by Jens Winther | Apr 30, 2026 | Opera, Opera
THE TURN OF THE SCREW • STAATSOPER UNTER DEN LINDEN ★★★★☆☆ REVIEW THE TURN OF THE SCREW BERLIN: DEMYSTIFIED NIGHTMARE Where the Royal Opera House let Benjamin Britten’s The Turn of the Screw drift into a dark, hallucinatory pool of doubt, paranoia, and unease, Claus...
by Jens Winther | Apr 30, 2026 | Opera, Opera
AIDA • BERLIN ★★★★★★ REVIEW AIDA IN BERLIN: OPERA BURNING WITH RELEVANCE Calixto Bieito takes the thesis theater to its purest form in his production of Aida*at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden. A production that, since its premiere in 2023, has drawn both boos and...
by Jens Winther | Apr 22, 2026 | Opera
THE DEATH OF KLINGHOFFER • FLORENCE ★★★★★☆ Foto: Michele Monasta REVIEW THE DEATH OF KLINGHOFFER, FLORENCE: A RARE, BOLD AND INTENSE OPERA EXPERIENCE The Maggio Musicale Fiorentino opera festival opened with a rare and bold production of John Adams’s notorious...
by Jens Winther | Apr 7, 2026 | Opera
MANON LESCAUT • OPÉRA DE LYON ★★★★☆☆ Photo: Jean-Louis Fernandez REVIEW MANON LESCAUT: IMPRESSING OPERA FESTIVAL OPENER IN LYON The 2026 Lyon Opera Festival opened with a particularly beautiful—yet also controversial—production of Puccini’s Manon Lescau, one of the...
by Jens Winther | Apr 7, 2026 | Opera, Opera
THE TURN OF THE SCREW • LONDON ★★★★★☆ REVIEW THE TURN OF THE SCREW: TERRIFYING OPERA HALLUCINATION IN LONDON The main stage at the Royal Opera House in London offers grand productions full of pomp, splendor, and red velour. But if you’re not averse to something darker...
by Jens Winther | Mar 27, 2026 | Opera, Opera
IDOMENEO • BRUXELLES ★★★★☆☆ Photo: Simon Van Rompay REVIEW IDOMENEO: CAPTIVATING MOZART AND NEUROLOGY IN BRUSSELS At first, it almost seems as if there is more vitality in Mozart’s 300-year-old Idomeneo than in Calixto Bieto’s three-week-old production at La Monnaie...
