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MunichUn ballo in maschera
Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
Marco Armiliato; Johannes Erath; Bavarian State Opera; Heike Scheele; Gesine Völlm; Joachim Klein; Bayerisches Staatsorchester
MunichTannhäuser
Wagner: Tannhäuser
Nathalie Stutzmann; Romeo Castellucci; Bavarian State Opera; Bayerisches Staatsorchester
MunichMadama Butterfly
Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Andrea Battistoni; Wolf Busse; Bavarian State Opera; Otto Stich; Silvia Strahammer; Bayerisches Staatsorchester; Bayerischer Staatsopernchor
MilanLa traviata
Verdi: La traviata
Michele Gamba; Liliana Cavani; Teatro alla Scala; Dante Ferretti; Gabriella Pescucci; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala; Coro del Teatro alla Scala
HamburgLa traviata
Verdi: La traviata
Sesto Quatrini; Johannes Erath; Staatsoper Hamburg; Annette Kurz; Herbert Murauer; Olaf Freese; Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
ViennaPique DameNew production
Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades (Pique Dame)
Alexander Soddy; Evgeny Titov; Vienna State Opera; Rufus Didwiszus; Emma Ryott; Martin Gebhardt; Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera
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Scappucci and Feola lead a compelling Lucia at La Scala
La Scala offers Lucia di Lammermoor as Donizetti intended it: complete, dramatically coherent and free of traditional cuts – a musicological achievement and a gripping theatrical experience.
Faust at The Royal Opera: competent but uninspiring
Stripped of its original superstar casting, Gounod’s grand opera provides entertainment but fails to cohere.
Ailyn Pérez dominates the Met's Bohème
The soprano's sumptuous Mimì is the main reason to catch the latest revival of Zeffirelli's La bohème at the Met.
Bargain booze and questionable quackery: L'elisir d'amore at the ROH
A triumphant house debut for Nadine Sierra in the latest revival of Laurent Pelly’s production of Donizetti's joyous village rom-com.
A dark, gothic Lucia di Lammermoor finally makes it to La Scala
Riccardo Chailly conducts a wonderful, integral performance of Donizetti’s masterpiece, with two of the greatest bel canto singers of our times.
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.
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ViennaOpern Air
Wagner, Ponchielli, Cilea, Massenet, Mozart, Bizet, Verdi, Gounod, Berlioz, Puccini, Strauss II, Humperdinck
Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera; Bertrand de Billy; Elīna Garanča; Benjamin Bernheim; Jonas Kaufmann; Boris Pinkhasovich
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Ralph Fiennes to direct new staging of Eugene Onegin in Paris
A longtime connoisseur of Pushkin’s novel, Fiennes’ production will hit the boards at Palais Garnier in February 2026.
Everything all at once: Boris Pinkhasovich
The Russian baritone speaks about jumping into roles at the last minute, on training as a conductor and a singer at the same time, and singing the bad guy.