Robert Carsen

TAPA Reveals 2026 Dora Mavor Moore Award Nominations
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 1, 2026

The Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) today revealed all nominations for the 46th Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards. This year’s Doras celebrate 221 nominations across 44 gender-inclusive award categories.

The Paris Opera to Sell More Than 5,000 Costumes From its Productions
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 19, 2026

The Paris Opera will be selling more than 5,000 costumes and accessories from its productions, in the Opéra Bastille’s modular hall, at 110 Rue de Lyon, Paris.

Royal Ballet and Opera Reveals 2026/27 Season
by Stephi Wild - Apr 14, 2026

Royal Ballet and Opera announced its 2026/27 Season, featuring 10 new opera productions including PARSIFAL, GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG, and LA GIOCONDA, plus ballet masterworks and Wayne McGregor's 20th anniversary. Tickets go on sale June 24, 2026.

ARABELLA Will Come to the Zurich Opera House This Spring
by Stephi Wild - Mar 26, 2026

Zurich Opera will present Richard Strauss’s Arabella at the Zurich Opera House this spring. The production runs from 14 April to 28 April 2026, offering audiences multiple opportunities to experience one of Strauss’s most celebrated lyrical comedies.

Review: ORFEO ED EURIDICE at Four Seasons Centre For The Performing Arts
by Keira Grant - Oct 13, 2025

The extreme minimalism did not land for me or my guest, but it was clear that other members of the audience loved it. It all comes down to how much you love contemporary baroque singing and agree with a 'less is more' approach to mounting opera.

Nominations Announced For The 2025 Dora Mavor Moore Awards
by Joshua Wright - May 28, 2025

The Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) has announced nominations for the 45th Anniversary Dora Mavor Moore Awards presented by the Romano D’Andrea Foundation. The Awards will be presented on Monday, June 30 at Toronto’s Meridian Hall.

EUGENE ONEGIN Comes Home To The COC
by Stephi Wild - Mar 7, 2025

Eugene Onegin runs for seven performances at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts in May. Learn more about the upcoming event and how to get tickets here!

Review: AIDA, Royal Ballet and Opera
by Gary Naylor - Jan 29, 2025

Robert Carsen's vision is as uncompromising as ever, but the world has changed in three short years

Robert Carsen's Contemporary AIDA Returns to the Royal Opera
by Stephi Wild - Nov 29, 2024

This January, Robert Carsen’s production of Aida will return to The Royal Opera. Carsen reimagines the conflict between love and duty and personal and political desire in a totalitarian state, strikingly relevant for our times.

THE MAGIC FLUTE Comes to the Paris Opera Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Oct 18, 2024

The Magic Flute comes to the Paris Opera next month.  Performances run at Opéra Bastille from 2 to 23 November 2024.

The Met's Yannick Nézet-Séguin Signs Contract Extension Through 2029–30 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 6, 2024

The Metropolitan Opera has extended the contract of its Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer Music Director, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, through the 2029–30 season. Learn more!

Review: TOSCA, Royal Opera House
by Franco Milazzo - Jul 2, 2024

Fronted by some fresh faces, Jonathan Kent’s cinematic take on the Puccini masterwork Tosca returns for its seventeenth run at Covent Garden. 

Les Arts Florissants Performs In Summer Festivals North America & Exquisite Gardens In France
by A.A. Cristi - May 20, 2024

Les Arts Florissants will perform at summer festivals in North America and in the exquisite gardens of France, showcasing their renowned baroque music ensemble.

Five New Productions Announced For Canadian Opera Company's 2024/2025 Season
by Joshua Wright - Feb 22, 2024

The Canadian Opera Company announced its 2024/2025 season with exciting programming comprised almost entirely of new-to-Toronto productions including the first-ever COC staging of Verdi’s Nabucco, the world premiere of a new production of Gounod’s Faust, and the Toronto premiere of La Reine-garçon, a new creation from Canadians Julien Bilodeau and Michel Marc Bouchard.

DIE JUDIN VON TOLEDO Comes to Semperoper Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Jan 29, 2024

Die Uraufführung der mit Spannung erwarteten Oper »Die Jüdin von Toledo« ist einer der besonderen Höhepunkte in der Opernspielzeit 2023/24. Detlev Glanert komponierte im Auftrag der Sächsischen Staatsoper Dresden die Musik, Hans-Ulrich Treichel schrieb das Libretto für dieses außergewöhnliche Musiktheaterwerk.

Opera San José to Present New Production of THE BARBER OF SEVILLE in November
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 6, 2023

Opera San José will present a rollicking new production of Gioachino Rossini's comedy 'The Barber of Seville.' Join Figaro, Count Almaviva, and Rosina in this entertaining opera filled with matchmaking, mistaken identities, and love at first sight. Get your tickets now!

Opera San José Launches Season With All-New ROMEO & JULIET
by Blair Ingenthron - Aug 5, 2023

Opera San José will launch its 40th anniversary season with an all-new production of Charles Gounod's Romeo and Juliet, directed by OSJ General Director/CEO Shawna Lucey, in her first production since taking the helm of the company. Romeo and Juliet follows on the heels of Lucey's critically acclaimed La Traviata for San Francisco Opera, which is scheduled to be remounted at Los Angeles Opera this fall.

Daniele Rustioni Conducts DON CARLO at the Berlin Staatsoper Beginning This Month
by Stephi Wild - Jun 5, 2023

Daniele Rustioni will take over conducting duties for Daniel Barenboim at the Berlin Staatsoper in a revival of Giuseppe Verdi's Don Carlo for all performances.

Philip Glass's AKHNATEN, Verdi's IL TROVATORE & More Set for The Met 2023 Live in HD Summer Encores
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 2, 2023

Beginning Wednesday, July 26, the Metropolitan Opera will present Summer Encores of past performances from its acclaimed Live in HD series of cinema presentations.

Angel Blue Steps Out of the Royal Opera's AIDA
by Stephi Wild - May 18, 2023

Angel Blue has withdrawn from the last three performances of Aida due to a family illness.  Christina Nilsson will perform the title role on 23, 27 May and 1 June, making her house debut alongside a sensational cast in Robert Carsen’s 5-star production, conducted by Mark Elder.