Category: Opera review
Rhythmic Force and Vocal Excellence: Don Giovanni at the Konzerthaus Dortmund
Acceptance of True Nature: Król Roger at the Opera Krakowska
The Morality of War: La Forza del Destino at English National Opera
Di cor mio: Alcina at the Teatro Real, Madrid
The Romantic Revolutionary Revisited: Bieito’s Turandot at Northern Ireland Opera
Domestic Tragedy: Don Carlos at the Hamburgische Staatsoper
Excursions to the wüste Insel: Ariadne auf Naxos at the Royal Opera House and the Bayerische Staatsoper
Of this world: English Touring Opera’s Pelléas et Mélisande
Celeste Aida: Aida at the Bayerische Staatsoper
The Power of Nature: Tannhäuser at the Opera Vlaanderen
Roberto Devereux at the Teatro Real, Madrid
Repressed desire: Yevgeny Onegin at the Bayerische Staatsoper
Multiple Ideas: The Royal Opera’s Guillaume Tell
Becoming Elektra: Elektra at the Opernhaus Zürich
Scintillating Sunshine: Don Pasquale at the Gran Teatre del Liceu
To Hell and Back: Alceste at the Opéra de Paris
Returning to the Images: Don Giovanni at the Royal Opera House
Oppressive Masculinity: Bieito’s Carmen at ENO