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Alina Ibragimova and Nils Mönkemeyer in love with Mozart
The soloists turn out to be the perfect couple, while the camerawork covers the action like it was a soccer match.
Freshly hatched: Gauthier Dance's Dying Swans Project
A very mixed set of filmed solos themed around The Dying Swan, although this link was often tenuous.
Spookiness in Stuttgart with Eschenbach and Kopatchinskaja
The darker sides of Romantic inventiveness are explored in Schumann’s neglected violin concerto and the clandestine woodland rustle of Dvořák’s G major symphony.
In Konwitschny's modern Medea, monsters are made by men
Director Peter Konwitschny's staging of Cherubini's Medea critiques rejection and mistreatment of refugees. A strong new German translation and a talented cast make this a must-see.
Rousseau and a boxing ring: Ariodante in Stuttgart
In Jussi Wieler and Sergio Morabito’s pugilistic production of Ariodante, the singers needed as much physical and gymnastic dexterity as vocal finesse.
Sex and violence in the ghetto: Pique Dame
Oper Stuttgart’s new production of The Queen of Spades (Pique-Dame) pushes a directorial tendency to update opera to a modern setting to an extreme.