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Listen with Mother: Tsar Saltan as autism parable at La Monnaie
Dmitri Tcherniakov's staging turns Rimsky-Korsakov's opera into storytelling for an autistic boy, but does he deliver a fairy tale ending?
Young Mozart returns to Venice: Il sogno di Scipione
Three sopranos and three tenors express a catalogue of "affections" in musical numbers full of coloratura and virtuosic effects that are already 100% Mozart despite the young age of the composer.
Handel’s Jephtha in Retz: thought-provoking
Steiner’s reading of the mildly disturbing but generally obsequiously presented story is decidedly edgy, especially considering the opera is staged inside the city church.
Arresting aristos make for a fine Figaro in Seattle
Aidan Lang, head of Seattle Opera, reveals his talents as a stage director in a fresh and engaging interpretation of Mozart's comic masterpiece.
Una rotunda producción del Zar Saltán en el Teatro Real
El Teatro Real presenta una producción excepcional tanto en lo musical como en lo escénico, en la que se alcanza un logrado punto de equilibrio entre la novedad y la tradición, entre la búsqueda conceptual y la sugestión sensorial.
L’indispensable Conte du tsar Saltane par Tcherniakov à Strasbourg
Le metteur en scène réalise un coup de maître, parfaitement suivi par une distribution excellente et la direction musicale d'Aziz Shokhakimov, qui fait briller de mille feux la partition de Rimski-Korsakov.