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A spirited Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Wiener Staatsoper

Countertenor Lawrence Zazzo is more than at home in the role of Oberon, and possesses a vocal quality ideal for the scheming king of the fairies, simultaneously eerie and seductive.
Candide channels Ferris Bueller’s Day Off in Philadelphia

Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Kevin Newbury see Candide as a coming-of-age story, placing it in their own high-school years, specifically 1992, making Westphalia a USA knockoff.
Faith and anguish: Carmélites at the Met

An unforgettable evening at the Met as John Dexter's production of Poulenc's masterpiece is revived to close the season.
Glittering Candide: a celebration at Carnegie Hall

Candide is a witty satiric fable, intelligent, literary but not to a fault, and vastly entertaining. Created by a team of collaborators who fell out at different times in the work’s 52 year history – at one point or another, Lillian Hellman, Richard Wilbur, John Latouche, Dorothy Parker, Stephen Sondheim and, of course, composer Leonard Bernstein had a hand in it – it is unique in the operatic or
Stunning Candide from LA Opera

Whether it’s half an opera, three quarters an operetta, or a musical and a half, Francesca Zambello’s team put together a production that was easy to fall in love with.
Grigòlo stars as Debus leads thrilling Hoffmann at The Met

Bartlett Sher's production of The Tales of Hoffmann, revived at The Met, takes a Kafka-esque, surreal view of the opera.