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Mikael Karlsson - Fanny and Alexander, at La Monnaie in Brussels
La Monnaie, Brussels, Sunday December 8 2024Conductor: Ariane Matiakh. Production: Ivo Van Hove. Sets and Lighting: Jan Versweyveld. Costume Designer: An D’Huys. Video: Christopher Ash. Helena Ekdahl:...
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Stravinsky - The Rake's Progress, at the Palais Garnier in Paris
ONP Palais Garnier, Tuesday December 10 2024Conductor: Susanna Mälkki. Production and lighting: Olivier Py. Sets and Costumes: Pierre-André Weitz. Tom Rakewell: Ben Bliss. Nick Shadow: Iain Paterson....
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Rameau - Les Fêtes d'Hébé, ou Les Talens Lyriques, at the Opéra Comique...
Opéra Comique, Paris, 17 December 2024Conductor: William Christie. Production: Robert Carsen. Sets and Costumes: Gideon Davey. Lighting: Robert Carsen, Peter Van Praet. Choreography: Nicolas Paul....
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Janacek - Příhody lišky Bystroušky: The Cunning Little Vixen/La petite...
ONP Bastille, Tuesday January 21 2025Conductor: Juraj Valčuha. Production: André Engel. Sets: Nicky Rieti. Costumes: Elizabeth Neumuller. Lighting: André Diot. Choreography: Françoise Grès. The Vixen:...
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Rameau - Castor et Pollux (1737 version), at the Paris Opera's Palais Garnier
ONP Garnier, Paris, Thursday January 23, 2025Conductor: Teodor Currentzis. Production: Peter Sellars. Sets: Joelle Aoun. Costumes: Camille Assaf. Lighting: James F. Ingalls. Choreography: Cal Hunt....
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Opéra Magazine's 'pick of the month' recording for February 2025
Opéra Magazine didn't show up in January and I thought it might have gone the way of so many arts institutions in these tough times, but it was, after all, just hibernating and is now back.The top new...
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Cherubini - Médée, at the Opéra Comique in Paris
Opéra Comique, Paris, Monday February 10 2025Conductor: Laurence Equilbey. Production and Video: Marie-Ève Signeyrole. Sets: Fabien Teigné. Costumes: Yashi. Lighting: Philippe Berthomé. Médée: Joyce...
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Wagner - Das Rheingold (L'Or du Rhin), at the Paris Opera.
ONP Bastille, Paris, Tuesday February 11 2025Conductor: Pablo Heras-Casado. Production: Calixto Bieito. Sets: Rebecca Ringst. Costumes: Ingo Krügler. Lighting: Michael Bauer. Video: Sarah Derendinger....
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Wagner, Götterdämmerung (Le Crépuscule des Dieux) at La Monnaie in Brussels
La Monnaie, Brussels, Sunday February 23 2025Conductor: Alain Altinoglu. Production: Pierre Audi. Video: Chris Kondek. Sets: Michael Simon. Costumes: Petra Reinhardt. Lighting: Valerio Tiberi....
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Opéra Magazine's 'pick of the month' recording for March 2025
The March issue of France’s Opéra Magazine is here already, so it's still going after all. Its favourite recording this month, to which it awards one of its ‘Diamonds’, is Vannina Santoni’s Par Amour,...
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Dame Felicity Lott & Jason Carr at the Théâtre de l'Athénée Louis-Jouvet in...
Théâtre de l'Athénée Louis-Jouvet, Paris, Monday March 3 2025Photo: DAVID HARTLEY/Shutterst/SIPASoprano: Dame Felicity Lott. Piano and vocals: Jason Carr.Georges Auric: PrintempsFrancis Poulenc:...
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Mahler - Symphony N°8 at the Bozar in Brussels
La Monnaie at Bozar, Brussels, Sunday March 9 2025Conductor: Alain Altinoglu. Magna Peccatrix: Manuela Uhl. Una Poenitentium: Jacquelyn Wagner. Mater Gloriosa: Ilse Eerens. Mulier Samaritana: Nora...
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Rameau (with Claus Guth and Raphaël Pichon) - Samson, at the Opéra Comique...
Opéra Comique (Salle Favart), Paris, Wednesday March 19, 2025Conductor: Raphaël Pichon. Production: Claus Guth (revived by Romain Gilbert). Sets: Étienne Pluss. Costumes: Ursula Kudrna. Lighting &...
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Pascal Dusapin - Il Viaggio, Dante, at the Paris Opera's Palais Garnier
ONP Garnier, Paris, Wednesday March 26, 2025Conductor: Kent Nagano. Production: Claus Guth. Sets: Étienne Pluss. Costumes: Gesine Völlm. Lighting: Fabrice Kebour. Video: Roland Horvath/rocafilm....
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Verdi - Don Carlos ('rehearsal' score, in French) at the Paris Opera Bastille
ONP Bastille, Paris, Wednesday April 9, 2025Conductor: Simone Young. Production: Krzysztof Warlikowski. Sets and costumes: Małgorzata Szczęśniak. Lighting: Felice Ross. Video: Denis Guéguin....
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Félix Fourdrain - Les Contes de Perrault, at the Théâtre de l’Athénée-Louis...
Théâtre de l’Athénée-Louis Jouvet, Paris, Tuesday April 15 2025Conductor: Dylan Corlay. Production: Valérie Lesort. Sets and Costumes: Vanessa Sannino. Lighting: Pascal Laajili.Video: Vanessa Sannino,...
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Opéra Magazine's 'pick of the month' recordings for April and May 2025
Only when getting ready to write about May did I realise that I'd forgotten to post about Opéra Magazine's favourite recording in April. So here are April and May together.The magazine’s April pick of...
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Puccini - Il Trittico (Gianni Schicchi, Il Tabarro and Suor Angelica) at the...
ONP Bastille, Tuesday May 13 2025 Conductor: Carlo Rizzi. Production: Christof Loy. Sets: Étienne Pluss. Costumes: Barbara Drosihn. Lighting: Fabrice Kebour. Orchestra and Chorus of the Opéra National...
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Bizet - L'Arlésienne and Le Docteur Miracle, at the Châtelet in Paris
Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, Tuesday May 27 2025Conductor: Sora Elisabeth Lee. Production, sets and costumes: Pierre Lebon. Lighting: Bertrand Killy. Orchestre de Chambre de Paris.L’ArlésienneBalthazar:...
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Strauss - Der Rosenkavalier (Le Chevalier à la Rose) at the Théâtre des...
Théâtre des Champs Elysées, Paris, Monday June 2 2025Conductor: Henrik Nánási. Production: Krzysztof Warlikowski. Sets and costumes: Małgorzata Szczęśniak. Choreography: Claude Bardouil. Lighting:...
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Bizet - Carmen, at La Monnaie in Brussels
La Monnaie, Brussels, Sunday June 15 2025Conductor: Nathalie Stutzmann. Production, sets and dialogues: Dmitri Tcherniakov. Costumes: Elena Zaitseva. Lighting: Gleb Filshtinsky. Carmen: Stéphanie...
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Closing Time appears on youTube
In November 2023, I posted about a fascinating, touching project that grew out of the personal experiences of London-based writer and performer Karin de Novellis, who looked after her husband, a...
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Offenbach - Les Brigands, at the Paris Opera's Palais Garnier
ONP Garnier, Thursday June 26 2025Conductor: Michele Spotti. Production: Barrie Kosky. Sets: Rufus Didwiszus. Costumes: Victoria Behr. Lighting: Ulrich Eh. Choreography: Otto Pichler. Falsacappa:...
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Opéra Magazine's 'pick of the month' recordings for June, July and August 2025
Once again, I simply forgot to post anything about June's 'pick of the month' in France's monthly Opéra Magazine. So here are their favourites for June, July and August.In June, they chose the...
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