En direct, Vidéo: Rechercher des critiques de musique classique, opéra et ballet | Samuel Dale Johnson

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Adelaide

17 oct. 2026

An excellent new Carmen in Adelaide

Par Sandra Bowdler

Glyndebourne

Glyndebourne’s Billy Budd makes a welcome return, fresh and devastating as ever

Par Nick Boston, 2 juillet 2026

Michael Grandage’s production shows no signs of age, with fine central performances from Thomas Mole, Allan Clayton and Sam Carl, and fine playing from the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

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Glyndebourne

2 juil. 2026

Billy Budd makes a welcome return to Glyndebourne

Par Nick Boston

Glyndebourne

Not out of the woods yet: Glyndebourne’s iconic Dream approaches its century

Par Eleanor Knight, 12 octobre 2025

Sir Peter Hall's classic staging of Britten's Shakespearean comedy nears a landmark moment in Glyndebourne’s autumn season.

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Glyndebourne

12 oct. 2025

Glyndebourne’s iconic Dream approaches its century

Par Eleanor Knight

Samuel Dale Johnson (Steward) and Ashlyn Tymms (Stewardess) © Andrew Beveridge

Adelaide

Jonathan Dove’s excellent opera Flight touches down in Australia

Par Sandra Bowdler, 8 mai 2025

Jonathan Dove’s opera Flight earns its title as the most popular modern opera with this excellent ensemble performance in Adelaide, its Australian premiere.

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Adelaide

8 mai 2025

Jonathan Dove’s excellent opera Flight touches down in Australia

Par Sandra Bowdler

Samuel Dale Johnson (Figaro) © Keith Saunders

Sydney

Brilliantly enjoyable Barber of Seville in Sydney

Par Sandra Bowdler, 18 janvier 2025

A thoroughly enjoyable and brilliantly performed version of Rossini's great comic opera at the Sydney Opera House.

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Sydney

18 janv. 2025

Brilliantly enjoyable Barber of Seville in Sydney

Par Sandra Bowdler

David Stout (Bartolo) and Samuel Dale Johnson (Figaro) © James Glossop

Glasgow

Scottish Barber of Seville packed with fun

Par David Smythe, 17 octobre 2023

Sir Thomas Allen returns to Scottish Opera to revive The Barber of Seville with a strong cast headed by Samuel Dale Johnson, Anthony Gregory, David Stout and Simone McIntosh.

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Glasgow

17 oct. 2023

Scottish Barber of Seville packed with fun

Par David Smythe

Glyndebourne

Britten at Glyndebourne: A Dream staging that works its sinister magic once again

Par Mark Pullinger, 1 juillet 2023

A strong revival cast, conducted by Dalia Stasevska, demonstrate why Sir Peter Hall's 1981 vintage staging of Britten’s A Midsummer Night's Dream is such a classic.

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Glyndebourne

1 juil. 2023

A Glyndebourne Dream that works its sinister magic

Par Mark Pullinger

Sara Jakubiak (Francesca) © Monika Rittershaus

Zum Zerreißen spannend: Francesca da Rimini an der Deutschen Oper Berlin

Par Christoph Wurzel, 19 mai 2023

Christof Loy ist an der Deutschen Oper Berlin mit der selten gespielten Oper Francesca da Rimini von Riccardo Zandonai ein echter Opernthriller gelungen.

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Berlin

19 mai 2023

Zum Zerreißen spannend: Francesca da Rimini an der Deutschen Oper

Par Christoph Wurzel

An icy Eugene Onegin at Opera Holland Park

Par Kevin W Ng, 31 mai 2022

Julia Burbach's new production lacks poetry in spite of an admirable cast led by Samuel Dale Johnson in the title role.

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Londres

31 mai 2022

An icy Eugene Onegin at Opera Holland Park

Par Kevin W Ng

A “poem of blood and lust” reconsidered: Deutsche Oper Berlin’s Francesca da Rimini

Par Kevin Wells, 14 mars 2021

If you have dismissed this opera as overstuffed kitsch in the past, you might want to take a look at this production. It could well change your mind.

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Berlin

14 mars 2021

A “poem of blood and lust” reconsidered at Deutsche Oper Berlin

Par Kevin Wells

Zurich

Karaokeparty de luxe: L'elisir d'amore in Zürich

Par Isabella Steppan, 25 octobre 2020

Gaetano Donizettis Oper muss ohne Chor auskommen und auch das Orchester ist nicht so ganz live dabei. Ein Experiment, das dennoch erstaunlich gut klingt.

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Zurich

25 oct. 2020

Karaokeparty de luxe: L'elisir d'amore in Zürich

Par Isabella Steppan

An enchanting new Midsummer Night’s Dream at Deutsche Oper Berlin

Par Ako Imamura, 29 janvier 2020

Deutsche Oper Berlin’s new production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a delightful and whimsical homage to Britten’s masterpiece. The orchestra, soloists and children’s chorus performed with energy and charm under the baton of Donald Runnicles.

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Berlin

29 janv. 2020

An enchanting new Midsummer Night’s Dream at Deutsche Oper Berlin

Par Ako Imamura

Gilbert Deflo’s charming Manon Lescaut brilliantly performed at Deutsche Oper

Par Ako Imamura, 9 juin 2019

Deutsche Oper Berlin's revival of Manon Lescaut achieves a rare theatrical success; a witty and visually stunning production combined with thrilling music making in the pit with Sir Simon Rattle leading the orchestra and singers with emotional urgency.

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Berlin

9 juin 2019

Manon Lescaut brilliantly performed at Deutsche Oper

Par Ako Imamura

Paisley

Pagliacci comes to Paisley’s operatic Big Top

Par David Smythe, 26 juillet 2018

Scottish Opera brings opera to the people on a huge scale in a promenade production of Pagliacci.

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Paisley

26 juil. 2018

Pagliacci comes to Paisley’s operatic Big Top

Par David Smythe

Glasgow

Natalya Romaniw thrills in Scottish Opera’s epic Eugene Onegin

Par David Smythe, 3 mai 2018

Director Oliver Mears turns Scottish Opera’s Eugene Onegin into a memory play, with fine singing from a strong cast starring Natalya Romaniw as a thrilling Tatyana.

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Glasgow

3 mai 2018

Romaniw thrills in Scottish Opera’s epic Eugene Onegin

Par David Smythe

Elena Zilio leads the verismo thrills as Cav & Pag return to the Royal Opera

Par Mark Pullinger, 6 janvier 2018

After its Christmas break, Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci return to the Royal Opera in Daminano Michieletto's arresting production.

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Londres

6 janv. 2018

Elena Zilio leads the verismo thrills

Par Mark Pullinger

Glasgow

Borderline sumptuous: Scottish Opera revives The Marriage of Figaro

Par Gregor Forbes, 12 octobre 2016

Inventive comedy and excellent musicality bring Sir Thomas Allen’s traditional production back to life.

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Glasgow

12 oct. 2016

Borderline sumptuous: Scottish Opera's Figaro

Par Gregor Forbes

Bright singing, grim staging: the JPYA Summer Performance at Covent Garden

Par Mark Pullinger, 17 juillet 2016

A disappointing staging for the Jette Parker Young Artists' annual showcase at the Royal Opera House.

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Londres

17 juil. 2016

Bright singing, grim staging

Par Mark Pullinger

Visually spectacular, musically even more so: Enescu's Oedipe at the Royal Opera

Par David Karlin, 23 mai 2016

Johan Reuter leads an all star cast in a revelatory performance of George Enescu's masterpiece, aided by spectacular La Fura dels Baus staging.

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Londres

23 mai 2016

Enescu's Oedipe at the Royal Opera

Par David Karlin

Thomas Adès, Anne-Sophie Mutter and the LSO ravish the Barbican with an outstanding programme of Adès and Brahms

Par Chris Garlick, 9 mars 2016

Thomas Adès, in the first concert of his mini Composer Focus with the LSO, conducted three of his own works and one by Brahms at the Barbican.

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Londres

9 mars 2016

Thomas Adès, Anne-Sophie Mutter and the LSO ravish the Barbican with an outstanding programme of Adès and Brahms

Par Chris Garlick

L'Étoile proves a disappointingly flat foray into opéra-bouffe for the Royal Opera

Par David Karlin, 1 février 2016

Poor intelligibility and lack of pace in the music or acting make L'Étoile into a disappointingly flat evening.

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Londres

1 févr. 2016

A flat foray into opéra-bouffe for the Royal Opera

Par David Karlin

A workmanlike Carmen at the Royal Opera

Par David Karlin, 19 octobre 2015

For anyone seeing Carmen for the first time, this Royal Opera revival will have been a more than satisfactory evening. Old hands hoping to see something extra will find it in Hymel's Don José and Car's Micaëla, but not elsewhere.

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Londres

19 oct. 2015

A workmanlike Carmen at the Royal Opera

Par David Karlin

Karita Mattila a peerless Ariadne at the Royal Opera

Par David Karlin, 10 octobre 2015

Jane Archibald and Ruxandra Donose provide a compelling prologue to Ariadne auf Naxos, while Karita Mattila's majestic performance lights up the opera seria second half.

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Londres

10 oct. 2015

Karita Mattila a peerless Ariadne

Par David Karlin

Betrothal and Betrayal in JPYA's end of term performance at the Royal Opera

Par Mark Pullinger, 18 juillet 2015

School’s out for summer and with it the opportunity for the Royal Opera’s Jette Parker Young Artists to showcase their talents in the end of term main stage performance.

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Londres

18 juil. 2015

Betrothal and Betrayal: JPYA summer performance

Par Mark Pullinger

Hitting the rocks: Damiano Michieletto's Guillaume Tell at Covent Garden

Par David Karlin, 29 juin 2015

Sadly, Damiano Michieletto and Antonio Pappano's production is more likely to be remembered for its failings – the awful rape scene, its dullness, plus a list of annoying details too long to mention – than for its musical excellence. It’s worth seeing to get a feel of both.

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Londres

29 juin 2015

Hitting the rocks: Michieletto's Guillaume Tell

Par David Karlin

Marina Rebeka: a Violetta in robust health in Covent Garden's Traviata

Par Mark Pullinger, 18 mai 2015

Any revival of La traviata stands or falls by its principals and their ability to inhabit the roles rather than merely sing them prettily. A good revival director helps.

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Londres

18 mai 2015

Marina Rebeka: a Violetta in robust health

Par Mark Pullinger

Clattering cherry blossom: solid revival of Madama Butterfly at Covent Garden

Par Mark Pullinger, 20 mars 2015

Kristine Opolais offers a nuanced, moving Cio-Cio-San in a solid revival of Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier’s sepia and cream production of Madama Butterfly at the Royal Opera.

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Londres

20 mars 2015

Clattering cherry blossom: ROH Madama Butterfly

Par Mark Pullinger

Jette Parker Young Artists step up to deliver a vivacious Rossini Silken Ladder

Par Mark Pullinger, 23 octobre 2014

Figaro rules the roost on the main stage this autumn, but buried in the Nibelheim of the Linbury Studio, Rossini'ss early comedy La scala di seta receives its first ever production by the Royal Opera.

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