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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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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!

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!

Upcoming Events | Opera Europa Conferences are opportunities for all members to gather twice a year, normally in alternating member cities but most recently online.  The programmes offer constructive insights into topics and developments of current practical interest, including critical coerced changes due to CoVid-19 related op...

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

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

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:

Subtle magic: Zubin Mehta’s celebrates his 90th birthday in Berlin Zubin Mehta celebrates his 90th birthday with a concert at the Staatsoper Berlin.

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?

Wrocław Opera 2025-26 Review: Juliette ('The Key to Dreams') - OperaWire 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.

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!

Norwegian National Opera and Ballet 2025-26 Review: Wonderful Bernstein! - OperaWire There are evenings when a thematic program feels like an academic conceit, and others when it becomes a kinetic organism.

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

Traumreise ohne Wiederkehr «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

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

National Theatre in Prague 2025-26 Review: Parsifal - OperaWire 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.