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Sir Bryn Terfel stars as Sir John Falstaff in a lively Zurich revival
The Opernhaus Zürich revives Sven-Eric Bechtolf's 2011 production of Verdi’s last masterpiece with a solid supporting cast.
Technology to the rescue in Zurich's new staging of Boris Godunov
The Zurich Opernhaus tackles the pandemic with an innovative strategy: instead of reducing the size of orchestra and chorus (as many other European opera houses) it removes them from the theatre altogether.
Staging, spectacle, singing: three-card trick at Savonlinna
This was more stadium rock than stuffy opera house, lighting as ‘metaphor made real’ as the lovers were – literally – star-struck, blinded by love.
Mieczysław Weinberg's The Idiot at the Bolshoi Theatre
Completed in 1985 and premièred in Mannheim in 2013, Mieczysław Weinberg's The Idiot is a true rarity. Seeing it revived for the first time, it's thrilling to see the opera given the vocal and musical treatment it desrves, lending a helping hand to its return from oblivion.
Black gold: Rimsky-Korsakov in Brussels
Laurent Pelly exploits the satirical side of Rimsky-Korsakov's The Golden Cockerel at La Monnaie in a darkly humorous but colourfully performed production.
Too many greys in Geneva's Falstaff
A huge revolving grey monolith centre stage dominated a grey floor, grey props and men in grey costumes, all detracting from the gaiety Verdi envisaged as the essence of Falstaff.