Get in the zone Get in the zone

Tamara Wilson and Stanislas de Barbeyrac are the standouts in Calixto Bieito’s underwhelming Die Walküre in Paris

God grief God grief

Nigel Wilkinson takes on the first installment of the Paris Opera’s new Calixto Bieito-directed Ring Cycle

It takes a woman It takes a woman

The plight of two women, each from different backgrounds, was on full display in San Francisco opera houses last week.

‘Don’ or dinner party ‘Don’ or dinner party

A revival of Peter Konwitschny’s rightly legendary Don Carlos and Dmitri Tcherniakov’s confounding new Salome: both turned out to be unforgettable!

Roman holiday Roman holiday

A brace of Handel operas at the George Enescu International Festival.