Ermione Josi Steinfeld 30/08/2024Ermione is the sixth of nine operas Rossini composed for the San Carlo in Naples and one of the biggest...
The Valkyrie (Die Walküre) Miho Uchida 26/08/2024Valentin Schwarz’s production of The Ring of the Nibelung has returned to the Bayreuth Festival this year. As predicted, there...
Bianca e Falliero (Bianca and Falliero) Josi Steinfeld 23/08/2024Bianca and Falliero, Rossini’s 30th opera and the fourth composed in 1819, had an impressive initial run of 39 performances—the...
La Rondine (The Swallow) Josi Steinfeld 05/08/2024The Gattières Opus Opera Festival in a small hillside village behind Nice has been a well-kept secret for 34 years!...
Il Segreto di Susanna & Pagliacci Rivka Jacobson 23/07/2024Opera Holland Park’s 2024 season offers a notable double bill with the 2019 revival of Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari’s light-hearted one-act comedy...
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...
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...
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...
