Living Domestic Tragedy: Don Carlo at the Theater St Gallen
Searching for the Hereafter: The Verdi Requiem at the Royal Opera House
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
Psychologically Complex: Król Roger at the Wratislavia Cantans
Interview with David Hansen
Operatraveller’s Hot Operatic Tips for 2018 – 19
Love, Isolation and Fireworks: Ariadne auf Naxos at Opera Holland Park
Hallucinogenic Angel: The Fiery Angel at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence