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Frank Martin’s fascinating La Tempête opens the Geneva season
Having all but faded from memory, the Swiss composer’s hybrid work takes the audience by surprise. Yet the musical direction and the cast do it justice – in stark contrast to the flat staging.
Waxing lyrical: rare Offenbach proves a hit
A human waxwork, a lottery win and circus buffoonery combine in a long-neglected Offenbach operetta, given a fizzing performance by the forces of Opera Rara and the London Philharmonic.
Bright, bold, barking: Les Mamelles de Tirésias at Glyndebourne
With Laurent Pelly directing, a very French evening sees a veritable feat of singing from Stéphanie d'Oustrac in La Voix humaine, followed by riotous surrealism in Les Mamelles de Tirésias.
Sabine Devieilhe entrances the city of the Popes in the role of Lakmé
Opéra Grand-Avignon presents Lakmé in a production that charms visually as much as it does musically.
Sultry, fiery, coquettish: d’Oustrac’s Carmen
“The very incarnation of vice” was how one critic described Célestine Galli-Marié’s Carmen at the opera’s 1875 Opéra Comique première. That description could equally be applied to Stéphanie d’Oustrac in Glyndebourne’s revival of David McVicar’s terrific production.
Le Barbe-Bleue délirant et réjouissant de Laurent Pelly à Lausanne
La reprise de cette production créée à l'Opéra de Lyon en 2019 est une réussite totale, grâce à une mise en scène survoltée, une direction musicale au diapason et une distribution idéale.