Category: Opera review
Unjustly neglected: Die Liebe der Danae at the Deutsche Oper Berlin
Grand Hotel: Die ägyptische Helena at the Deutsche Oper Berlin
Elemental: Elektra at the Deutsche Oper Berlin
The Day After: Béatrice et Bénédict at La Monnaie – De Munt
Musical coherence and visual confusion: Parsifal at the Wiener Staatsoper
Intelligent, commanding and penetrating: La Clemenza di Tito at the Wiener Staatsoper
Comedy into tragedy: Un ballo in maschera at the Bayerische Staatsoper
A World of Dreams: Salome at the Teatr Wielki – Opera Narodowa
Rising to the Occasion: Norma at English National Opera
Reflections on life itself: Věc Makropulos at the Deutsche Oper, Berlin
All about the singing: Der fliegende Holländer at the Hamburgische Staatsoper
The Loneliness of Desire: Yevgeny Onegin at the Komische Oper, Berlin
The Journey: Stiffelio at the Oper Frankfurt
Trying too hard: L’Étoile at the Royal Opera House
Regal Bearing: Partenope in concert at the Koninklijk Theater Carré, Amsterdam
Conspiracy Theories: La Clemenza di Tito at the Teatr Wielki – Opera Narodowa
2015 in Review
A new beginning: Götterdämmerung at the Bayerische Staatsoper