Category: Live Reviews
Reviews of live concerts and operas
Maternal Vengeance: Lucrezia Borgia at the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
Shaping Destiny: Götterdämmerung at La Monnaie – De Munt
Puppet Regime: L’elisir d’amore at the Teatro Regio Torino
Regal Solitude: Don Carlo at the Finnish National Opera
Seeking Consolation: War Requiem at the Teatro Nacional de São Carlos
Horrific Obsession: Salome at Opera Ballet Vlaanderen
Memories of Trauma: Innocence at the Musiktheater im Revier
Youthful Hopes: La bohème at the Oper Köln
Review of 2024
The Torment Within: Pagliacci at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Family Life: Mavra and Gianni Schicchi at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Inevitable Destiny: La forza del destino at the Teatro alla Scala
Industrial Precision: Nabucco at the Oper Köln
Domestic Statecraft: Simon Boccanegra at the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
Regal Vengeance: Roberto Devereux at the Festival Donizetti Opera
Bittersweet Mirth: Don Pasquale at the Festival Donizetti Opera
Losing Religion: Das Rheingold at the Bayerische Staatsoper
Childhood Fantasy: Salome at the Semperoper Dresden