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...
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,...
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...
Pagliacci (Clowns) Josi Steinfeld 16/04/2024Leoncavallo’s one-act verismo opera I Pagliacci is based on the true-life murder of a family servant by two jealous brothers...
Reviewer's rating Age of Content Chloe Darnaud 25/09/2023Kicking off the Théâtre de la MC2’s 2023-2024 season, Age of Content, presented by the National Ballet of Marseille, unveils...
