Two contemporary stagings of Puccini’s “La Boheme” from 2012 have been released on DVD: director Stefan Herheim’s reimagining that opened in January at the Norwegian National Opera in Oslo (on ...
In the four decades since I first saw the Royal Opera's venerable Puccini production on TV, with Ileana Cotrubaş and a youthful Plácido Domingo as Mimì and Rodolfo, it's been a constant. But theatre ...
After a six-year hiatus, renowned Russian soprano Anna Netrebko is set to make a highly anticipated — and deeply divisive — return to London’s Royal Opera House at Covent Garden. The 53-year-old opera ...
With her distinctive fashion sense and robust stage presence, it’s hard to imagine Russian soprano Anna Netrebko working as a janitor at Saint Petersburg’s historic theater of opera and ballet, The ...