

The Borgias Spectacular Homecoming
✮✮✮✮ Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia Palau de les Arts Reina SofÃa 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 Nà 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...


Dazzling Femme Fatale
✮✮✮✮ Berg's Lulu Dutch National Opera & Ballet | Amsterdam William Kentridge | Lothar Zagrosek Just who is Lulu? Frank Wedekind’s femme...


Comfort and Hope
✮✮✮✮ 1/2 Comfort Ye Artscape Theatre | Cape Town Robert Lehmeier | Catherine Milliken | Erik Dippenaar Comfort Ye depicts a day in the...