opera

I Puritani by Vincenzo Bellini
Read here 
OPERA

Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano
Read here

Julie by Philippe Boesmans

On September 5th, Culturgest hosted Julie by Philippe Boesmans, presented as part of Operafest Lisbon. 

Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini

Madama Butterfly is one of the most famous and most frequently performed operas in the world. Its presentation as the opening title of the 2023–2024 season at the Teatro Nacional de São Carlos (TNSC) in Lisbon therefore constituted a major cultural event.

Fidelio by Beethoven

Beethoven’s Fidelio at the CCB. Conjugal Love, Fidelity, and the Triumph over Injustice.

Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner

Richard Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde stands as one of the supreme achievements of Western art—a work that transcends opera to become metaphysical tragedy, aesthetic ritual, and musical revolution. Its subject is not merely love, but longing itself: endless, unfulfilled, and destructive.

What’s on Classical
classical

Lied Fest

2025
Read  here
CLASSICAL

Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno by Georg Friedrich Händel 
Read here 

Gustav Mahler. Symphony of a Thousand

The grand symphony "The Symphony of a Thousand" had not been presented here for 30 years. Its return to the Centro Cultural de Belém, performed by the Teatro Nacional de São Carlos, was a momentous event.

Dmitri Shostakovich. Symphony No. 13

Shostakovich's great Symphony No. 13 was composed based on the poem Baby Yar, which reflects on the massacre of thousands of Jews by the Nazis in Kyiv.

Jonathan Tetelman

A fabulous concert, with an orchestra at its best and a wonderful sound, at the level of the best European orchestras, which I heard playing Music by Strauss and opera overtures took us to the New Year's concerts in Vienna, Austria!

Jakub Józef Orliński

The excellent voice contributed, which goes beyond being often undervalued within the lyrical world, except in Barog and 17th-century music.

Cinema
CINEMA

Marty Supreme
Read here 
CINEMA

Nuremberg
Read here
CINEMA

Sentimental Value
Read here 

Conclave

Based on the bestselling novel by Robert Harris, and adapted for the screen by Peter Straughan ('Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'), 'Conclave' immerses viewers in the high-stakes and secretive world of papal elections.

La Piscine

An intriguing film from the late 1960s, La Piscine was made during the May ’68 protests, with the sexual revolution in full swing.

The Teachers’ Lounge

The classroom film is kind of a sub genre on its own, going from “Goodbye Mr.Chips”, “Blackboard Jungle”, “The Dead Poet’s Society”, “Dangerous Minds”,“The Emperor’s Club” to “Mona Lisa Smile”. 

The Zone of Interest

The film is inspired by the book by Martin Amis with the same name. It tells the story of the commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf H ss, and his wife Hedwig, who want to build a happy life in a house next to the horrors that took place on the other side, in the extermination camp.
BY GOOGLE ADSENSE

Follow us on Instagram

Art 
ART

Van Eyck: The Portraits

NG186, Jan van Eyck ,Portrait of Giovanni(?) Arnolfini and his Wife, Short title, The Arnolfini Portrait, 1434, oil on wood, 82.2 × 60 cm, © The National Gallery, London
Read here 
ART

Bellezza e Bruttezza

© Niccol Frangipane (circle of), A Bacchanal, ca. 1580-1590, Musee municipal, Soissons,inv. 93.7.2704   Musee municipal de Soissons. Photo Bertrand Coutellier
Read here 
ART

Metamorphoses at the Rijksmuseum

© Rijksmuseum. Hendrick Goltzius, The Sleeping Danaë Being Prepared for Jupiter, 1603. Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Read here 

The Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain at Place du Palais-Royal

In Paris, in October 2025, the Fondation Cartier opened its new site at 2 Place du Palais-Royal, in the heart of the capital, right across from the Louvre. 

Roy Lichtenstein.A Centennial Exhibition

On the occasion of his 100th birthday, the ALBERTINA Museum celebrated the master of Pop Art, Roy Lichtenstein (1923–1997, New York), with a comprehensive retrospective featuring over 90 paintings, sculptures, and prints.

Chantal Akerman: Travelling

Directed by celebrated Belgian film director Chantal Akerman and loosely based on the fifth volume of Proust’s “À La Recherche du Temps Perdue” it tells an interesting story of love, obsession and desire.

Hockney's Photo-Cubism

Known for his works that are interconnected and mixed with his life, Hockney has always tried to transfer his personal experiences into his works, and with that comes photography, as a witness of what he has seen.

News of Gems
GEMS

Endiama and Sodiam Formally Join NDC as Members
Read here 
GEMS

Wallace Chan: The Wheel of Time
Read here 
GEMS

De Beers at Frieze Masters
Read  here

Our Interviews
INTERVIEWS

Omyo Cho

“I imagine a future where human memories and sensations become commodities.”
Read here 
INTERVIEWS

Paul Ndema

"... These stories are important to me because they revive a rich traditional and cultural practice that is increasingly being ignored and forgotten over generations." 
Read here 

OPERA

CLASSICAL

CINEMA

ART
Follow us on Instagram

Contact us
Name E-mail Your message Privacy Policy Send to our team

USIA REVIEW 

Posta Restante, Loja CTT Picoas, R. Filipe Folque 2 Loja C/D, 1050-113 Lisboa, Portugal

info@usiareview.club