Banquet Capital Thibault Elie 30/09/2024Set in 1848, a time when France is on the brink of its third revolution after the upheavals of 1789...
Reviewer's Rating mɔɹnɪŋ [morning//mourning] Austin Fimmano 21/09/2024On one of the first nights in September with a whisper of chill in the air, a group sets out...
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...
The Barber of Seville Josi Steinfeld 22/08/2024Pesaro is the Italian Capital of Culture 2024, and to mark the occasion, the city is presenting four operas instead...
The Bizarre Misunderstanding (L’equivoco Stravagante) Josi Steinfeld 21/08/2024It’s wonderful to be back at the stunning Teatro Rossini, which was closed for repairs after earthquake damage last year....
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!...
Extimité-s Thibault Elie 20/07/2024Summary in French follows the review Extimité-s is a production that is unusual first and foremost for its setting: a...
Reminiscencia (Spanish for Reminiscence) Thibault Elie 20/07/2024Chilean director Malicho Vaca Valenzuela (nicknamed ‘Malicho’ by his grandmother) is performing at the Festival d’Avignon for the first time,...