Metropolitan Opera 2017-18 Season, Reviews, Stage Reviews

Royal Opera House 2024-25 Review: La Bohème

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(Photo: Puccini’s most beloved masterpiece is a feast at any time of the year, but as a Christmas treat, promises to deliver many gifts. Alas, like ALL gifts, some are more desirable than others; some special, some expected and some unwanted. As is the case with this fifth revival of Richard Jones’s classic 2017 production, where some presents are more {…}

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English National Opera 2022-23 Review: The Rhinegold

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Photo Credit: Marc Brenner English National Opera has had a stay of execution from the swinging cuts imposed on them by Arts Council England before Christmas. At least another year of funding is guaranteed, though it has not come without casualties; the “Siegfried” planned as the next installment of their burgeoning “Ring” has reportedly been pulled. A pity, as Richard {…}

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Royal Opera House 2022-23 Review: La Bohème

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Luciano Pavarotti may have enjoyed the moniker “King of the High ‘Cs,” but the TRUE high “C” king of the 21st Century, having flitted effortlessly through a career filled with an abundance of top notes, finds himself the star of this Richard Jones revival, a production now in its fourth year. I WAS to have reviewed Juan Diego Flórez’s debut {…}

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Teatro Real 2021-22 Review: La Bohème

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(Credit: Javier del Real) There is no better title to end a year with than Puccini’s lively story of friendship, love and sickness. “La Bohème” is always an audience favorite and Teatro Real, which for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic had no social distancing measures and could sell all the seats in its theatre, sold out {…}

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English National Opera 2021-22 Review: The Valkyrie

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(Credit: © Tristram Kenton) It is some 20 years since ENO saw a complete “Ring.” Over the next few years they launch a new production, beginning with “The Valkyrie,” reverting next year to “Das Rheingold,” and then on. It is a bold undertaking to launch a new “Ring” in these challenging times for opera, with no little financial and artistic {…}

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Artist of the Week: Richard Jones

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On Nov. 19, the English National Opera will open a new Ring Cycle. The production will mark the first time the company stages the monumental tetralogy in more than 15 years. Taking on this major task is director Richard Jones. Jones first staged Wagner’s Cycle in 1989 at the Scottish Opera before bringing his take in 1993 to the Royal {…}

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English National Opera Announces New Ring Cycle; Metropolitan Opera Co-Producing

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The English National Opera has announced a new Ring Cycle. The company announced that Richard Jones will direct the production and will be conducted by Martyn Brabbins. It was also confirmed that the Metropolitan Opera will coproduce the production. The production will mark the first time the ENO stages the tetralogy in 15 years. The ENO will present the complete {…}

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Royal Opera House 2019-20 Review: La Bohème

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(Credit: Royal Opera House /Tristram Kenton) This review is for the performance on Jan. 10, 2020. Alongside with Richard Eyre’s classic production of “La Traviata,” Richard Jones’ “La bohème” is an important weapon in the Royal Opera’s commercial arsenal, and will therefore be making 16 appearances this year, with myriad casts and three conductors. This is its second revival since {…}

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Royal Opera House 2024-25 Review: La Bohème

English National Opera 2022-23 Review: The Rhinegold

Royal Opera House 2022-23 Review: La Bohème

Teatro Real 2021-22 Review: La Bohème

English National Opera 2021-22 Review: The Valkyrie

Artist of the Week: Richard Jones

English National Opera Announces New Ring Cycle; Metropolitan Opera Co-Producing

Royal Opera House 2019-20 Review: La Bohème