Category: Opera review
Revolution in the air: Le nozze di Figaro at the Bayerische Staatsoper
Ritual: Oedipus Rex at the Teatro Nacional de São Carlos
La Folle Journée: Le nozze di Figaro at the Gran Teatre de Liceu
Night at the Museum: Les Contes d’Hoffmann at the Royal Opera House
Prisoners: Fidelio at the Oper Stuttgart
Multiple ideas and spectacular singing: La Favorite at the Bayerische Staatsoper
Music and Visuals: Armide at the Wiener Staatsoper
Living Bel Canto: Lucia di Lammermoor at the Bayerische Staatsoper
Isolation and Closeness: Iphigénie en Tauride at the Hamburgische Staatsoper
The Disintegration of EM: Věc Makropulos at Opera Vlaanderen
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