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Fin de saison impériale : Boris Godounov à l’Opéra de Monte-Carlo

L'institution monégasque finit sa saison en beauté avec l'œuvre de Moussorgski, servie par une mise en scène subtile et une distribution impeccable jusque dans ses seconds rôles.

Shostakovitch’s Lady Macbeth conquers La Scala on opening night

Sara Jakubiak (Katerina) and Najmiddin Mavlyanov (Sergey) © Brescia e Amisano | Teatro alla Scala

Shostakovich's brutal tale of sex, murder and madness storms La Scala's opening night, with Riccardo Chailly leading his final season premiere as Music Director. 

Fish, frocks and farce: a Prokofiev romp in Vienna

Evgeny Akimov (Don Jerome) and ensemble © Werner Kmetitsch
Damiano Michieletto directs a slick and frequently hilarious staging of Prokofiev's comic opera Betrothal in a Monastery

Outstanding performances in brothel-based Baden-Baden Pique Dame

The Baden-Baden Easter Festival offers a memorable production of Pique Dame with excellent musical performances convincing in Leiser and Caurier's updating of the plot.

Three card trick: La Scala’s gamble pays off in Pique Dame

Asmik Grigorian (Liza) © Brescia e Amisano | Teatro alla Scala
Valery Gergiev finally turns up to conduct an electrifying evening, crowned by Asmik Grigorian's full throttle performance as Liza. 

Die Gedanken sind freudlos: Lady Macbeth von Mzensk in Frankfurt

Anja Kampe brilliert als Katerina Ismailova in Schostakowitschs letzter Oper.