Chilling Dialogues des Carmélites in Brussels Olivier Py’s successful Paris production of Poulenc’s gripping masterpiece has made its way to the recently-reopened La Monnaie, with two different casts. The production is sober and dark, and […]
La Favorite: beautiful bel canto in Liège The Opéra Royal de Wallonie’s new production of Donizetti’s rarely-performed French opera La Favorite is definitely worth a visit, not in the least due to tenor Celso Albelo’s […]
Exciting voices in a static production of Nabucco in Essen At the Aalto-Musiktheater, Andreas Baesler’s 2009 production is currently revived for a run of three performances. The staging is adequate, but not much more than […]
Thrilling Le Prophète in Essen After World War II, Meyerbeer’s operas did not regain the popularity they had enjoyed before the 1930s. In the post-war period, ‘Grand opéra’ was deemed dated, excessively long and too […]
Dark Fliegende Holländer at Opera Vlaanderen In her newest production of der Fliegende Holländer at Opera Vlaanderen, director Tatjana Gürbaca impressively explores the dark sides of greed and the excesses of capitalism. This interpretation is […]
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