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Vienna State Ballet : Kallirhoe, Antiquity as a Pretext for a (Formidable) Soviet-Style Soap Opera

  Rosy-fingred Dawn appeared once more, and Ulysses recognised his land. Daylight rose over the hills, and his heart was lifted with it.   Alessandra Ferri’s recruitment coup When the Vienna…

Mahler's Eighth by Petrenko in Berlin : Light in the darkness

  Contexts, from yesterday to today To avoid repeating ourselves (too much), we would prefer to refer curious readers to the two previous reviews (in French),…

Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk at La Scala : a lady unworthy yet too worthy (?)

Premises Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk is undoubtedly one of the most important works of the twentieth century, but also of the entire operatic repertoire. The…

Claudio Abbado : twelve years already

Twelve years ago, on 20 January 2014, Claudio Abbado left this world, leaving us bereft of his music. ‘One being is missing, and all is…

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Mahler's Eighth by Petrenko in Berlin : Light in the darkness

  Contexts, from yesterday to today To avoid repeating ourselves (too much), we would prefer to refer curious readers to the two previous reviews (in French),…

Gatti and the Berliners : A wonderful encounter for a “counter-programme” .

Germany offers Daniele Gatti some sweet consolation for his recent disappointment in Milan : during this week in October 2025, he rehearsed in the morning…

Lucerne Festival 2022 : when Mahler sounds like Otto Dix painted

While some conductors announce a Mahler project that will embrace all the symphonies in chronological order, others start with the most popular or the…

Brilliant and vigourous Daniele Rustioni at the New Generation Festival in Florence

A symphonic concert, indeed, but somehow related to the world of opera, since the programme began with the overture of Le nozze di Figaro,…

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Hamlet by Frank Castorf : in our ruins

    Contexts At the heart of this production is the personality of Heiner Müller (who died in 1995), who, like Castorf, came from the former GDR…

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Vienna State Ballet : Kallirhoe, Antiquity as a Pretext for a (Formidable) Soviet-Style Soap Opera

  Rosy-fingred Dawn appeared once more, and Ulysses recognised his land. Daylight rose over the hills, and his heart was lifted with it.   Alessandra Ferri’s recruitment coup When the Vienna…