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Things to do in London this weekend (January 5 – 7)

Mike Daw returns for the first weekend guide of the new year with everything needed to make it a memorable one

Evening Standard · Jan 4, 2024

Young Russian mezzo bids for breakout stardom in Met's new 'Carmen'

Aigul Akhmetshina says she’s a fighter — and she’s had to be to make it to the Metropolitan Opera, where she leads a new production of Bizet’s “Carmen” opening on New Year’s Eve

The Independent UK · Dec 27, 2023

La Scala's gala premiere of 'Don Carlo' is set to give Italian opera its due as a cultural treasure

Italian melodrama’s official recognition as a global cultural treasure is getting trumpeted with La Scala’s season premiere of Verdi’s “Don Carlo.”

The Independent UK · Dec 7, 2023

The week in classical: La forza del destino; Bayerisches Staatsorchester/ Jurowksi; Chouchane Siranossian – review

Ignore the fanciful plot and submit to the musical glories of the Royal Opera’s bravura revival of unwieldy Verdi. And to the top of the mountain with Vladimir Jurowski and co

The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2023

La Forza del Destino review – superb voices and slick dance routines for Loy’s reimagined Verdi

Christoph Loy’s 2019 staging staging feels more cogent in this, its first revival, and baritone Etienne Dupuis is stunning as Carlo

The Guardian - UK · Sep 20, 2023

Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen taking on new challenges on two continents

Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen is embarking on her most ambitious season yet

The Independent UK · Sep 6, 2023

Tenor Freddie de Tommaso, a young British sensation, makes US opera debut

Tenor Freddie de Tommaso, who at 28 became an overnight sensation nearly two years ago after stepping in for a star who had taken ill, is so in demand that he sometimes has to turn down roles

The Independent UK · Aug 21, 2023

Opera world split as director reinventions dominate Europe while US, Italy more muted

The opera world is split in two: Some European productions reinvent works in ways composers never imagined, and traditional stagings favored in the U.S. are condemned by cognoscenti

The Independent UK · Aug 15, 2023

Russian opera star sues US company after dropping her for refusing to criticise Putin’s war in Ukraine

Soprano Anna Netrebko, once among the Metropolitan Opera’s biggest box office draws, has sued the company and general manager Peter Gelb, alleging defamation, breach of contract and other violations

The Independent UK · Aug 6, 2023

Star soprano Anna Netrebko sues Met Opera over its decision to cut ties over Russia-Ukraine war

Soprano Anna Netrebko, once among the Metropolitan Opera’s biggest box office draws, has sued the company and general manager Peter Gelb, alleging defamation, breach of contract and other violations

The Independent UK · Aug 4, 2023