Maria Agresta

Simon Stone's take on Arrigo Boito's Mefistofele, opening the 2023/2024 season at the Opera di Roma.

Cio-Cio-San, the young Japanese bride of American naval officer Lieutenant Pinkerton, finds her rom…

As Aragon descends into unrest, a count jealously fights for a noble lady's heart. But she has alre…

As Aragon descends into unrest, a count jealously fights for a noble lady's heart. But she has alre…

The ambiguities of Verdi’s theatre are particularly clear in his baritone roles, among which is tha…

The first words uttered by Carmen mark one of the greatest entrances in the history of opera and ex…

On a June night in 2017, opera lovers thronged to the Royal Opera House in London to hear tenor Jon…

Salzburg Festival’s first-ever performance of Charles Gounod´s most famous and most performed opera…

The Salzburg Festival presents one of Charles Gounod's most well-loved opera: Faust, in a new produ…

As comparably short operas, Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci are often billed together, but seldo…

Visually this is a gripping production which captures the drama of this opera perfectly. It's downr…

In Giuseppe Verdi's little-known early tragedy, a despairing father is torn between love for his fa…