Robert Carsen’s Osud at Janáček Brno Festival: “a progressive step”
Leoš Janáček is Canadian director Robert Carsen’s favourite composer. He admires him especially...
Sarah Marie Kramer is ‘luxuriant’ in Longborough Festival’s Die Walküre
Britain has an established tradition of “country house opera,” with almost a dozen companies...
Jordan de Souza makes Lyric Opera of Chicago debut with ‘neo-Romantic’ Florencia en el Amazonas
Lyric Opera of Chicago presented its first-ever Spanish-language mainstage opera on Nov. 13th with...
Glenn Gould School’s Svadba: ‘energetic’ return to live
Ana Sokolović’s Svadba was premiered by (now defunct) Queen of Puddings Music Theatre in Toronto...
Maritime Concert Opera returns with ‘dynamic’ Cavalleria rusticana & Oxner tribute
Attending a live in-concert opera for the first time in almost two years was thrilling. The first...
Oper Frankfurt’s Salome is a watershed for Ambur Braid in the title role
Both the music and text of Richard Strauss's Salome, which uses Oscar Wilde's play of the same...
