Edda Moser
Edda Moser: “It always gets messed up by the directors”

Moser’s statement is not only a reality call, but also a hot shower that flushes all the inanities, incomprehension, fallacies, self-centered vanity, ludicrous actualization, contemporary snobbery and quasi-progressive libretto beliefs down the shower drain.

Kát'a Kabanová in Rome
Kát’a Kabanová in Rome
Kát’a Kabanová Kát’a Kabanová (1921), opera in three acts by Leoš Janáček. Libretto by the composer, after the play Groza (Storm) by Alexander Nikolayevich Ostrovsky. First performance at the National Theatre, Brno,…
Gabi
✝ Gabriele Luise Eder
Today the sad news reached us that our reviewer Gabriele Luise (Gabi) Eder has passed away at the age of 58. Gabi was one of the pillars of Opera Gazet, and we…
Aroldo
AROLDO in Piacenza – excellent and formidable cast
Aroldo (Stiffelio) by Giuseppe Verdi. Opera in four acts. 1857. Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, after his earlier Stiffelio. First performance at the Teatro Nuovo, Rimini, on 16 August 1857. Seen: 21…
Figaro
Figaro – a joyful Met revival
FIGARO Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Opera buffa in four acts. 1786. Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte, after the play La Folle Journée, ou Le Mariage de Figaro by…
MACBETH
MACBETH IN MILAN: LIKE NIGHT AND DAY
Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi. Opera in four acts. 1847. Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, after the play by Shakespeare. First performance at the Teatro della Pergola, Florence, on 14th March 1847. TEATRO…
Tosca
Tosca. The real thing.
TOSCA Tosca by Giacomo Puccini. Melodramma in three acts. 1899. Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica, after the play La Tosca by Victorien Sardou. First performance at the Teatro Costanzi, Rome,…
Das Rheingold
Das Rheingold in Stuttgart
You can have any review automatically translated. Just click on the Translate button, which you can find in the Google bar above this article.   DAS RHEINGOLD IN CIRCUS FORMAT Das Rheingold…
Adriana Lecouvreur
ADRIANA LECOUVREUR in Bologna
Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea is now rethought for the space of the stage  of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna. Attended performance: premiere, November 14, 2021 In the role of the protagonist,…
L'Italiana in Londra
L’ITALIANA IN LONDRA in Frankfurt
L'italiana in Londra L'italiana in Londra. "Intermezzo in musica" in two parts by Domenico Cimarosa. Text by Giuseppe Petrosellini. Oper Frankfurt. Performance attended: November 5, 2021. Livia: Angela Vallone Madama Brillante: Bianca…