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Performer: Iurie Ciobanu

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Fish, frocks and farce: a Prokofiev romp in Vienna

Evgeny Akimov (Don Jerome) and ensemble © Werner Kmetitsch
Damiano Michieletto directs a slick and frequently hilarious staging of Prokofiev's comic opera Betrothal in a Monastery
***11
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Dieter Dorn’s Parsifal brings the full Monty to Monsalvat

Dieter Dorn’s staging robbed Wagner’s final masterwork of magic and mystery while Simon Rattle set new speed records.
***11
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A glorious Meistersinger at La Scala

Daniele Gatti is the winner of the night, managing to draw an astounding outcome from a far from ideal cast.
****1
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Carefully calculated, deliberately executed

Robert Wilson's new production of La traviata in Linz succeeds in communicating the emotional depth of Verdi's tragedy despite his stylized minimalism.
***11
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The Linz Ring begins: Das Rheingold

Gerd Grochowski made a stunning Wotan and Michael Bedjai a cheerful Loge in Landestheater Linz’s production of Das Rheingold.
***11
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Musikalisch glühend, szenisch funkenlos: Les Troyens an der Oper Graz

Iurie Ciobanu (Enée) und Mareike Jankowski (Cassandre) © Werner Kmetitsch
Zum ersten Mal ist an der Oper Graz Hector Berlioz’ Grand opéra zu hören; musikalisch gelingt dem Haus damit ein großer Wurf.
***11
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