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Pagliacci

Teatro alla Scala


No. of reviews: 3

I due capolavori del verismo musicale tornano sul palcoscenico scaligero
19 Apr 24 / Connessi all'Opera
Cavalleria e Pagliacci, ancora un binomio indissolubile
19 Apr 24 / Il Corriere Musicale
Torna alla Scala, con successo, la bella messa in scena del dittico Cavalleria/Pagliacci di Mario Martone
18 Apr 24 / Operaclick (Italian)

Cavalleria Rusticana

Teatro alla Scala


No. of reviews: 3

I due capolavori del verismo musicale tornano sul palcoscenico scaligero
19 Apr 24 / Connessi all'Opera
Cavalleria e Pagliacci, ancora un binomio indissolubile
19 Apr 24 / Il Corriere Musicale
Torna alla Scala, con successo, la bella messa in scena del dittico Cavalleria/Pagliacci di Mario Martone
18 Apr 24 / Operaclick (Italian)

Der Silbersee

Opéra national de Lorraine


No. of reviews: 7

Retour gagnant
19 Apr 24 / Wanderer
Un théâtre de l’absurde à message politique
19 Apr 24 / ResMusica
Ein Meisterwerk für unruhige Zeiten
19 Apr 24 / IOCO (German)
Grenzsprengungsenergie
17 Apr 24 / concerti
Le lac foutraque
17 Apr 24 / Forum Opéra
Le feu au Lac d’argent à l'Opéra de Nancy
17 Apr 24 / Olyrix
Queer et déjanté
16 Apr 24 / ConcertoNet (French)

Jenufa

Deutsche Oper am Rhein


No. of reviews: 3

Leoš Janáčeks Oper „Jenůfa“ in Duisburg berührt in Tatjana Gürbacas Inszenierung
19 Apr 24 / Neue Musikzeitung
Es hätte anders kommen können
17 Apr 24 / Frankfurter Rundschau
Ein utopischer Augenblick des Verzeihens
16 Apr 24 / Online Musik Magazin

Hans Sachs

Oper Leipzig


No. of reviews: 3

Schuster, Poet und Opernheld
19 Apr 24 / Online Musik Magazin
Lortzing-Spähne vom Wagner-Hobel
16 Apr 24 / concerti
Die anderen Meistersinger
15 Apr 24 / Die Deutsche Bühne

Alcina

Staatstheater Darmstadt


No. of reviews: 2

Männer zu Schmuckstücken
19 Apr 24 / Frankfurter Rundschau
Männer zu Schmuckstücken
16 Apr 24 / Frankfurter Rundschau

Macbeth

Teatro Comunale di Bologna


No. of reviews: 3

L'ombra di Macbeth
19 Apr 24 / L'Ape musicale
Di grande classe vocale il Banco di Riccardo Fassi
16 Apr 24 / Il Giornale della Musica (Ita)
Riccardo Fassi è un cantante di riguardo
15 Apr 24 / GBOPERA

Saint François d'Assise

Grand Théâtre de Genève


No. of reviews: 15

La spiritualité de Messiaen se fond avec la sensualité d’Abdessemed
19 Apr 24 / cult.news
Le Grand Théâtre de Genève met Saint-François d’Assise à l’envers
18 Apr 24 / Opera Online (French)
Tableaux plus que Théâtre
18 Apr 24 / Wanderer
On comprend qu’elle puisse en agacer certains, mais un agnostique l’apprécie pleinement
17 Apr 24 / Classique News
Grand frère des pauvres
17 Apr 24 / Concertclassic.com
Shopping trolleys in heaven: an arthouse staging for Messiaen's testament of beauty in Geneva
17 Apr 24 / Bachtrack
La minutie du dosage est somptueuse, dans une onctuosité inattendue
17 Apr 24 / Anaclase
La démesure et l’intimité, à la fois
15 Apr 24 / Forum Opéra
Sul piano musicale, l’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande mantiene una precisione eccezionale lungo tutto lo spettacolo
15 Apr 24 / Connessi all'Opera
À Genève, Saint François d’Assise loin du divin
14 Apr 24 / ResMusica
Der Mensch im Mönch
13 Apr 24 / concerti
A Genève, un Saint François d’Assise distancié
13 Apr 24 / Diapason
Messiaen en antichambre
13 Apr 24 / Altamusica
Multireligiöser Bilderbogen ohne Mitte
13 Apr 24 / Neue Musikzeitung
Saint-François d’Assise laïc mais universel à Genève
13 Apr 24 / Olyrix

Médée

Opéra national de Paris


No. of reviews: 12

Plaisant spectacle
19 Apr 24 / ConcertoNet (French)
A Parigi torna Médée di Charpentier
18 Apr 24 / Il Giornale della Musica (Ita)
Lea Desandre et Reinoud van Mechelen enchantent dans la Médée de Charpentier
17 Apr 24 / Webtheatre
What music! And what musicians!
16 Apr 24 / OperaWire
Médée au music-hall
16 Apr 24 / Altamusica
Médée enflamme le Palais Garnier!
14 Apr 24 / Première Loge
Médée ou le retour magique de Charpentier à l’Opéra Garnier
13 Apr 24 / Opera Online (French)
L’Opéra National de Paris poursuit son exploration de l’héritage baroque en s’intéressant à la figure du Français Marc-Antoine Charpentier
12 Apr 24 / Classique News
À l’Opéra de Paris, Médée part en guerre
12 Apr 24 / Diapason
Une Médée so british
12 Apr 24 / Forum Opéra
Médée est toutes les femmes de nos vies à l’Opéra de Paris
12 Apr 24 / cult.news
Charpentier sied à Desandre
11 Apr 24 / Olyrix

La Sonnambula

Teatro dell'Opera di Roma


No. of reviews: 7

Lisette Oropesa, stella della serata
19 Apr 24 / Connessi all'Opera
La sonnambula con cast alternativo
17 Apr 24 / Operaclick (Italian)
Alla fine sentiti applausi per la parte musicale ma vivaci dissensi all’insegna di una regia tanto confusionaria
16 Apr 24 / GBOPERA
La sonnambula à Rome – ou le sommeil agité d’Amina !
16 Apr 24 / Première Loge
Meglio, allora, concentrarsi sulla parte musicale, riuscitissima
15 Apr 24 / Operaclick (Italian)
“La Sonnambula” con cast alternativo
12 Apr 24 / GBOPERA
Una Sonnambula da sogno
11 Apr 24 / Il Giornale della Musica (Ita)

La Gioconda

Teatro di San Carlo


No. of reviews: 8

Non solo stelle
19 Apr 24 / L'Ape musicale
La danse infernale de Tezier et Netrebko dans La Gioconda à Naples
17 Apr 24 / Opera Online (French)
Naples vs Salzbourg : le match
16 Apr 24 / Forum Opéra
La danza delle voci
13 Apr 24 / L'Ape musicale
Trionfale Gioconda
13 Apr 24 / Il Giornale della Musica (Ita)
Per Anna Netrebko e Jonas Kaufmann è Gioconda non-stop
13 Apr 24 / Operaclick (Italian)
Anna Netrebko and Ludovic Tézier shine in a starry triumph for La Gioconda in Naples
13 Apr 24 / Bachtrack
Romantico e scenicamente amabile è l’Enzo Grimaldo di Jonas Kaufmann
13 Apr 24 / Connessi all'Opera

La Traviata

Los Angeles Opera


No. of reviews: 4

LA Opera shines with La Traviata
19 Apr 24 / Culver City Observer
Champagne tastes
11 Apr 24 / parterre box
LA Opera’s Traviata is colorful without depth
10 Apr 24 / San Francisco Classical Voice
LA Opera’s new Traviata lacks fizz
9 Apr 24 / Bachtrack

Guillaume Tell

Teatro alla Scala


No. of reviews: 18

«En fermant les yeux»
19 Apr 24 / Wanderer
Molto soddisfacente la prova della compagnia di canto coinvolta
16 Apr 24 / The Blogartpost
Un retour et des débuts triomphaux pour Guillaume Tell à La Scala de Milan
13 Apr 24 / Olyrix
La lunga serata, quasi cinque ore e mezzo di spettacolo compresi gli intervalli, si conclude con grande successo per tutta la compagnia
13 Apr 24 / Opera Libera
Guillaume Tell atteint sa cible
10 Apr 24 / ConcertoNet (French)
Michele Mariotti conquers La Scala in Chiara Muti's gloomy new Guillaume Tell
10 Apr 24 / Bachtrack
Alla Scala Guillaume Tell dalle tinte cupe
8 Apr 24 / Teatro
A la Scala de Milan, Guillaume Tell dans… Metropolis
8 Apr 24 / Crescendo
Grandioso Guillaume Tell alla Scala in lingua francese
4 Apr 24 / Il trillo parlante
La última tempestad de Rossini
3 Apr 24 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish)
Questa terza recita è stata accolta da un successo generale con ovazioni per Mariotti, Pertusi e Korchak
29 Mar 24 / GBOPERA
Un felice ritorno alla Scala con una regìa provocatoria
29 Mar 24 / Il Corriere Musicale
Vocal excellence makes up for a disappointing production
25 Mar 24 / The Opera Critic
Nel Tell scaligero vince la musica
25 Mar 24 / Le Salon Musical
Feliz recuperación de ‘Guillaume Tell’ de Rossini en francés
23 Mar 24 / Scherzo
Tell lotta contro i tablet
22 Mar 24 / Il Giornale della Musica (Ita)
Michele Pertusi si conferma questa sera nel ruolo con indubbia bravura
22 Mar 24 / Operaclick (Italian)
Sul piano musicale e vocale, questo Guillaume Tell scaligero ha ben altre frecce alla propria balestra per colpire nel segno
22 Mar 24 / Connessi all'Opera

Don Giovanni

Vienna State Opera


No. of reviews: 4

Leporello schaukelt den Laden
19 Apr 24 / Oper in Wien
Zweite Vorstellung dieser Aufführungsserie
18 Apr 24 / Online Merker
Kontrastierende Rollendebüts geben neue Einblicke in die Psyche von Don Giovanni & Co.
16 Apr 24 / Online Merker
Toxische Beziehungen und eine gruselige Höllenfahrt
16 Jan 24 / Online Merker

Pelléas et Mélisande

Opéra Royal de Wallonie


No. of reviews: 4

A l’Opéra de Liège, un Pelléas et Mélisande : grâce à la musique
18 Apr 24 / ResMusica
Etrange et poétique
18 Apr 24 / ConcertoNet (French)
Pelléas et Mélisande entre monde végétal et douleurs terrestres à Liège
17 Apr 24 / Olyrix
Pour Pelléas et Golaud à l’Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège
16 Apr 24 / Opera Online (French)

Eugene Onegin

Hamburg State Opera


No. of reviews: 1

Wie in den vergangen Spielzeiten war auch jetzt wieder Alexey Bogdanchikov als hochmütiger Onegin zu erleben
18 Apr 24 / IOCO (German)

Benjamin Button

Landestheater Linz


No. of reviews: 6

Denn diese neue Oper hat absolut das Zeug zum Klassiker der Moderne…
18 Apr 24 / Online Merker
Eine berührende, umgekehrte Lebensreise bei der neuen Oper „Benjamin Button“ von Reinhard Febel
13 Apr 24 / Opera Online (German)
Bis dass die Geburt uns scheidet …
13 Apr 24 / Orpheus
"Benjamin Button" als Oper: Nicht allem Anfang wohnt ein Zauber inne
9 Apr 24 / Der Standard
Uraufführung im Musiktheater des Landestheaters
8 Apr 24 / Online Merker
Jung sein ist nicht immer toll
8 Apr 24 / BR Klassik

Carmen

The Royal Opera


No. of reviews: 18

Aigul Akhmetshina, una Carmen en busca de un buen regisseur
18 Apr 24 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish)
A welcome new ‘Carmen’ at Covent Garden
17 Apr 24 / The Article
Aigul Akhmetshina steals the show in Damiano Michieletto’s uneven new 70s-set Bizet
14 Apr 24 / The Observer
Aigul Akhmetshina resplendit dans Carmen au Royal Opera House
12 Apr 24 / Opera Online (French)
Trio de choc
12 Apr 24 / Forum Opéra
Mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina is exceptional in the title role of Bizet's opera, but what's the Duchess of Alba doing here?
11 Apr 24 / CultureWhisper
Aigul Akhmetshina shines in Carmen at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
11 Apr 24 / Opera Online (English)
Carmen con regia di Damiano Michieletto
11 Apr 24 / Connessi all'Opera
A welcome new ‘Carmen’ at Covent Garden
10 Apr 24 / The Article
Damiano Michieletto’s production disappoints despite strong performances
9 Apr 24 / The Stage
Some outstanding singing at the Royal Opera’s new Carmen
9 Apr 24 / Opera Today
Akmetshina shines
9 Apr 24 / London Unattached
Aigul Akhmetshina is electrifying in simmering, naturalistic staging
8 Apr 24 / The Guardian
Akhmetshina dominates, but in Michieletto’s new Carmen his ‘clever’ aspects may jar on repetition
8 Apr 24 / Seen and Heard
Gritty realism & a reluctance to add any local colour & movement, redeemed by musical performances
8 Apr 24 / Planet Hugill
Aigul Akhmetshina commands the stage in this compelling new production
7 Apr 24 / Broadway World
Strong women, no sexual chemistry and little stage focus
7 Apr 24 / The Arts Desk
Michieletto’s excellent new Carmen lit up by Beczała and Akhmetshina at Covent Garden
7 Apr 24 / Bachtrack
Aigul Akhmetshina: 'It's Fifty Shades of Carmen!'
The mezzo-soprano on dying for a living, loading up on carbs and housework in the early hours.

Kublai Khan

MusikTheater an der Wien


No. of reviews: 9

Finalmente in scena il Cublai Kan (Kugel) di Salieri
18 Apr 24 / Le Salon Musical
«Cublai, gran kan de’ Tartari», de Antonio Salieri, en Viena
12 Apr 24 / Opera World (Spanish)
Zwangsoriginell
12 Apr 24 / Oper in Wien
Not quite a premiere, not quite a success
11 Apr 24 / Bachtrack
Khan offers slapstick fun and spectacle in Vienna
9 Apr 24 / Seen and Heard
Wien „Kublai Khan“ als krampfhaft modernisierte, vollgestopfte, langatmige Rarität
9 Apr 24 / Opera Online (German)
Bei ihm erklang Salieris Musik äußerst elegant, aber dennoch etwas seelenlos und trocken
9 Apr 24 / Online Merker
Ein ungetrübtes Vergnügen war es ja nun nicht, trotz mancher Schönheit in der Musik und mancher Sängerfreude
8 Apr 24 / Der Opernfreund
Drei Stücke für eines
6 Apr 24 / Online Merker

Nostalgia e Rivoluzione

La Monnaie | De Munt


No. of reviews: 16

there is some merit in this production of Rivoluzione e Nostalgia
18 Apr 24 / Der Opernfreund
Wenn die Barrikaden der Revolte zum Kunstobjekt werden
15 Apr 24 / Klassik Info
Die Brüsseler La Monnaie-Oper gibt mit dem „Revoluzioni e Notalgia“ ein packendes zweigeteiltes Verdi-Pasticcio
8 Apr 24 / Neue Musikzeitung
A La Monnaie, «Rivoluzione e Nostalgia» : Verdi x 16 = Prima la Musica!
8 Apr 24 / Crescendo
Ingenieus maar complex
5 Apr 24 / Opera Gazet (Dutch)
Sous les pavés, les plages verdiennes
3 Apr 24 / ResMusica
Un OVNI (Objet Verdien Non Identifié) à la Monnaie de Bruxelles!
3 Apr 24 / Première Loge
«Révolution» et «Nostalgie», une épopée lyrique que Verdi n’aurait pas reniée!
2 Apr 24 / cult.news
Diptyque Rivoluzione et Nostalgia à la Monnaie : sous les pavés, Verdi
1 Apr 24 / Opera Online (French)
“Rivoluzione e nostalgia” in Brussels
31 Mar 24 / Opera World (Spanish)
Pastiche révolutionnaire
28 Mar 24 / ConcertoNet (French)
[Rivoluzione] Mai 68 pour les nuls
28 Mar 24 / Altamusica
Que reste-t-il de nos années?
27 Mar 24 / Forum Opéra
Verdi caught in La Monnaie's revolving door
27 Mar 24 / Bachtrack
[Nostalgia] Souvenirs d’une révolution à La Monnaie
25 Mar 24 / Olyrix
[Rivoluzione] La Monnaie sous barricade
24 Mar 24 / Olyrix

Tosca

Staatstheater Stuttgart


No. of reviews: 3

Szenen ohne Illusionen
18 Apr 24 / Theater Kompass
Mit gleichwertigem Protagonisten-Terzett
16 Apr 24 / Online Merker
Szenen ohne Illusionen
15 Apr 24 / Online Merker

Médée

Grand Théâtre de Genève


No. of reviews: 18

En résonance avec notre époque
18 Apr 24 / ConcertoNet (French)
L’opera del Re Sole
18 Jun 19 / L'Ape musicale
Medée, la de Charpentier
15 May 19 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish)
Souviens-toi que je suis Médée!
13 May 19 / toutelaculture.com
Pour la Médée d'Antonacci
12 May 19 / Wanderer
Anna Caterina Antonacci triomphe dans la Médée de Charpentier
11 May 19 / Diapason
La triunfante Medea según Charpentier
9 May 19 / Ópera Actual
Anna Caterina Antonacci, mémorable Médée au Grand-Théâtre de Genève
7 May 19 / Opera Online (French)
À Genève, Anna Caterina Antonacci magnifie Médée
6 May 19 / ResMusica
Tragiques beautés
6 May 19 / Concertclassic.com
Les rôles masculins sont tenus avec la vaillance qui convient
6 May 19 / Anaclase
Rache einer Magierin
6 May 19 / Klassik Info
Splendide et profanée
5 May 19 / Forum Opéra
Une sortie de l’oubli méritée
5 May 19 / ConcertoNet (French)
Médée/Mayday de Charpentier referme une trilogie au Grand Théâtre de Genève
4 May 19 / Olyrix
Medea zwischen den Zeiten: In Genf wird die Mörderin zum Opfer
3 May 19 / Neue Zürcher Zeitung
David McVicar envoûte la Médée du Grand Théâtre de Genève
3 May 19 / Bachtrack (French)
«Médée», l’anémique du Grand Théâtre
2 May 19 / Tribune de Genève

Un Ballo in Maschera

Oper Köln


No. of reviews: 1

Premiere von Verdis „Maskenball“ in Köln frenetisch bejubelt
17 Apr 24 / Das Opernmagazin

Siegfried

Oper Bern


No. of reviews: 1

Überschäumende lange Begeisterung, prasselnder Applaus
17 Apr 24 / Online Merker

Turandot

Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden


No. of reviews: 3

Yoel Gamzou und Daniela Kerck überzeugen mit Puccinis »Turandot« am Staatstheater Wiesbaden
17 Apr 24 / Kulturfreak
Der Todeskuss
16 Apr 24 / klassik.com
Keine Hochzeit und kein Jubel
15 Apr 24 / Frankfurter Rundschau

Mefistofele

Teatro La Fenice


No. of reviews: 6

Venedig: Spektakulärer, bildmächtig aufwändiger „Mefistofele“ von Boito am Teatro La Fenice
17 Apr 24 / Opera Online (German)
Alex Esposito incarna sotto ogni punto di vista il personaggio di Mefistofele
17 Apr 24 / Connessi all'Opera
Mefistofele o della consolazione della musica
16 Apr 24 / Il Giornale della Musica (Ita)
Mefistofele triomphe à Venise : «Riddiamo, riddiamo»!
16 Apr 24 / Première Loge
Il fischio di Mefistofele risveglia la Fenice
15 Apr 24 / Le Salon Musical
A fine recita trionfo come se ne ricordano pochi nella storia recente della Fenice
15 Apr 24 / Operaclick (Italian)

Ariadne auf Naxos

Teatro Colón


No. of reviews: 1

Aspettando i fuochi d'artificio
17 Apr 24 / L'Ape musicale

Duke Bluebeard's Castle

Gran Teatre del Liceu


No. of reviews: 2

Noche de gala (improvisada)
17 Apr 24 / Platea Magazine
El Castillo de Barba Azul, un concierto con aspectos sorprendentes
16 Apr 24 / Beckmesser

Book of Mountains and Seas

Los Angeles Opera


No. of reviews: 4

Pulling some strings
17 Apr 24 / parterre box
Book of Mountains and Seas is compelling vocal theater
17 Apr 24 / San Francisco Classical Voice
A poetic evocation of Chinese creation myths in Los Angeles
16 Apr 24 / Seen and Heard
Synergy between the elements: Book of Mountains and Seas reaches the American Pacific
16 Apr 24 / Bachtrack

Simon Boccanegra

Vienna State Opera


No. of reviews: 6

Destacan en primer lugar las estupendas voces de la soprano Federico Lombardi y el tenor Freddie De Tommaso
17 Apr 24 / Opera World (Spanish)
Geglücktes Rollendebüt
16 Apr 24 / klassik.com
Erstklassige Repertoire Vorstellung mit frischen Stimmen in Simon Boccanegra
14 Apr 24 / Opera Online (German)
Zweite Vorstellung in dieser Aufführungsserie
11 Apr 24 / Online Merker
A consistently ominous atmosphere is wonderfully sustained in Vienna State Opera’s Simon Boccanegra
9 Apr 24 / Seen and Heard
Ein junges Liebespaar, zwei alte Herren, und kein Fiasko zu Genua
8 Apr 24 / Online Merker

Salome

Opéra-Théâtre - Metz Métropole


No. of reviews: 5

Outre une distribution de bon aloi, la surprise de la soirée réside dans la langue, Salomé étant ici chanté dans la version française
17 Apr 24 / Anaclase
A Metz, une Salomé adoucie
9 Apr 24 / Diapason
Un spectacle inabouti et déroutant
9 Apr 24 / Première Loge
Jochanaan ne perd pas la tête
8 Apr 24 / Forum Opéra
Salomé de retour en français à l’Opéra de Metz
8 Apr 24 / Olyrix

Giulio Cesare in Egitto

Oper Frankfurt


No. of reviews: 9

Place aux jeunes
17 Apr 24 / ResMusica
Luci e ombre nel Regno dell’Amore
7 Apr 24 / Le Salon Musical
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