Reviewer's rating Aida Alessandro Zummo 17/08/2022Shirin Neshat directed Aida at Salzburg Festival five years ago and it was reviewed here. It was her first experience...
Reviewer's rating Káťa Kabanová Salzburg Festival 2022 Alessandro Zummo 14/08/2022“So quiet, so beautiful around here… and I must die”, these are the last words that Káťa pronounces before throwing...
Reviewer's rating Die Zauberflöte Salzburger Festspiele 2022 Alessandro Zummo 11/08/2022For the 2022 Summer Festival, the American stage director Lydia Steier has reworked her 2018 production of Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte...
Reviewer's rating Il Barbiere di Siviglia Salzburger Festspiele Alessandro Zummo 11/08/2022Every exceptional opera performance has at least one scene that continues to resonate in one’s mind for hours and occasionally...
Reviewer's rating Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno Alessandro Zummo 13/08/2021The acclaimed mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli, who has been the artistic director of the Salzburg Whitsun Festival since 2012, has presented...
Reviewer's rating Così fan tutte Alessandro Zummo 13/08/2021The current production of Così fan Tutte at the 2020 Salzburg festival was already staged last year with some cuts...
Reviewer's rating Médée Salzburg Festival 2019 Alessandro Zummo 15/08/2019Cutting edge and provocative, this year’s new production of Cherubini’s Médée performed at Salzburg Festspiele is notable for the originality...