Category: Opera review
Fleeting Moments: Ariadne auf Naxos at the Semperoper Dresden
Imperfect Humanity: Così fan tutte at the Bayerische Staatsoper
Dramatically Vital with Original Sound: Les Contes d’Hoffmann at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden
Solitary Existence: Fin de partie at the Teatro alla Scala
Returning Home: Enrico di Borgogna at the Festival Donizetti Opera
Facing the Beyond: Věc Makropulos at the Deutsche Oper, Berlin
Living Domestic Tragedy: Don Carlo at the Theater St Gallen
Rediscovering a Rarity: Médée at the Staatsoper Berlin
Time Machine: I puritani at the Gran Teatre del Liceu
Blast from the Past: Ernani at the Teatro alla Scala
Idealized Realism: Porgy and Bess at English National Opera
Devastating Realism: Jenůfa at De Nationale Opera, Amsterdam
Was it all a dream? Die tote Stadt at the Komische Oper, Berlin
Belief, Distortion, Vision: Moses und Aron at the Semperoper Dresden
Love, Loss and Spectacle: War and Peace at Welsh National Opera
Life is a Rollercoaster: Le nozze di Figaro at the Kongelige Teater, Copenhagen
Birds and Brothers: Saint François d’Assise at the Staatstheater Darmstadt
Elephant in the Room: Così fan tutte at the Staatsoper Hamburg