opera

Par Andrew Larkin

Emotionales Großereignis in München: Ermonela Jaho als Madama Butterfly

Par Isabella Steppan, 05 avril 2019

An der Bayerischen Staatsoper bleibt bei Giacomo Puccinis Oper kein Auge trocken.

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München

05 avril 2019

Emotionales Großereignis in München: Jaho als Madama Butterfly

Par Isabella Steppan

Superlative Celine Byrne makes INO's Butterfly a memorable experience

Par Andrew Larkin, 24 mars 2019

Byrne is stunning in the title role while a strong cast of singers, orchestra, classic sets and dramatic acting make this a thoroughly enjoyable performance.

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Dublin

24 mars 2019

Celine Byrne makes INO's Butterfly a memorable experience

Par Andrew Larkin

House arrested: Janáček's last opera in Munich

Par Matthew Rye, 26 mai 2018

The profusion of images and ideas in Frank Castorf's Bavarian Staatsoper production of From the House of the Dead threatens to rob Janáček's opera of its humanity.

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München

26 mai 2018

House arrested: Janáček's last opera in Munich

Par Matthew Rye

Stunning revival of Barbara Frey's production of Jenůfa in Munich

Par Ako Imamura, 14 juillet 2017

Munich revived a thoughtful modern production of Janáček's Jenůfa, with fine orchestral direction and strong singing doing full justice to the rich score.

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München

14 juil. 2017

Stunning revival of Jenůfa in Munich

Par Ako Imamura

Ohne Obergrenze: Phänomenale Premiere von Menottis The Consul an der Bayerischen Staatsoper

Par Norman Schwarze, 28 mars 2017

Das Opernstudio der Bayerischen Staatsoper lieferte im Münchner Cuvilliés-Theater eine bis zur letzten Minute packende Neuinszenierung von Gian Carlo Menottis Dreiakter.

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München

28 mars 2017

Phänomenale Premiere: Menottis The Consul

Par Norman Schwarze

Mozart zum Zurücklehnen: unterhaltsamer Figaro an der Bayerischen Staatsoper

Par David Renke, 20 novembre 2016

Dieter Dorns 1997er Inszenierung bietet gute Unterhaltung, kann aber mit dem Starensemble um Diana Damrau nicht mithalten.

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