| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 30-Apr-2013 Staatsoper | Werther at the Wiener Staatsoper |
 Goethe’s epistolary novel Die Leiden des jungen Werthers (“The Sorrows of Young Werther”) hit the 1774 zeitgeist not only because it brought back emotion to the rather sober Age of Enlightenment, but because the tragic title hero sports a multi-faceted character that lends itself to various interpretations and projections, therefore making it easy to feel sympathy or even partly identify with the young man who kills himself because his beloved Lotte is married to another.Read full review... | |
| 13-Oct-2012 The Norwegian Opera and Ballet | Bellini's I Capuleti e i Montecchi at the Norwegian National Opera in Oslo |
 Vincenzo Bellini’s operas are not among those that are played most often in Norway. This Saturday’s concert performance of I Capuleti e i Montecchi at the Norwegian Opera in Oslo was the second ever to take place in Norway, the first being a concert performance in the Oslo Concert House back in 2001. Saturday’s performance also marked the house debut of Bulgarian mezzo-soprano Vesselina Kasarova in the role of Romeo. This was originally supposed to be a full scale production, but due to technical difficulties that plan never came to fruition.
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| 15-Oct-2011 National Theatre | A Traditional but Warm-blooded Carmen |
 Wilfried Hösl IMG_2755.jpg) Carmen is one of the most frequently performed operas in the world, and with such a variety of interpretations out there it is always difficult to come up with a new one which is simultaneously inventive and effective. Perhaps this is why Bayerische Staatsoper’s current production, alongside the production at the Royal Opera House in London, opts for such traditional staging, but does so which such quality that whatever lack of originality there might be is immaterial.
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