Jeanine De Bique conquers Violetta Valery with glorious aplomb, regal elegance, vocal clarity, and technical abandon in this dark and minimalist production of Verdi's La Traviata.

Striking again with leonine vengeance as the bile-spewing, dejected, acrimonious nobleman Count Monterone is Byung Gil Kim, who continues to demonstrate unstoppable indomitability as a singing actor. Please

Outstanding excellence, pristine formidability, and vocally dynamic charisma thy name is Andrei Danilov. He has put his stamp on this role as one of today's grandest exponents of true Bel Canto singing.

Kangyoon Shine Lee mounts his crown full of golden clarion tones, peerless musicianship, and noble Bel Canto singing as Malcolm's supporting yet impactfully vital role. Please enjoy my review and let me

Ascending the upper echelons of baritones from Leonard Warren to Sherrill Milnes is Thomas Lehman conquering the ambitious yet ruthlessly bloodthirsty Macbeth the Thane of Cawdor. Please enjoy my review

Verdi's Macbeth at the Deutsche Oper Berlin has struck again. This time, it is with a new modern production by Marie-Ève Signeyrole. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions.

Adela Zaharia's ever-flourishing technical beauty and grace were in full evidence as one of her signature roles Violetta Valery. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions.

The young lyric coloratura soprano Julia Muzychenko tackles Gilda from Verdi's Rigoletto, one of the many roles that define her ever-flourishing operatic career from soubrette to lyric coloratura. Please

Eve-Maud Hubeaux tackled the elegantly voluptuous yet emotionally temperamental Amneris from Verdi's Aida at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions as well.

Teresa Romano came to the rescue in a role she has sung for many years, from her initial tenure as a spinto/dramatic soprano to her current engagements as a mezzo-soprano. Please enjoy my review and let

Clémentine Margaine, with her increasing forays into the dramatic mezzo-soprano repertoire, rises up to the challenge to tackle one of Verdi's most iconic mezzo-soprano princesses. Enjoy my review and

Dramatic coloratura soprano Marina Rebeka tackles her role debut head-on as Aida, accompanied by a cavalcade of fellow star singers, in Calixto Bieito's garish and messy production. Please enjoy my review

How did one of Deutsche Oper Berlin's veteran basses fare as the stern yet kindly Padre Guardiano? Please find out in my review and let me know your opinions as well.

Going from strength to strength in his ever-flourishing career and possessing a brilliant future in more leading man roles is Byung Gil Kim who tackled the role of the imperious high priest Ramfis. Please

To say that this production of Verdi's La Forza del Destino at the Deutsche Oper Berlin left so much to be desired is a mere understatement, but how did all the singers persevere in this extremely messy

Jorge Puerta, a fine full lyric tenor boasting a huge and diverse repertoire, makes his mark as the impassioned Genoese gentleman Gabriele Adorno. Enjoy my review and let me know your opinions as well.

Tackling the role of the villainous Plebian partisan, Paolo Albiani, is Joel Allison, a baritone with a promising future ahead of him. Enjoy my review, despite it being a week late, and let me know your

Verdi's opera about political intrigue and familial drama has been updated from 14th-century Genoa to 21st-century Genoa in this new Simon Boccanegra production at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. Enjoy my review.

A light lyric soprano with heaps of potential to shine and on the cusp of an exciting career tackles Violetta Valery, one of Verdi's most iconic tragic heroines. Enjoy my review.

Signore Gevorg Hakobyan stirs up a storm as the Babylonian god-king, Nabucco. Enjoy the review and let me know your opinions as well.