No need to grin and bear it
An exciting cast digs their claws into a heady production of La Calisto at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées.
Théâtre des Champs Elysées
Mother is mothering
Marina Rebeka comes tantalizingly close to triumph in Cherubini’s Médée at Théâtre des Champs Elysées.
La damnation de Faust
Benjamin Bernheim and Victoria Karkacheva star in a production recorded last month at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées
Streamed December 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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All the fine young cannibals
Offenbach‘s Robinson Crusoé is salvaged from obscurity.
Damned to hell
Only the singers, led by Benjamin Bernheim, can salvage a dismal La Damnation de Faust at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées.
Der Rosenkavalier
A performance recorded last month and reviewed here featuring Véronique Gens, Niamh O’Sullivan, Regula Mühlemann, and Peter Rose
Those in glass houses
Krzysztof Warlikowski‘s Der Rosenkavalier at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées surpasses even Nigel Wilkinson‘s high ‘WTF threshhold’
Werther
Benjamin Bernheim sings the title role opposite Marina Viotti in a performance from Paris recorded last month
I’ll take the fall
The days are getting shorter, but you can keep the prattle going this fall’s Talk of the Town! You will, you can, you must join in the discussion about: Great mezzo soprano performances (October),
Gained in translation (November), Teleport me back to… (December).