Operatraveller’s Hot Operatic Tips for 2017 – 2018
The passage of the years seemingly accelerating, it’s time to look ahead to the 2017 – 18 season and draw up a selection of shows that look especially promising. Firstly, […]
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It’s a Man’s World: Carmen at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence
Bizet – Carmen Carmen – Stéphanie d’Oustrac Don José – Michael Fabiano Micaëla – Elsa Dreisig Escamillo – Michael Todd Simpson Frasquita – Gabrielle Philiponet Mercédès – Virginie Verrez Moralès […]
Mozart under the stars: Don Giovanni at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence
Mozart – Don Giovanni Don Giovanni – Philippe Sly Leporello – Nahuel di Pierro Donna Anna – Eleonora Buratto Donna Elvira – Isabel Leonard Don Ottavio – Pavol Breslik Zerlina […]
Seeing Double: Otello at the Royal Opera House
Verdi – Otello Otello – Jonas Kaufmann Jago – Marco Vratogna Cassio – Frédéric Antoun Roderigo – Thomas Atkins Lodovico – Sim Insung Montano – Simon Shibambu Desdemona – Maria […]
Commanding vocalism and visual opulence: Macbeth at the Teatro Regio, Turin
Verdi – Macbeth Macbeth – Dalibor Jenis Banco – Marko Mimica Lady Macbeth – Anna Pirozzi Dama – Alexandra Zabala Macduff – Piero Pretti Malcolm – Sabino Gaita Medico – […]
Consumption, confrontation and awakening: Die Gezeichneten at the Bayerische Staatsoper
Schreker – Die Gezeichneten. Herzog Antoniotto Adorno – Tomasz Konieczny Graf Andrea Vitellozzo Tamare – Christopher Maltman Lodovico Nardi – Alastair Miles Carlotta Nardi – Catherine Naglestad Alviano Salvago – […]
Midlife Crisis: Don Giovanni at the Gran Teatre del Liceu
Mozart – Don Giovanni Don Giovanni – Mariusz Kwiecień Leporello – Anatoli Sivko Donna Anna – Carmela Remigio Donna Elvira – Miah Persson Don Ottavio – Dmitry Korchak Zerlina – […]
Multiple personalities: Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci at the Semperoper Dresden
Mascagni – Cavalleria rusticana Santuzza – Evelyn Herlitzius Turiddu – Stefano la Colla Lucia – Tichina Vaughn Alfio – Markus Marquardt Lola – Jelena Kordić Leoncavallo – Pagliacci Canio – […]
A Tosca for Today: Tosca at Den Norske Opera, Oslo
Puccini – Tosca Tosca – Svetlana Aksenova Cavaradossi – Daniel Johansson Scarpia – Claudio Sgura Angelotti – Jens-Erik Aasbø Il sagrestano – Pietro Simone Sciarrone – Ludvig Lindström Spoletta – […]
Obsession: Die tote Stadt at the Teatr Wielki – Opera Narodowa
Korngold – Die tote Stadt Paul – Jacek Laszczkowski Marie/Marietta – Marlis Petersen Frank/Pierrot – Michał Partyka Brigitta – Bernadetta Grabias Juliette – Maria Stasiak Lucienne – Natalia Kawałek Gaston/Victorin […]
One Moment in Time: Der Rosenkavalier at Welsh National Opera
Strauss – Der Rosenkavalier Feldmarschallin – Rebecca Evans Baron Ochs – Brindley Sherratt Octavian – Lucia Cervoni Faninal – Adrian Clarke Sophie – Louise Alder Marianne Leitmetzerin – Angharad Morgan […]
Taking Wing: La rondine at Opera Holland Park
Puccini – La rondine Magda de Civry – Elizabeth Llewellyn Lisette – Tereza Gevorgyan Ruggero Lastouc – Matteo Lippi Prunier – Stephen Aviss Rambaldo Fernandez – David Stephenson Périchaud – […]
Survivors: The Fiery Angel at the Opernhaus Zürich
Prokofiev – The Fiery Angel (Огненный ангел) Ruprecht – Leigh Melrose Renata – Ausrine Stundyte Landlady – Liliana Nikiteanu Fortune-Teller – Agnieszka Rehlis Agrippa of Nettesheim – Dmitry Golovnin Faust […]
Village life: The Fair at Sorochyntsi at the Komische Oper, Berlin
Mussorgsky – The Fair at Sorochyntsi (Сорочинская ярмарка) Cherevik – Jens Larsen Khivrya – Agnes Zwierko Parasya – Mirka Wagner Kum – Tom Erik Lie Gritsko – Alexander Lewis Afanasiy […]
The end of the world as we know it: Götterdämmerung at the Hessisches Staatstheater, Wiesbaden
Wagner – Götterdämmerung Siegfried – Andreas Schager Gunther – Samuel Youn Alberich – Thomas de Vries Hagen – Shavleg Armasi Brünnhilde – Evelyn Herlitzius Gutrune – Sabina Cvilak Waltraute / […]
Calling out for a hero: Siegfried at the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden
Wagner – Siegfried Siegfried – Andreas Schager Mime – Matthäus Schmidlechner Der Wanderer – Jukka Rasilainen Alberich – Thomas de Vries Fafner – Park Youngdoo Erda – Bernadett Fodor Brünnhilde […]
God Save the Queen: Roberto Devereux at the Bayerische Staatsoper
Donizetti – Roberto Devereux Elisabetta I – Edita Gruberová Duca di Nottingham – Simone Piazzola Sara, duchessa di Nottingham – Silvia Tro Santafé Roberto Devereux, conte di Essex – Charles […]
Starry night: Les Troyens in Strasbourg
Berlioz – Les Troyens. Cassandre – Marie-Nicole Lemieux Chorèbe – Stéphane Degout Panthée – Philippe Sly Hélénus – Stanislas de Barbeyrac Ascagne – Marianne Crebassa Hécube – Agnieszka Sławińska Priam […]
The Act of Believing: Parsifal at the Staatsoper Berlin
Wagner – Parsifal Amfortas – Lauri Vasar Gurnemanz – René Pape Parsifal – Andreas Schager Kundry – Anna Larsson Titurel – Matthias Hölle Klingsor – Tómas Tómasson Erster Knappe – […]
Falling Leaves: Yevgeny Onegin at the Lyric Opera of Chicago
Tchaikovsky – Yevgeny Onegin Tatyana – Ana María Martínez Olga – Alisa Kolosova Larina – Katharine Goeldner Filippyevna – Jill Grove Lensky – Charles Castronovo Yevgeny Onegin – Mariusz Kwiecień […]
