Review | A French Lucie de Lammermoor Triumphs at Opéra Comique
With Opéra-Comique’s new production of Lucie de Lammermoor—the little-known French version of Donizetti’s most famous work—a rarity has returned to the Parisian stage not as…
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Review | Matthias Pintscher’s luminous Nuit sans aube at Opéra-Comique
After more than a decade shaping the sound of the Ensemble Intercontemporain and several years working largely in New York, Matthias Pintscher returns to the…
CD Review | Les Divas d’Offenbach, Véronique Gens
Les Divas d’Offenbach Véronique Gens, soprano; Chœur et orchestre national des Pays de la Loire; Hervé Niquet, conductor Alpha Classics in collaboration with Palazzetto Bru…
Review | Richard Coeur-de-lion: When Squire is King at Opera in Concert
Tenor Colin Ainsworth’s announced indisposition at VOICEBOX: Opera in Concert’s Nov. 15 presentation of Grétry’s Richard Coeur-de-lion proved not as potentially ruinous as one might…
Review | Joyce El-Khoury Triumphs as Médée in Paris
Premiered in Paris in 1797, Cherubini’s Médée was originally presented with a French libretto, based on Euripides’ play from Greek antiquity. It’s this version that is currently…
Video Review | Deepa Johnny as Carmen, Palazetto Bru Zane
Bizet: Carmen Deepa Johnny, mezzo-soprano; Stanislas de Barbeyrac, tenor; Nicolas Courjal, bass; Iulia Maria Dan, soprano; Choeur d’enfants de la Maîtrise du Conservatoire de Rouen;…
