Artiste: Julian Crouch

Viktorianische Rüschen, verrutschte Schnurrbärte und Katia Ledoux als Mezzo-Piratenkönig. Die Inszenierung an der Volksoper sorgt sichtlich für Unterhaltung, kann die Schwächen von Gilbert und Sullivan aber nicht wettmachen.

The leafy parks and cobbled streets of Riga’s old town are far removed from the intense heat of the little village in the Basque Country in which Donizetti set his L'elisir d'amore, but a new production at the Latvian National Opera captures much of the spirit of the work, adroitly balancing comedy with the joys and pain of love.

Die neue Inszenierung am Gürtel transportiert das Publikum in einen göttlichen Wiener Olymp.

Phelim McDermott's popular staging of Satyagraha, which verges on the lush and the voluptuous, is revived to open English National Opera's season.

Sven-Eric Bechtolf's staging holds a balance between philosophy and humour, but Adam Fischer's vivacious conducting is the real star of the evening.

A mixed-bag of an evening at the Sydney Opera House, with a production of Ernani imported from La Scala failing to solve the inherent challenges of the work, despite good performances from the cast.