Start spreading the news, for Lydia Steier’s production of Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann takes on a New York setting at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions. https://youtu.be/6ALZERMmFag
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Padraic Rowan has capitalized on his trademark virility, handsomeness, and masculine charm to make Papageno a thoroughly lovable birdcatcher. Special thanks to Jonas Wuermeling for the free ticket. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions. https://youtu.be/UzpaZixEv-w
A fun and engaging children’s opera about protecting the environment in English and German takes flight at Berlin’s ufaFabrik full of charm and sweetness. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions. https://youtu.be/okREA_NUW_c
From Elena Pankratova’s beginnings in the more Italianate repertoire to her current tenure in the Wagnerian repertoire, she continues rising as the wrathfully vengeful princess Elektra. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions.
Intimately romantic twists and turns and various operatic references pepper Tobias Kratzer’s production of Richard Strauss’s Intermezzo with fascinating character dynamics. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions.
Overlooking my conflicting sentiments about Rolando Villazón’s overall vocal form as Idomeneo, his unique brand of charisma remains interesting. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions.
Elegance, femininity, and gorgeousness combine with confidently lyrical vocals and involving theatrical acting to make Maria Agresta’s performance of Cio-Cio-San engaging. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions.
Ascending from her beginnings in more florid roles to tackling the steelier ones, Olesya Golovneva tackles the irresistible yet unhinged Princess Salome of Judea. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions.
Daniel O’Hearn, a consistently rising full lyric tenor with a huge repertoire, abundant potential, and a brilliant future, tackles the role of the impassioned officer Matteo. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions.
Popular culture, political relations, and a mixture of film and literary genres entwine in John Adams’ Nixon in China at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions.