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Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann Starring Nina Minasyan Review

Antoni Matteo Garcia November 22, 2025

The holiday season is fast approaching. Nina Minasyan’s luscious creaminess and lovely elegance as...

Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden Review

Antoni Matteo Garcia November 19, 2025

Start spreading the news, for Lydia Steier’s production of Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann takes...

Verdi’s La Traviata at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden Review

Antoni Matteo Garcia July 21, 2025

Jeanine De Bique conquers Violetta Valery with glorious aplomb, regal elegance, vocal clarity, and...

Janacek’s Jenufa at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden Review

Janacek’s Jenufa at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden Review

Antoni Matteo Garcia April 24, 2023

Damiano Michieletto’s production of Jenufa transports the action from a bucolic Moravian village to...

Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte Starring Rainelle Krause Review

Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte Starring Rainelle Krause Review

Antoni Matteo Garcia March 28, 2023

Rainelle Krause, a lyric coloratura soprano renowned for her fearlessness as an aerial acrobat,...