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The soprano revisits old favourites and lesser-known rarities
The German opera stars coalesce at the Barbican while Edward Gardner leads new music at the Southbank Centre
The German singer portrays her trio of regal women in high-intensity performances
The soprano was dramatically and technically impressive in this concert performance of Donizetti’s opera
The soprano and tenor gave a rewarding account of Wolf’s Italienisches Liederbuch
The home of Bach and Beethoven was always going to have an advantage, but politics has played its part too
Diana Damrau has chosen a selection of arias that show the composer feted by 19th-century Parisian audiences
Diana Damrau’s voice soared with gleaming purity in Bellini’s opera
The star-crossed lovers savoured and projected the introspection of Gounod’s opera
Director Frederic Wake-Walker’s new conception pays much deference to its predecessor
Diana Damrau is brilliantly convincing as a woman of modern attitudes in a still feudal man’s world
The musical values of Bizet’s opera are solidly projected but theatrical malaise and cliché taint this revival
The soprano proved that a relatively small voice can make a big impact
A production of Donizetti’s opera that overflows with staging concepts but lacks a Lucia of substance
Diana Damrau is at her best, mellifluous and agile; in ‘La sonnambula’ she is meltingly heartfelt
Donizetti’s 17th-century love story is updated as a family saga in 1950s America
Diana Damrau delivered haunting soft singing and moments of drama of truly unbuttoned force
Soprano Diana Damrau as the harlot raises this new opera to a higher level
The extraordinarily durable Plácido Domingo may have had star billing, but the night belonged to Diana Damrau
The Met’s new production is a dramatic mishmash – though Matthew Polenzani sang with artful delicacy
The Met’s production of Donizetti’s opera tries too hard for comic effect, but there’s strong musical compensation
A comedy of bad manners and good passions with three virtuoso singers
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