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Anthropocene: a timely chiller from Scottish Opera
Climate change, challenged egos and a strange Ice woman tell a gruesome tale in Anthropocene, a finely sung new opera from Stuart MacRae, with libretto from Louise Welsh, set in the Arctic with a cinematic score.
An elephant in the room: Graham Vick's new Figaro opens in Rome
Graham Vick stages his Marriage of Figaro in todays vulgarity, but he is not fully convincing.
The Devil Inside: a deeply chilling opera
The Devil Inside, a chilling new opera by Stuart Macrae with libretto by Louise Welsh, is a fairy tale for grown-ups. Who will be the last owner of the devilish bottle and the curse of eternal damnation?
Dynamic and fun-packed Mamelles de Tirésias
Dutch National Opera performs Poulenc’s first opera, Les mamelles de Tirésias, as a project of the company’s talent development program... a fun occasion to witness the much lighter “voyou” side of the French composer.
Six singers on a bare stage in scenes before marriage
Ana Sokolović Svabda (Marriage) leaves six singers in search of an opera on Aix's Théâtre du Jeu de Paume stage.
Verismo before its time: Donizetti's Siege of Calais
Written half a century before the verismo movement, Donizetti paints a true-to-life portrait of a besieged people which is genuinely touching. James Conway's straightforward production features some notable individual singers and an excellent performance by the chorus.