Category: Opera review
Obsession and Fantasy: Die tote Stadt from the Oper Köln
Family Affair: La voix humaine from the Fundação Gulbenkian
Doing Anything for Love: Rusalka from the Teatro Real, Madrid
Time Travelling: Hippolyte et Aricie from the Opéra Comique
Multiple Influences: Die Vögel from the Bayerische Staatsoper
Life Events: Pierrot lunaire & La voix humaine at the Staatsoper Hamburg
Big Drama, Big Voices: La Wally at the Teatro Nacional de São Carlos
Dark Comedy: L’elisir d’amore at the Bayerische Staatsoper
Village Life: Jenůfa at the Janáček Festival, Brno
Flying Away: La rondine at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Fighting Fate: Don Giovanni at the Teatro Massimo, Palermo
Operatraveller’s Hot Operatic Tips for 2020 – 21
The Day Will Come: Elektra at the Salzburger Festspiele
Youthful Exuberance: Il viaggio a Reims at the Rossini Opera Festival
Complex Humanity: Così fan tutte from the Salzburger Festspiele
The Descent: The Rake’s Progress from the Festival Aix-en-Provence
The Awakening: Das Wunder der Heliane from the Bard Summerscape
Mysterious Stranger: Lohengrin from the Semperoper Dresden