Regular readers may well be aware that Man in Chair could easily watch La Traviata every night until time immemorial. Only three nights since reviewing Damrau, Beczala and Lucic in La Scala’s […]
Bayerische Staatsoper: La Traviata review
Bayerische Staatsoper: La Forza del Destino review
A vision of white, gold and musk, Munich Nationaltheater may be the ultimate music box opera house. Practically every seat is a good one, and the acoustics are amazing. Audiences dress as […]
La Scala: La Traviata 2013-2014 review
For a somewhat controversial production, this new staging is surprisingly traditional in form. Despite the update in time and an overreliance on stage business, the heart and soul of the immortal tragedy […]
Melbourne Opera: Rienzi review
Melbourne Opera made a terrific contribution to the Melbourne Ring Festival with their concert performance of Richard Wagner’s early operatic success, Rienzi. A blaze of stirring choruses and heroic solos, the glorious […]
Opera Australia: The Melbourne Ring Cycle 2013: Götterdämmerung
****Read Man in Chair’s 2016 review of Götterdämmerung.**** Götterdämmerung, or The Twilight of the Gods, see Wagner’s epic Ring Cycle reach its fiery conclusion. Previously, on The Melbourne Ring Cycle, giant Fafner […]
Opera Australia: The Melbourne Ring Cycle 2013: Siegfried
****Read Man in Chair’s 2016 review of Siegfried.**** Arriving at the heroic action at the heart of Wagner’s epic Ring Cycle, the title character of tonight’s installment is the one destined to […]
Opera Australia: The Melbourne Ring Cycle 2013: Die Walkure
****Read Man in Chair’s 2016 review of Die Walküre.**** Sentimental favourite of the cycle, Die Walküre also features the most recognizable piece of Wagner’s music for the Ring. From the gloriously romantic […]
Opera Australia: The Melbourne Ring Cycle 2013: Das Rheingold
****Read Man in Chair’s 2016 review of Das Rheingold. **** The wait is finally over! The Melbourne Ring Cycle opens tonight at the State Theatre, now two rows smaller thanks to the […]
Victorian Opera: The Magic Pudding review
Excellent writing, inventive staging and a talented young opera cast result in a delightfully charming, family friendly, dinky di, true blue production.
Melbourne Opera: La Traviata review
Melbourne Opera marks Verdi’s bicentenary with a celebration of their own, the completion of ten wonderful years of bringing accessible opera to Melbourne and Australia’s Eastern states. In returning to their first […]
