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Performer: Clémentine Margaine

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VeronaAida Ed. Stefano Poda

Fondazione Arena di Verona
Verdi: Aida
Daniel Oren; Stefano Poda; Arena di Verona Corps de Ballet; Arena di Verona Orchestra

MadridIl trovatore

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Verdi: Il trovatore
Nicola Luisotti; Francisco Negrín; Teatro Real; François López-Ferrer; Louis Désiré; Bruno Poet

VeronaAida Ed. Franco Zeffirelli

Fondazione Arena di Verona
Verdi: Aida
Francesco Ommassini; Franco Zeffirelli; Arena di Verona Corps de Ballet; Anna Anni; Arena di Verona Orchestra; Arena di Verona Chorus

ParisHamlet

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Thomas: Hamlet
Michael Schønwandt; Krzysztof Warlikowski; Opéra national de Paris; Małgorzata Szczęśniak; Felice Ross; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris

MilanCarmenNew production

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Bizet: Carmen
Myung-whun Chung; Damiano Michieletto; Teatro alla Scala; Paolo Fantin; Carla Teti; Alessandro Carletti; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala

BerlinGiulio Cesare in EgittoNew production

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Handel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto, (Julius Caesar in Egypt) HWV 17
Stefano Montanari; Sir David McVicar; Deutsche Oper Berlin; Robert Jones; Brigitte Reiffenstuel; Paule Constable; Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin
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Darkness without passion: Damiano Michieletto’s Carmen at La Scala

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Despite Michieletto's visual gloom, the evening is redeemed by Myung-whun Chung’s masterful conducting and a cast that brings conviction to a production that rarely trusts the opera’s own dramatic power.

**111
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Bernheim heads a powerhouse cast in the Met’s Hoffmann revival

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After a heavily promoted but underwhelming opening night, the company gets the new season back on track with plenty of star power in Offenbach’s final masterpiece. 

****1
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French flair, American-style: Cracknell's Carmen returns to the Met

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An excellent cast led by Clémentine Margaine livens up the first revival of Carrie Cracknell's all-American Carmen at the Metropolitan Opera. 
****1
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An immensely dramatic opera: Le Prophète in Berlin

Meyerbeer's tale of the Anabaptist rebellion in the 16th-century religious wars proves to be a powerful thriller, with Clémentine Margaine and Gregory Kunde leading a very strong singing cast.
****1
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An outstanding New York debut for Teodor Currentzis and musicAeterna

In Currentzis' vision, Verdi's Requiem was both a spectacle and a soul-searching exercise for the musicians, as well as for the listeners.
****1
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Carmen the butcher at Deutsche Oper Berlin

Stage director Ole Anders Tandberg casts Carmen as the leader of a gang of human organ dealers.
***11
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ParisŒdipe

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Enescu: Œdipe
Ingo Metzmacher; Wajdi Mouawad; Opéra national de Paris; Emmanuel Clolus; Emmanuelle Thomas; Eric Champoux; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris