The Borgias Spectacular Homecoming
✮✮✮✮ Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía Emilio Sagi | Fabio Biondi It was 33 years ago that Emilio Sagi, former...
A Nature of Self-Destruction and a Very Big Head
✮✮✮✮ Handel's Saul Adelaide Festival Barrie Kosky | Erin Helyard Stories of narcissism are more relevant than ever. In our age of...
Liebestod with Bicycle Rack
✮✮✮ Wagner's Tristan und Isolde Bayreuth Festival Katharina Wagner | Christian Thielemann King Marke has a mean collection of bicycle...
Light and Shade
✮✮✮✮ Tchikovsky's Iolanta / Stravinsky's Perséphone Festival d'Art Lyrique d'Aix en Provence Peter Sellars | Teodor Currentzis...
Scenes Before Marriage
✮✮✮ 1/2 Ana Sokolović's Svadba Festival d'Art Lyrique d'Aix en Provence Ted Huffman & Zack Winokur | Dáirine Ní Mheadhra The Serbian-born...
Art and Education - Hand in Hand
✮✮✮✮ Jonathan Dove's The Monster in the Maze Festival d'Art Lyrique d'Aix en Provence Marie-Ève Signeyrole | Simon Rattle The idea of...
All the Perfumes of Araby
✮ Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail Festival d'Art Lyrique d'Aix en Provence Martin Kušej | Jérémie Rhorer The entire stage is one...
Fifty Shades of Handel
✮✮✮ Handel's Alcina Festival d'Art Lyrique d'Aix en Provence Katie Mitchell | Andrea Marcon Alcina is not keen on free love. She prefers...