Reviewer's rating Tristan und Isolde Bayreuth 2019 Tony Cooper 20/08/2019Arguably, one of the greatest works ever written to pure erotic love echoing the legendary days of King Arthur, Tristan...
Parsifal Bayreuth 2019 Tony Cooper 18/08/2019Specifically written for the Bayreuth Festspielhaus, Wagner described Parsifal as ‘ein Bühnenweihfestspiel’ (A Festival Play for the Consecration of the...
Reviewer's rating Lohengrin Bayreuth Festival 2019 Tony Cooper 15/08/2019This production of Wagner’s Lohengrin by Yuval Sharon – born in Chicago in 1979 to Israeli parents and Bayreuth’s first...
Reviewer's Rating Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Bayreuther Festspiele Tony Cooper 13/08/2019Flamboyant and a wonderfully quirky director Barrie Kosky’s innovative production of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg was first seen at Bayreuth...
Reviewer's Rating L’incoronazione di Poppea Katherine Syer 22/07/2018Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea, one of the first operas to open in the freshly renovated Staatsoper unter den Linden last...
Reviewer's Rating Ti Vedo, Ti Sento, Mi Perdo Katherine Syer 16/07/2018The life of Alessandro Stradella, the 17th-century composer whose colourful affairs paved the way to his contracted murder, inspired several...
Reviewer's Rating Macbeth Katherine Syer 24/06/2018Harry Kupfer’s new production of Macbeth at Berlin’s Staatsoper opens with a digital backdrop of a smoking landscape unsettled by...
Reviewer's Rating Der Rosenkavalier (The Rose-Bearer) Alina Bottez 10/03/2018Otto Schenk’s production is by now a classic. Having premiered in 1972, it is one of the longest-running opera productions...
Reviewer's Rating Un ballo in maschera (A Masked Ball) Alina Bottez 05/03/2018It seems that the tumultuous fate of Somma’s libretto, moved to three different settings, was not enough. Director Erath makes...
Reviewer's Rating Eine Stunde Ruhe Becca Kaplan 15/09/2017What one wouldn’t give for just an hour’s peace and quiet? Of course, maybe one doesn’t deserve an hour’s peace and quiet.
