Video reviews A – G

Abrahamsen
The Snow Queen; Munich, 2019

Adam
Le postillon de Lonjumeau; Paris, 2019

Adams
The Death of Klinghoffer; Film, 2003

Doctor Atomic; Amsterdam, 2007 

El Niño; Paris, 2000

Nixon in China; Metropolitan Opera, 2011 

Adès
The Exterminating Angel; Metropolitan Opera, 2017

The Tempest; Metropolitan Opera, 2012

Albéniz
Merlin; Madrid, 2003

d’Albert
Tiefland; Zürich, 2006

Alfano
Cyrano de Bergerac; Valencia, 2007

Sakùntala; Catania, 2016

Barber
Vanessa; Glyndebourne, 2018

Barrière and Saariaho
Ekstasis; Paris, 2018

Bartòk
Herzog Blaubarts Burg; Film, 1963 (restored 2021)

Beethoven
Fidelio; Glyndebourne, 1979
Fidelio; Metropolitan Opera, 2000
Fidelio; Zürich, 2004 
Fidelio; Zürich, 2008
Fidelio; Salzburg, 2015
Fidelio (1806 version); Theater an der Wien, 2020
Fidelio; Royal Opera House, 2020

Leonora (1805 version); Opera Lafayette, 2020

Bellini
I Capuletti e I Montecchi; San Francisco, 2012

Norma; Canadian Opera Company, 1981
Norma; Munich, 2006
Norma; Barcelona, 2015
Norma; Royal Opera House, 2016
Norma; Macerata, 2016

I Puritani; Barcelona, 2001
I Puritani; Metropolitan Opera, 2007
I Puritani; Madrid, 2016

La Sonnambula; Stuttgart, 2013

Benjamin
Lessons in Love and Violence; Royal Opera House, 2018

Written on Skin; Royal Opera House, 2013 

Berg
Lulu; Glyndebourne, 1996
Lulu; Salzburg; 2010
Lulu; Brussels, 2012

Wozzeck; Film, 1970
Wozzeck; Wiener Staatsoper, 1987
Wozzeck; Frankfurt, 1996
Wozzeck; Barcelona, 2007
Wozzeck; Moscow, 2010 
Wozzeck; Zürich, 2015
Wozzeck; Amsterdam, 2017

Berlioz
Béatrice et Bénédict; Glyndebourne, 2016

Benvenuto Cellini; Amsterdam, 2015

Les Troyens; Paris, 2003 
Les Troyens; Royal Opera House, 2012

Birtwistle
The Minotaur; Royal Opera House, 2008

Bizet
Carmen; Earl’s Court, 1999
Carmen; Glyndebourne, 2002 
Carmen; Royal Opera House, 2006
Carmen; Zurich, 2008
Carmen; Paris, 2009
Carmen; Metropolitan Opera, 2010
Carmen; Barcelona, 2011
Carmen; Bregenz, 2017
Carmen; Versailles, 2023 . (Review on the La Scena Musicale website)

Blow
Venus and Adonis; Stockholm, 2021 (coupled with Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas)

Boesmans
Julie; Aix-en-Provence, 2005

Boismortier
Don Quichotte chez la duchesse; Versailles, 2015

Boito
Mefistofele; San Francisco, 2013 

Nerone; Cagliari, 2024

Borodin
Prince Igor; Metropolitan Opera, 2014

Britten
Albert Herring; Glyndebourne, 1985

Billy Budd; BBC film, 1966
Billy Budd; Glyndebourne, 2010 

Death in Venice; Glyndebourne Touring Opera, 1987
Death in Venice; Venice, 2008 

Gloriana; BBC film/Opera North, 2000
Gloriana; Royal Opera House, 2013

A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Glyndebourne, 1981
A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Barcelona, 2005

Owen Wingrave; BBC2 film, 1970
Owen Wingrave; Channel 4 film, 2001

Peter Grimes; BBC film, 1969
Peter Grimes; Royal Opera House, 1981
Peter Grimes; ENO, 1994
Peter Grimes; Zurich, 2005
Peter Grimes; Metropolitan Opera, 2008
Peter Grimes; La Scala, 2012
Peter Grimes; Aldeburgh, 2013
Comparative round up of all seven available versions of Peter Grimes

The Rape of Lucretia; Snape, 2001
The Rape of Lucretia; Glyndebourne, 2015

The Turn of the Screw; Opera Australia, 1991
The Turn of the Screw; BBC Wales film, 1996
The Turn of the Screw; Glyndebourne, 2011

Busoni
Doktor Faust; Zurich, 2008
Doktor Faust; Florence, 2023

Casablancas
L’enigma di Lea; Barcelona, 2019

Catalani
La Wally; Theater an der Wien, 2021

Cavalieri
Rappresentatione di Anima et di Corpo; Theater an der Wien, 2021 (Review on Opera Canada website)

Cavalli
La Didone; Caen, 2011 

Elena Aix-en-Provence; 2013

Ercole amante; Amsterdam, 2009
Ercole amante; Paris, 2019

Il Giasone; Vlaamse Opera, 2010 
Il Giasone, Geneva, 2017

Cesti
La Dori; Innsbruck, 2019

Chabrier
Une Éducation Manquée; Compiègne, 1994

Cherubini
Koukourgi; Klagenfurt, 2010

Médée; Brussels, 2011 

Chin
Alice in Wonderland; Munich, 2007

Cilea
Adriana Lecouvreur; Royal Opera House, 2010 

Gloria; Cagliari, 2023

Cimarosa
Le astuzie femminili; Riete, 2022

L’Italiana in Londra; Frankfurt, 2021

Dean
Hamlet; Glyndebourne, 2017

Debussy
Pelléas et Mélisande; WNO, 1992
Pelléas et Mélisande; Zurich, 2004
Pelléas et Mélisande; Theater an der Wien, 2009
Pelléas et Mélisande; Malmö, 2016
Pelléas et Mélisande; Zurich, 2016

Delibes
Lakmé; Opéra Comique, 2022

Deshenov
Ice and Steel; Saarbrücken, 2007

Donizetti
L’aio nell’imbarazzo; Bergamo, 2022

Alfredo il Grande; Bergamo, 2023

Anna Bolena; Canadian Opera Company, 1984
Anna Bolena; Wiener Staatsoper, 2011 

Chiara e Serafina; Bergamo, 2022

Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali; La Scala, 2009

Don Pasquale; Cagliari, 2002
Don Pasquale; Royal Opera House, 2019
Don Pasquale; Bergamo, 2024

L’elisir d’amore; Lyon, 1996
L’elisir d’amore; Glyndebourne, 2009 
L’elisir d’amore; Royal Opera House, 2023

La favorite; Bergamo, 2022

La fille du régiment; Royal Opera House, 2007

Lucie de Lammermoor; Bergamo, 2023

Lucrezia Borgia; Munich, 2009
Lucrezia Borgia; San Francisco, 2011 

Maria Stuarda; Metropolitan Opera, 2013

Poliuto; Glyndebourne, 2015

Roberto Devereux; Munich, 2005
Roberto Devereux; Bergamo, 2024

Rosmonda d’Inghilterra; Bergamo, 2016

Zoraida di Granata; Bergamo, 2024

Dove
The Adventures of Pinocchio; Opera North, 2008

Dukas
Ariane et Barbe-bleue; Barcelona, 2011 

Dvorák
Rusalka; ENO, 1986
Rusalka; Paris, 2002
Rusalka; Munich, 2010
Rusalka; Brussels, 2012
Rusalka; Metropolitan Opera, 2014
Rusalka; Glyndebourne, 2019
Rusalka; Royal Opera House, 2023

Faccio
Amleto; Bregenz, 2016

de Falla
La Vida Breve; Valencia, 2012 

Floyd
Susannah; St. Petersburg (FL), 2014

Franck
Stradella; Liège, 2012

Gay
The Beggar’s Opera; Paris, 2018

Gay/Britten
The Beggar’s Opera; BBC Film, 1963

Gershwin
Porgy and Bess; San Francisco, 2013 

Giordano
Andrea Chénier; Royal Opera House, 2015
Andrea Chénier; La Scala, 2017

Fedora; Metropolitan Opera, 1996
Fedora; Genoa, 2015

Siberia; Florence, 2021
Siberia; Bregenz, 2021

Glass
The Perfect American; Madrid, 2013 

Spuren der Verirrten; Linz, 2013

Gluck
Alceste; Paris, 2000
Alceste; Stuttgart, 2006
Alceste; Munich 2019

Iphigénie en Aulide; Amsterdam, 2011

Iphigénie en Tauride; Zurich, 2001
Iphigénie en Tauride; Amsterdam, 2011

Orfeo ed Euridice; Royal Opera House, 1991
Orphée et Eurydice; Paris, 2000
Orphée et Eurydice; Munich, 2003
Orfeo ed Euridice; Peralada, 2012
Orphée et Euridice; La Scala, 2018
Orphée et Eurydice; Chicago, 2018
Orphée et Euridice; Florence, 2022

Goldschmidt
Beatrice Cenci; Bregenz, 2018

Gounod
Faust; Wiener Staatsoper, 1985
Faust; Turin, 2015
Faust; Salzburg, 2016
Faust; Royal Opera House, 2019

Mireille; Paris, 2010

La nonne sanglante; Paris, 2018

Roméo et Juliette; Verona, 2011 
Roméo et Juliette; Barcelona, 2018

Graun
Montezuma; Bayreuth, 1982

Grétry
La caravane du Caire; Versailles, 2023 (Review on the Opera Canada website)