BudapestVerdi: RigolettoConcert performance
ParisDon Pasquale
EdinburghLawrence Brownlee & Iain Burnside
PhiladelphiaMitridate, re di PontoNew production
ChicagoDon Giovanni
RomeThe Rake’s ProgressNew production
A poignant Rigoletto revival in Tokyo
Vocal thrills in Met’s traditional staging of Bellini’s I puritani
Marco Armiliato conducts a finely balanced rendition of Bellini's final masterpiece with a stellar cast headed by Lisette Oropesa and Lawrence Brownlee.
Calixto Bieito’s Zelmira opens the Rossini Opera Festival
A production where vocal brilliance battles directorial gimmicks in Pesaro, with a superb cast led by Anastasia Bartoli and Lawrence Brownlee.
Energetic cast brightens up the Met’s tired-looking Barbiere
Bartlett Sher’s 2006 production of Rossini’s tuneful masterpiece is showing its age, but a superb cast and conductor keep the comedy moving.
Livermore’s cinematic Don Pasquale is revived at La Scala
Not so Dolce Vita... Davide Livermore’s fascinating interpretation of Donizetti’s masterpiece doesn’t quite manage to uplift a somewhat disappointing musical performance.
Simon McBurney’s richly inventive Zauberflöte arrives at the Met
With a stellar cast and fine orchestral playing, Mozart’s enigmatic fairy tale takes on a darker, more grown-up tone in its first new Metropolitan Opera staging in 19 years.
ParisLa Fille du régiment
ParisPlatée
