Olivier Keegel

Editor-in-Chief

Chief Editor. Does not need much more than Verdi, Bellini and Donizetti. Wishes to resuscitate Tito Schipa and Fritz Wunderlich. Certified unmasker of directors' humbug.

Esther Chayes

Reviewer

Esther Chayes received her soloist diploma at the Utrecht Conservatory. Specialization in the opera profession followed in New York, Milan and Turin. She sang with the choir of the Teatro Regio Torino and made her debut in the leading role in La Molinara by Paisiello. After performing several smaller to medium roles, Chayes turned to teaching.

Mauricio Fernandez

REVIEWER

Opera has played a major role since my childhood in Mexico. In Holland responsable for the casting of all sorts of vocal works with an accent on opera concerts in the Concertgebouw organized by the Dutch Radio.

Vincent Lombardo

REVIEWER

Vincent Lombardo graduated in Opera Studies from the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. While on the stage directing staff of the New York City Opera, he collaborated with the Metropolitan Opera. In 1978, Maestro Claudio Abbado invited him to Teatro alla Scala as an Assistant Stage Director, for which he was awarded a Fulbright Grant.

Robert Levine

REVIEWER

Robert Levine is music writer and editor. He initiated Amazon.com's classical CD store. Author of "Weep, Shudder, Die - A Guide to Loving Opera," "Maria Callas - A Musical Biography," and "A Child's Guide to the Orchestra".

Christian Jaeger

REVIEWER

Christian Jaeger has a passion for the operas of 19th-century Italian composers, is always amazed at how innovative Gluck and Cherubini sound, and loves repertoire companies.

Stéphane Gilbart

REVIEWER

Based in Luxembourg, but lyrically nomadic . With eclectic tastes, and always happy with the surprises that opera continues to offer him : other soloists, another conductor, another director, just a new one, etc. Happy also to share what he lived here, there or elsewhere.

Jean Jordy

REVIEWER

Jean Jordy, professeur de Lettres Classiques, amateur d'opéra et de chant lyrique depuis l'enfance. Critique musical sur plusieurs sites français, il aime Mozart, Debussy, Rameau, Verdi, Britten, Debussy, et tout le spectacle vivant.

Saskia Eurlings

Saskia Eurlings studied Psychology, Music, Theatre & Arts at California State University, Northridge. In 2021, Saskia became artistic and managing director of the Favola in Musica Foundation. She was the driving force behind the Mozart pastiche Il Gioco d'Amore, and conceived the concept, determined the artistic line and actually acted as initiator/designer of the project. In this pastiche, archetypes from Mozart operas are woven together to form new characters in a new story. In 2022, Saskia wrote an abridged classical version of Die Zauberflöte for children. Saskia Eurlings has a fondness for traditionally performed operas and for Grandes Opéras in which dance is an important part.