Review | How to Bludgeon Carmen: Bieito’s Lesson in Four Acts
Calixto Bieito’s Carmen at the Opéra Bastille—a production created in 1999 at the Festival de Peralada (Spain) and revived in Paris since 2017—arrives with the…
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Review | Ambur Braid Kills It in Komische Oper Berlin’s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
Like its material, Komische Oper Berlin’s new production of Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk by director Barrie Kosky is unrelentingly grim. The action takes place…
Review | Konzerthausorchester’s “Unfinished” Evening with Tabea Zimmermann in Berlin
The second concert in Konzerthausorchester Berlin’s “Vom Anfangen” (“On Beginnings”) festival featured works that could be described as unfinished in different ways. This superbly-curated evening…
Review | Budapest Festival Orchestra & Iván Fischer’s Triumphant Mahler 3 in Toronto
Mahler’s longest, most philosophically ambitious, and second most lavishly scored symphony, in a less than full-sized hall, could so easily have proved too much of…
Review | Misogyny Unveiled in New National Theatre Das Rheingold in Prague
With director Sláva Daubnerová’s production of Wagner’s Das Rheingold (seen Feb. 15), Prague’s National Theatre embarks on a new Ring Cycle between now and 2028.…
Review | RWB Tours T’əl, an Indigenous Story by Indigenous Creators
Royal Winnipeg Ballet (RWB) has commissioned three Indigenous story ballets over the decades, each one making, for its time, a newsworthy impact. 1971’s The Ecstasy…
Review | Paris Opera Ballo: Netrebko & Tézier in a Dramatic Void
With the Paris Opera’s 2026 season now in full swing—and offering several genuinely striking productions, Eugene Onegin directed by Ralph Fiennes among them — this…
Review | The Dover Quartet at LMMC: Classical & Romantic Combined
On Feb. 8, the temperature in Montreal plummeted to -16°C and a biting wind lowered it by some magnitudes more. The city was in need…
Review | Ralph Fiennes’ Eugene Onegin at Paris Opera
The excitement around this sold-out Eugene Onegin at the Palais Garnier (seen Feb. 1) begins with a name: Ralph Fiennes. One senses his presence before…
Review | Siegfried at Paris Opera: Magnificent Music, a Theatrical Void
At Opéra national de Paris’s Opéra Bastille, Calixto Bieito staging of Wagner’s Siegfried arrives as the third panel of a much-anticipated new Ring. Musically, the…
