Category: Opera review
Senta’s Story: Der fliegende Holländer at the Kongelige Teater, Copenhagen
The Pity of War: Calixto Bieito’s Staging of the War Requiem in Oslo
An Everyday Fairy-tale: Cendrillon at the Komische Oper, Berlin
In the realms of fantasy: Les Contes d’Hoffmann at the Komische Oper, Berlin
The Origins of Hate: La Juive at the Bayerische Staatsoper
Vocal Grandeur: Don Carlo at San Francisco Opera
Beauty, pain and reflection: Jenůfa at San Francisco Opera
Bucolic and bittersweet: Daphne at the Hamburgische Staatsoper
Meeting the Challenge: Olympie at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
The Journey of a Man: Oedipe at the Royal Opera House
The Infinite in an Image: Moses und Aron at the Teatro Real
Making the Case: Mefistofele at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden
The Horror of Captivity: Z mrtvého domu at the Staatstheater Nürnberg
Love in an Age of Austerity: Tosca at the Bayerische Staatsoper
Life in Slow Motion: Lucia di Lammermoor at the Royal Opera House
A mirror on life itself: Der Rosenkavalier at the Deutsche Oper, Berlin
Unjustly neglected: Die Liebe der Danae at the Deutsche Oper Berlin
Grand Hotel: Die ägyptische Helena at the Deutsche Oper Berlin