Performer: Grand Théâtre de Genève

GenevaMédée

Grand Théâtre, Apr 30 19:30, May 03 19:30, May 05 15:00, May 07 19:30, May 09 19:30, May 11 19:30

Charpentier: Médée

Leonardo García Alarcón; Sir David McVicar; Grand Théâtre de Genève; Alan Woodbridge; Bunny Christie; Anna Caterina Antonacci

Grand Théâtre, Mon 20 May at 19:30

Schumann

Christian Gerhaher; Gerold Huber; Grand Théâtre de Genève

Grand Théâtre, Jun 04 19:30, Jun 11 19:30, Jun 13 19:30, Jun 16 15:00, Jun 19 19:30, Jun 22 19:30

Verdi: Un ballo in maschera

Pinchas Steinberg; Giancarlo del Monaco; Grand Théâtre de Genève; Alan Woodbridge; Richard Peduzzi; Ramón Vargas; Franco Vassallo

Grand Théâtre, Fri 21 Jun at 19:30

Héloïse Gaillard; Patricia Petibon; Violaine Cochard; Ensemble Amarillis; Grand Théâtre de Genève

Grand Théâtre, Jun 27 19:30, Jun 28 19:30, Jun 29 19:30, Jun 30 15:00

Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty

Marius Petipa; Jean-Guillaume Bart; Yacobson Ballet; Grand Théâtre de Genève; Olga Shaishmelashvili

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Plasson shows all his experience; Lavaudant surprises and delights with his direction; a strong cast sing their hearts out. Who can ask for more?

*****

Elena Langer's gorgeous and tongue-in-cheek Figaro Gets a Divorce shines in Geneva, despite David Pountney's boxy libretto.

****1

The performance bids for musical purity, but ends up stripped of story and emotion as well.

***11

A strong, compelling staging – coherent in aesthetic and philosophy, if a little restrained in performance.

****1

A Manon as sexy and unsteady as its heroine.

****1