I think Patanè did far more than just hold it together: he did full honor to Verdi.
He has conducted some of my favorite opera recordings.
Ahead of his new production of Die Frau ohne Schatten, Barrie Kosky chats with Kevin Ng in Aix about pretty much everything — except the details of his new Frau.
The Bayerische Staatsoper’s Ring cycle scores another triumph with Tobias Kratzer’s take on Die Walküre.
Greek National Opera’s Medea in the ancient theater at Epidaurus is an intermittently rewarding exercise in nostalgia.
Brett Dean‘s Of One Blood casts a well-trodden Tudor tale in a poignant, new light.
Giannina Arangi-Lombardi never sang at the Met.
Brundibár at the Opéra Comique combines whimsy with historicity to sobering effect.
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, leading the Met Orchestra, and Joyce DiDonato continue their exploration of Mahler at Carnegie Hall.
After success at the Met as Turandot and before a historic Medea, soprano Anna Pirozzi talks to Harry Rose about her voice, her repertoire, and where her “second explosion of career” is taking her.
A full century after her heyday, Argentine soprano Hina Spani still moves us thanks to her vivid recordings and the savants who have cherished and shared them.
Supported by an ingenious production and strong performances, Antonia Bembo’s Ercole Amante makes a successful Paris Opera debut.
Christopher Corwin speaks to rising bass-baritone Le Bu about his journey from Yancheng, China to the Met (with a stop in Wichita) and what important roles await him.
Parterre Box previews Kathryn Lewek‘s upcoming Salome with clips of her as another unhinged lady of antiquity.
Madison Schindele surveys the endlessly diverse offerings of Berlin’s 2026-27 opera season.
A.J. Goldmann on the Salzburg Festival’s revolving doors, both in its administration and in its delectable production of Il viaggio a Reims.
Bass-baritone Le Bu’s recital with Vocal Arts DC highlighted his linguistic and timbral versatility.
I was a huge fan of Anna Netrebko.
A new production of Die schweigsame Frau at the Berlin Staatsoper has precious little to say.
Christopher Corwin picks the flowers of a baroque May in New York City with reviews of concerts starring Lauren Snouffer, Key’mon Murrah, and the Oratorio Society of New York.
Iain Bell and Lydia Steier‘s Medusa stuns in Brussels.
Verdi’s Stiffelio goes Amish in Vienna, featuring a stellar Luciano Ganci in the title role.
Clémence de Grandval’s Mazeppa gets the superhero treatment in Dortmund.
An exciting cast digs their claws into a heady production of La Calisto at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées.
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
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