Opera National de Paris, Palias Garnier [ENA] Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro has rarely looked as alive, as intelligent, and as irresistibly theatrical as in the Opéra national de Paris production at the Palais Garnier in the 2025–26 season. Anchored by Antonello Manacorda in the pit and the multifaceted vision of Netia Jones as stage director, set, costume and video designer, this staging offers a genuinely fresh reading of a beloved classic while remaining scrupulously faithful to Mozart and Da Ponte.   [Full story...]

Vienna State Opera [ENA] Francis Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmélites is one of the rare miracles of 20th-century opera: at once austere and emotionally overwhelming, modern in musical language yet deeply rooted in tradition. At the Vienna State Opera, in Magdalena Fuchsberger’s production conducted by Robin Ticciati, the work emerges as a shining example of what a great repertory house can achieve when theatrical daring and musical refinement   [Full story...]