Performer: Rachel Willis-Sørensen

The Metropolitan Opera revives Otto Schenk’s venerable staging of Strauss’s intimate melodrama. 

Despite excellent performances from Rachel Willis-Sørensen and Elmina Hasan, the Staatsoper Unter den Linden's new production of Norma lacks a pinch of salt. 

Giacomo Sagripanti’s live wire dynamics and keenly judged tempo choices keep this revival of Verdi's Il trovatore buoyant at Covent Garden. 

Four superstars deliver dramatic moments in this revival of Sir David McVicar’s Goya-inspired staging of Verdi’s melodrama. 

Shawna Lucey's production from San Francisco Opera misses the mark as it premieres to a packed Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. 

A revival of Adrian Noble’s abstract and dark production of Verdi’s Otello fields a strong cast led by Jonas Kaufmann, Ludovic Tézier and Rachel Willis-Sørensen. 

Die Sopranistin spricht mit Isabella Steppan über Strauss und Verdi, die Unterstützung junger Sänger*innen und die positiven Seiten der „ständigen Sterberei” auf der Opernbühne.