Tag Archives: Opéra de Lyon

Play your cards right: La fanciulla del West and Pique Dame at Opéra de Lyon

Posted on March 18, 2024 by Mark Pullinger

Puccini: La fanciulla del West Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame Opéra de Lyon, 15th-16th March 2024 For its spring festival, Opéra de Lyon gambled on a pair of new productions featuring works that both hinge on crucial card games. If Tatjana Gürbaca’s … Continue reading →

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Swans, severed heads and a deerstalker: 2018 in review

Posted on December 30, 2018 by Mark Pullinger

“Wow! That’s some year you’ve had!” was a message written in one of this year’s Christmas cards. “Aiming to top it in 2019?” I’m not sure I have the energy! My outstanding operatic experience of the year was easily Salome at … Continue reading →

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Darkness and grandeur in Christophe Honoré’s staging of Don Carlos for Opéra de Lyon

Posted on March 18, 2018 by Mark Pullinger

Verdi: Don Carlos **** Opéra de Lyon, 17th March 2018 Verdi was obliged to cut music from Don Carlos so the Paris première finished before midnight, allowing the public time to catch the last trains home. Why didn’t he simply request an … Continue reading →

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Macbeth, Thane of Wall Street: Lyon’s Verdi Festival launches with “the Scottish opera”

Posted on March 17, 2018 by Mark Pullinger

Verdi: Macbeth *** Opéra de Lyon, 16th March 2018 Forget 11th-century Scotland. Ivo van Hove views Macbeth as an exploration of what people will do for power. With the world of finance dominating politics today, he sets Verdi’s opera in a Wall Street skyscraper … Continue reading →

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