#LaBohème in St. Gallen: The audience justly celebrated Mimì (Silvia d'Eramo), Rodolfo (Brian Michaele Moore), and the entire cast. Kali Hartwick brilliant as Musetta. https://t.co/fRPkBEhRUf

#JohannesErath stages an uninventive #Faust at the Palau de Les Arts, Valencia, with circus people and doppelgangers. Skilfull routine in the pit: Lorenzo Viotti. Strong cast: Alex Esposito, Ruth Iniesta, Iván Ayón Rivas, Florian Sempey. https://t.co/frPY4FdgH8

FESTIVAL VERDI | #BrianJagde, stepping in at short notice, sings #Otello's "Esultate" radiantly and powerfully. No blackface needed, just a caftan to mark his outsider status. #AriunbaatarGanbaatar is the most seductive Iago imaginable. https://t.co/7wHTV9YMFw 📸: Roberto Ricci

For the new #DonGiovanni at the Hanover State Opera, live artist Anni von Bergen projects figures and words onto the stage backdrop. An excellent cast of singers shines, led by Matteo Guerzè as Giovanni with a warm, lieder-like baritone. https://t.co/itZy4WFt7E

VERDI FESTIVAL 2025 - PARMA | #Macbeth in the original 1847 version turns out to be considerably rougher than the more commonly performed reworking and it presents Lady Macbeth stylistically closer to Abigaille in "Nabucco." https://t.co/UyF4WkSTuN (Photo: Roberto Ricci)

Figaro Reloaded: Johanna Doderer's third composition for Munich's Gärtnerplatztheater can scarcely escape comparison to Mozart's #Nozze - and not to its advantage, despite an opulent cast of soloists that sings with consistent virtuosity. https://t.co/llnfpXxGAP 📸: Markus Tordik

Falstaff is an aging disco star in Damiano Michieletto's take at the @Semperoper. #NicolaAlaimo sings him with wit and self-irony, but the staging fails to capture the melancholy and brutality of love and jealousy in Verdi's masterpiece. https://t.co/pkgq2UdDS1 📸: Jochen Quast

Anything less than *the* (Viennese) #Fledermaus 🦇 of our time would have been a disappointment for Stefan Herheim's new production at the MusikTheater an der Wien – that, at least, was the vibe. https://t.co/4UZjSynTfo (📷 : Karl Forster)

#SofiaPoulopoulou is the undisputed star of #MichielDijkema's production of #LaTraviata in Krefeld, among a cast that ranges from solid to sensational. The staging appears spartan, but is psychologically well thought. https://t.co/lYoujgvmO6

In Richard Brunel's #Lohengrin at the Staatsoper Hannover, quite a few things remain obscure. What is clear: society becomes militarised and soon everybody's in uniform, even Elsa - who is installed as the new Duke of Brabant upon Lohengrin's departure. https://t.co/VkbJfCYiSW

Excitingly offbeat: With John Corigliano's grand opera "The Ghosts of Versailles", @theaterRGNSBRG | Regensburg once again presents an unusual programme highlight. https://t.co/T2rNFdujq7

Roaring applause for Puccini's #ManonLescaut, a brilliant debut for Cologne's new Music Director #AndrésOrozcoEstrada. Thrilling from the very first note and a feast of voices – above all #CarolinaLópezMoreno as Manon! https://t.co/kEF3LdqPHI

The @MetOpera begins its season with contemporary fare: "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay." Miles Mykkanen paints a sympathetic portrait of Clay with clear voice and distinct articulation. Andrzej Filończyk is a reserved, vocally assured Kavalier. https://t.co/GFGk3lbP5D

A throroughly enjoyable performance of Rossini's burletta per musica, "L'occasione fa il ladro" or "Opportunity Makes Thieves," at the MusikTheater an der Wien - all over and done with in a refreshing 90 minutes. https://t.co/ysRm1avizC

Since her debut as Liù in 2021, #CarolinaLópezMoreno, has conquered the world's stages in major Puccini roles. A brand new addition to her repertoire: #ManonLescaut at the Cologne Opera from 28 September. https://t.co/Itzx1x34dK (Photo: Nadeesha Rathnayake)

According to the new director of the @operzuerich, opera is too much - of everything. Only logical, then, that he picked "Der Rosenkavalier" for his debut. https://t.co/Nh7LjaPS4h

"The Marriage of Figaro" as season opener at #OperDortmund is a huge success for the new General Music Director, Jordan de Souza. Yet despite the baroque opulence of the costumes, Vincent Boussard's staging remains rather static. https://t.co/a0Dran0geO (📷: Björn Hickmann)

At the Aalto Theatre Essen, director Kateryna Sokolova sets #Rigoletto in a posh Victorian gentlemen's club. An approach that might even work, were it not for the questionable Personenregie that reduces the plot to absurdity. https://t.co/soUdRXZji5 (Photos: Matthias Jung)

"Didone abbandonata" at the Staatstheater Meiningen: an excellent cast create a blend of "Dangerous Liaisons" and Sartre's "No Exit." Though conductor Samuel Bächli might have gone about the score with more verve. https://t.co/1f0RoSf5iA (Photos: Christina Iberl)

It is fine for #LaScala to be perceived as a temple, an object of admiration and local pride, according to its new director, #FortunatoOrtombina. But it must also be open for everybody. Read the interview here: https://t.co/0EGZ7mx1kV(German, paywall)