Reviewer's rating Tristan und Isolde Bayreuth 2019 Tony Cooper 20/08/2019 5168Arguably, one of the greatest works ever written to pure erotic love echoing the legendary days of King Arthur, Tristan...
Parsifal Bayreuth 2019 Tony Cooper 18/08/2019 5442Specifically 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 15/08/2019 5229This 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 13/08/2019 4961Flamboyant 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 22/07/2018 2821Monteverdi’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 16/07/2018 2881The 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 24/06/2018 3418Harry 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 10/03/2018 2034Otto 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 05/03/2018 2110It 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 15/09/2017 2909What 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.
