Review | An Over Full Cunning Little Vixen at Janáček Brno Festival
The 2024 Janáček Brno Festival closed on Nov. 24 with a revival of National Theatre Brno’s 2018 production of Janáček’s 1924 opera, The Cunning Little…
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Review | Rusalka on the verge at Janáček Brno Festival
Years that end in a four have a special significance in the Czech Republic as a cause to celebrate their national musical heritage with a…
Review | Opéra de Montréal: Hamlet or Ophélie’s Triumph
On Nov. 16, Opéra de Montréal (OdeM) took up the challenge of presenting a little-known work from the French repertoire for the first time in…
Review | A Divisive Jenůfa at Janáček Brno Festival
Janáček Brno Festival presented a new staging of Janáček’s Jenůfa on Nov. 20 in a co-production with the Moravian Theatre Olomouc where it had its…
Review | Berlin Staatsoper’s fragmented The Makropulos Case at Janáček Brno Festival
Leoš Janáček’s penultimate opera, The Makropulos Case returned to Brno, where it premiered in 1926, in Claus Guth’s 2022 production from Berlin’s Staatsoper Unter den…
Review | Fabulous 50s Falstaff at Hungarian State Opera
Verdi’s final opera, his comic masterpiece Falstaff, was revived by Hungarian State Opera on Nov. 16. in Swiss director Arnaud Bernard’s 2013 staging set in…
Review | OM’s Staged Little Prince Produces Mixed Results
The magic of The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint Exupéry’s classic children’s story, can be largely ascribed to the synesthetic nature of the work itself.…
Review | Medieval meets folk with Les Idées heureuses
On Nov. 12, Les Idées heureuses presented their second concert of the season at Bourgie Hall. Jamais je ne t’oublierai : échos du Moyen Âge…
Review | Intriguingly ambiguous new Turandot at Hungarian State Opera
Puccini’s final opera, Turandot, was famously left incomplete due to the composer’s untimely death. It premiered at Teatro alla Scala in 1926 using composer Franco…
Review | Musica Pacifica – Rockstars of Early Flemish Music
On October 23, 2024, the stage of Bourgie Hall was graced with the presence of one of America’s premiere baroque ensembles, Musica Pacifica, which presented…
