| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 20-Feb-2013 Theater an der Wien | Sex, wine and bel canto bliss: Le Comte Ory at the Theater an der Wien |
 When Jean-Christophe Spinosi stepped onto the podium to conduct Le Comte Ory that night, he didn’t wait for his applause to cease, but instantly cued a hearty forte from the Ensemble Matheus, and consequently a few incredulous looks from the audience.Read full review... | |
| 15-Dec-2012 Southbank Centre: Queen Elizabeth Hall | Gloom, doom, stormy seas, and a Dutchman flown over from Zurich: A concert Flying Dutchman in London |
| Opera being a strongly visual art form as well as a musical one, the idea of a pure concert performance seems a little strange to those unfamiliar with the form. However, removing the necessity for singers to run around (often in uncomfortable-looking costumes), negotiate (sometimes uncooperative) props and scenery, and bodily convey their thoughts and feelings in a manner visible to amphitheatre Row W, allows for 100% concentration on the music, in particular the expression of character and emotion through voice alone. Read full review... | |
| 12-Nov-2011 Salle Wilfrid Pelletier | An Otherworldly Rusalka with L'Opera de Montréal |
 © Yves Renaud.jpg) Rusalka is a strange love story—one that ends with a man dying in the embrace of a woman (as opposed to the classic opposite). The story’s end finds no closure, but instead acts as the birth of a fearsome Czech folktale about a water nymph who is doomed to ensnare young men. And finally, the opera contains but one ‘love aria’ which appears in the final scene, and ends in tragic death.Read full review... | |
