International Opera

All opera reviews from sources other that the UK

Successful premiere of Violanta at the Deutsche Oper Berlin leaves you wanting more of Korngold

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GermanyGermany Korngold, Violanta: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin / Sir Donald Runnicles (conductor). Deutsche Oper Berlin, 25.1.2026. (AB)

Laura Wilde (Violanta), Mihails Culpajevs (Alfonso) and Olafur Sigurdarson (above, Trovai) © Marcus Lieberenz

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Fine performance of an interesting new production of Die Zauberflöte in Salzburg

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AustriaAustria Salzburg Mozartwoche 2026 [3] – Mozart, Die Zauberflöte: Soloists, Philharmonia Chor Wien, Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra / Roberto González-Monjas (conductor). Haus für Mozart, Salzburg, 23.1.2026. (MB)

[l-r] Papageno (Theodore Platt), Mozart (Vitus Denifl), Three Boys, Constanze (Victoria D’Agostino) and Tamino (Magnus Dietrich) © Werner Kmetitsch

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Conductor Warner and Serfling’s Senta stand out in Gelsenkirchen’s imaginative Flying Dutchman

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GermanyGermany Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer: Soloists and Chorus of Musiktheater im Revier, Neue Philharmonie Westfalen / John Warner (conductor). Musiktheater im Revier, Gelsenkirchen, 18.1.2026. (DM-D)

Susanne Serfling as Senta (centre) and chorus © Pedro Malinowski

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The stars, Mkhitaryan and Bernheim, align in Massenet’s Manon revived at Vienna State Opera

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AustriaAustria Massenet, Manon: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Vienna State Opera / Betrand de Billy (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Dominik Kepczynski) from the Vienna State Opera 17.1.2026. (JPr)

Benjamin Bernheim (Des Grieux) and Kristina Mkhitaryan (Manon) © Weiner Staatsoper

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Despite a stellar double act, Charles Edwards makes a new Met I puritani more confusing than it need be

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United StatesUnited States The Met: Live in HD – Bellini, I puritani: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera / Marco Armiliato (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Habib Azar) from the Metropolitan Opera, New York, on 10.1.2026 and seen at Everyman Chelmsford on 13.1.2026. (JPr)

Lisette Oropesa (Elvira) and Lawrence Brownlee (Arturo) © Ken Howard/The Met

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Creative design and collaborative artistry make Prototype’s Precipice a triumph of small-production opera

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United StatesUnited States Prototype Festival 2026 [2] – Rima Fand, Precipice: Bass string quintet, piano & mandolin / Mila Henry (music director). La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, New York, 9.1.2026. (DS)

Daisy Press and Alison Tolan-Mee in Precipice © Maria Baranova

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