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...
Julius Caesar in Egypt (Giulio Cesare In Egitto) Josi Steinfeld 15/07/2024Giulio Cesare is among Handel’s top 10 operas. Cleopatra was composed for soprano Francesca Cuzzoni, Cesare for superstar castrato Senesino,...
Reviewer's Rating Ain’t Done Bad Lucy Ashe 15/07/2024Ain’t Done Bad is a remarkable dance theater production about growing up, coming out, and finding love. Set within a...
157th Anniversary of Pirandello’s Birth Enza De Francisci 14/07/2024Agrigento, a city steeped in history and culture, paid homage to one of its most illustrious sons, Luigi Pirandello, on...
Reviewer's Rating King Lear Lucy Ashe 13/07/2024King Lear is sometimes said to be better experienced on the page than in performance. Compagnia de’ Colombari’s production of...
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...
