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02/06/2026

So very sad to hear of Speight Jenkins' passing. Many, many memories of memorable opera performances Seattle Opera over the decades

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25/05/2026

So very sad to hear of the great TV director Brian Large's passing at 87. Always the perfect gentleman, he set standards for filming opera that have not been surpassed. Nor, I think, will. He studied the complete scores, had genuine love and respect for the singers and the creative team. Countless Met productions, the legendary Boulez/Chereau Ring. My personal memories date from his filming of the "Lear" by Aribert Reimann with Jean-Pierre Ponnelle directing and Gerd Albrecht conducting. Also the "Tristan and Isolde" production by Ponnelle and Daniel Barenboim in Bayreuth. And the various New Year's concerts with the Vienna Philharmonic / Wiener Philharmoniker conducted by Lorin Maazel. His book "Brian at Large" got published in 2025. Well worth reading!

23/05/2026

Thrilled to be invited to take part in the Opera Europa Young Artists' Programming forum in Rome May 26 - 28, 2026. I'll be on a panel entitled "The Next Step: Supporting Young Artists Beyond YAP and Competition" - the business of singing!

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21/05/2026

Wieder einmal eine Opernuraufführung! Dieses Mal am Teatro Comunale Bologna Was passiert, wenn Olympia merkt, sie hat eine Seele?

Ein KI-Roboter entdeckt die eigene Menschlichkeit: Uraufführung von Nicola Campograndes «Olympia»

14/05/2026

More repertoire like this! Great music, stage and decor very artistic. Bravi tutti!

07/05/2026

A very moving concert! Zubin Mehta's subtle magic at the concert celebrating his 90th birthday Staatsoper Unter den Linden. Here my review on Bachtrack:

Zubin Mehta celebrates his 90th birthday with a concert at the Staatsoper Berlin.

01/05/2026

Another great production at Opera Wrocławska : "Julietta" by Bohuslav Martinu, conducted by MirianKhukhunaishvili / მირიან ხუხუნაიშვილი and directed by Barbara Wiśniewska https://operawire.com/wroclaw-opera-2025-26-review-juliette-the-key-to-dreams/ Where do dreams end and reality begin - or the other way around?

What is reality, what is dream? In "Juliette," Czech composer Bohuslav Martinů constructs an aural dreamscape in which memory dissolves almost as soon as it forms, and identity flickers with unstable voltage.

27/04/2026

At the Den Norske Opera & Ballett I attended a really "Wonderful Bernstein" concert with Garrett Keast conducting. Here's my review https://operawire.com/norwegian-national-opera-and-ballet-2025-26-review-wonderful-bernstein/ Truly great fun!

There are evenings when a thematic program feels like an academic conceit, and others when it becomes a kinetic organism.

20/04/2026

"Julietta" by Bohuslav Martinu - a fascinating, surreal, dreamlike music and opera. Saw it in Wroclaw, Poland. Here is my review in German

«Julietta» von Bohuslav Martinů: Eine Welt, deren Bewohner nach wenigen Minuten alles vergessen, produziert ihre Wirklichkeit fortwährend neu. Mit Sinn für Transparent und Farbe dirigiert Mirian Khukhunaishvili

03/04/2026

Here's my review of the new Parsifal production at the Prague National Opera with Andreas Homoki directing and Markus Poschner conducting.

A week before Good Friday, the National Theatre in Prague premiered a "Parsifal" that seemed less a ritual of inherited faith than an inquiry into the architecture of knowledge itself.