The Grand Salzburg Hotel The Grand Salzburg Hotel

A.J. Goldmann on the Salzburg Festival’s revolving doors, both in its administration and in its delectable production of Il viaggio a Reims.

A lady of coarse and vulgar inclinations A lady of coarse and vulgar inclinations

A stark, sweltering performance of Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk shocks the Komische Oper Berlin.

The twilight zone The twilight zone

As I mentioned in my last article (on the subject of Calixto Bieito’s production of Das Rheingold at the Paris Opera), in what the French might call une histoire belge, La Monnaie’s Ring cycle started with Romeo Castellucci as its director, and is now ending with Pierre Audi.