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Abandon all hope: Lucia Ronchetti's Inferno receives Italian premiere
The Italian premiere of Lucia Ronchetti’s Inferno at the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma uses Dante’s original verses, but her score fails to match their beauty.
Debutant cast impresses in Zurich's new Dialogues des Carmélites
The Opernhaus presents Jetske Mijnssen's new production of Poulenc’s masterpiece, under the baton of Tito Ceccherini.
Quirky staging, superb singing: Ligeti’s Le Grand Macabre in Zurich
Ligeti's “anti-anti opera” opens in Zurich in a new production by Tatjana Gürbaca.
On the Rake: Stravinsky at Oper Frankfurt
A largely newly cast revival of The Rake's Progress takes a while to catch fire, but when it does the results are devilishly good.
A monochromatic Madama Butterfly
This production of Puccini’s masterpiece was delivered on a monochromatic set, with a director-centred staging of the story of love and despair of Cio-Cio San.
Tödliche Macht des Gewissens: beklemmende Katja Kabanova in Stuttgart
Janáčeks Oper hinterlässt in Stuttgart Beklemmung, aber auch Trauer und Wut über soziale Umstände, die den Menschen eine freie Entfaltung verwehren.