L’elisir d’amore Miho Uchida 01/06/2026Gaetano Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore remains one of opera’s most enduring comic masterpieces. The opera follows Nemorino, an earnest but insecure...
Aida Alessandro Zummo 26/05/2026Aida at Teatro Massimo, Palermo: tradition as an excuse Aida is one of Verdi’s most layered and uncomfortable operas. Beneath...
Un Ballo in Maschera Josi Steinfeld 21/05/2026In 1857, the Teatro San Carlo in Naples commissioned Giuseppe Verdi to compose a new opera. He chose Un Ballo...
Astoria Katerina Gotsi 14/05/2026Musical theatre has always enjoyed great popularity with Athenian audiences; truly accomplished musical productions, however, are comparatively rare. The iconic...
Reviewer's Rating The Crucible Alina Bottez 02/04/2026The Crucible is a 1961 opera written by American composer Robert Ward (1917-2013) on a libretto by Bernard Stambler. It...
Il Trovatore Josi Steinfeld 28/03/2026Il Trovatore, La Traviata and Rigoletto form the trilogia popolare—Verdi’s most beloved operatic triptych. At their centre are three figures...
Don Pasquale Josi Steinfeld 21/03/2026Don Pasquale is Donizetti’s 64th opera out of 75. Premiered with four leading singers, it was immediately recognised as a...
Semiramide Alessandro Zummo 14/03/2026Semiramide was the last opera Gioachino Rossini composed for the Italian stage before his definitive move to France. For many...
The Dybbuk Yael Shuv 19/02/2026S. An-sky’s play The Dybbuk, written in Russian between 1913 and 1916 and later translated into Yiddish by the author...
Aida Nicole Pezza 29/01/2026Aida is one of those operas that must elicit an immediate ‘wow’ effect; a good production is one that delivers...
