Samson Alessandro Zummo 16/07/2024In 1733, the great philosopher Voltaire and the renowned composer Jean-Philippe Rameau created an opera inspired by the Bible (Book...
3 Madama Butterfly Alessandro Zummo 13/07/2024Puccini is not frequently performed at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, having only made his debut with Tosca in 2019. This 2024...
Pelléas et Mélisande Alessandro Zummo 12/07/2024Katie Mitchell’s production of Claude Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande is an absolute masterpiece. This is a revival of the 2016...
Iphigénie en Aulide – Iphigénie en Tauride Alessandro Zummo 11/07/2024Christoph Willibald Gluck’s operas, “Iphigénie en Aulide” and “Iphigénie en Tauride,” composed six years apart, offer contrasting perspectives on the...
Edgar Josi Steinfeld 05/07/2024Edgar, Puccini’s second opera after Le Villi, was commissioned by Ricordi. It was not a success and went through many...
The Rake’s Progress Tim Hochstrasser 05/07/2024‘Who gives a fig for Tory or Whig? Not I, not I…’ sang Tom Rakewell, and as it was Election...
A Midsummer Nights Dream Owen Davies 04/07/2024Benjamin Britten’s operatic version of Shakespeare’s play famously begins in the enchanted forest outside Athens where mortals encounter the elfin...
King for a Day Josi Steinfeld 02/07/2024Un Giorno Di Regno Ossia Il Finto Stanislao Verdi was commissioned to compose Regno, a comedy, his second opera for...
Giulio Cesare Tim Hochstrasser 30/06/2024While there is plenty of competition for the accolade, it is reasonable to suggest that ‘Giulio Cesare in Egitto/Julius Caesar...
The Daughter of the Regiment Tim Hochstrasser 16/06/2024‘The Daughter of the Regiment’ /’La Fille du Regiment’ (1840) is the best known of the five operas the indefatigable...
