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Die überladene Inszenierung kann den Sängern, angeführt von Lise Davidsen, nicht das Wasser reichen.

Das Niveau der Solisten steht der enttäuschenden Inszenierung in unüberbrückbarer Distanz gegenüber.

Das Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin bringt beim Musikfest Berlin die Philharmonie mit Zimmermann und Wagner zum Leuchten.

Das Musikfest 2017 wurde mit einem Konzert des Orchesters der Deutschen Oper Berlin beschlossen. Gegeben wurden zwei Bruchstücke von Roméo et Juliette und der Walküre, die die beiden Seiten des Orchester beleuchteten.

Eriks Hoffnung auf eine glückliche Liebesgeschichte in Christian Spucks Neuproduktion von Der fliegende Holländer an der Deutschen Oper Berlin.

Benjamin Brittens Tod in Venedig an der Deutschen Oper Berlin ist eine herausragende Neuproduktion von Graham Vick und Donald Runnicles.

Wiederaufnahme am Himmelfahrtstag: Der Berliner Lohengrin lohnt vor allem, aber nicht nur wegen des einzigartigen Klaus Florian Vogt.

Elektra bei den Strauss-Wochen der Deutschen Oper: bei solch wunderbarer Musik werden wir uns alle zu Tode tanzen wollen.

Mit enormer Ausdruckskraft verleiht Evelyn Herlitzius den zwei Seiten der Emilia Marty stimmlich und darstellerisch nuancierte Gestalt.

Den Philharmonikern gelang ein gut aufeinander abgestimmtes, fein nuanciertes Zusammenspiel, mit dem sie die ganz unterschiedlich vertonte, tiefe Geistlichkeit der drei französischen Werke gekonnt herausarbeiteten.

Ein Publikum voller Familien genießt Humperdincks Hänsel und Gretel als die Deutsche Oper zeigt, wie man das Publikum der Zukunft anzieht.

Runnicles und sein Orchester bieten trotz fallender Blätter Sommerliches, aber auch Stilles, Metaphysisches und Poetisches im Matinee-Konzert.

Mozart's Concerto for Flute and Harp is followed by a grand, exhilarating performance of Beethoven's Fourth Symphony.

The Scottish conductor held the podium and the piano bench in an expansive program that included Wagner, Britten, Debussy and the Georgia-based composer Carlos Simon.

Donald Runnicles conducted an imaginative chamber version of Strauss' testamentary Lieder, plus Elgar's own take on the concerto grosso form in his Introduction and Allegro.

The Atlanta Symphony manages to keep live performance flourishing under the current unprecedented circumstances.

Deutsche Oper Berlin returns in rousing style with a pared-down, open-air Rheingold on its “Parkdeck”.

Deutsche Oper Berlin’s new production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a delightful and whimsical homage to Britten’s masterpiece. The orchestra, soloists and children’s chorus performed with energy and charm under the baton of Donald Runnicles.

Donald Runnicles and the Atlanta Symphony play a charged final symphony of Shostakovich and a compelling Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto with soloist James Ehnes

Contrasting works as the Sydney Symphony tackles Les Offrandes oubliées and Bruckner's Seventh Symphony.

Based on Theodor Fontane's novel Oceane von Parceval, Detlev Glanert's eleventh opera is given its world premiere at Deutsche Oper.

The Austrian composer’s rarely heard one-acter proves triumphant in an intelligent, moving staging.

Conductor Donald Runnicles and pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard deliver a highly expressive performance with pieces by Elgar, Mozart and Strauss. 

The passion of Alban Berg's music under Donald Runnicles fights against a disjointed production by Ole Anders Tandberg.

Peter Seiffert can still impress as Tristan, but Graham Vick's staging is uncertain and unconvincing. 

Donald Runnicles conducts the World Orchestra for Peace and BBC Proms Youth Choir at The Proms

The world is gloriously redeemed in the gripping final installment of San Francisco Opera's Ring cycle.

Both the technical effects and the singing impress in San Francisco Opera's dark Siegfried.

San Francisco Opera's Die Walküre overcame a disappointing first act, winning the audience over with excellent singing and playing and impressive stage effects.

At San Francisco Opera, conductor Donald Runnicles and a top-notch cast deliver a delicious Rheingold in Francesca Zambello's colorful production.

Anja Harteros takes a while to hit her stride in a Don Carlo that doesn't quite gel.

Runnicles presents a concert weighted towards a splendid second half.

The production was interesting but at times distracting, but the musical performances triumphed. 

Runnicles and his Deutsche Oper Berlin forces deliver where it counts in a rousing account of the 'Resurrection'.

In L’Invisible, which had its première last weekend at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Aribert Reimann has condensed three plays by Maeterlinck into bite-size chunks that vanish before they can be savoured.

The Atlanta Symphony, under Principal Guest Conductor Donald Runnicles, was joined by one of its own, flute soloist Christina Smith, in fine performances of late 19th-century are mid-20th-century French music.

Powerful performances in Götz Friedrich's Deutsche Oper production. 

Visually inconsistant but some mesmerising perfromances in Kirsten Harms' production. 

 Michelle DeYoung and Paul Groves were the soloists in Mahler’s late “symphony with solo voices.” The concert opened with a classically balanced reading of Schubert’s “Unfinished” symphony.

Donald Runnicles has been principal guest conductor of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra for about a decade. He has developed a reputation as someone who how can shake things up, in a good way, each time he visits. 

People who claim that opera is nothing more than a glorified pantomime would have their prejudices confirmed at Deutsche Oper Berlin's Un ballo in maschera. This is, however, high praise. It’s an evening of camp entertainment, not a philosophy lesson.

Donald Runnicles conducts Duruflé's Requiem and orchestral Debussy at the Kennedy. 

Donald Runnicles, Carolyn Sampson and the BBC SSO shine in a programme of early Mozart and Mahler's Fourth Symphony.

Deutsche Oper Berlin's revival of Parsifal features a brilliant musical performances to override the production's focus on the dark side of religion.

Solid performances of chunky classics.

Deutsche Oper Berlin's concert performance of Act 1 of Die Walküre was an occasion to savor with Anja Harteros making her role debut as Sieglinde. 

Donald Runnicles ends the 2016 Edinburgh Festival with Gurrelieder. 

Stage director Rodrigo Garcia makes a controversial opera debut with The Abduction from the Seraglio in Berlin. 

Donald Runnicles in his farewell concert as Chief Conductor with the BBCSSO went out in style with a golden Brahms Second Piano Concerto and a glorious account of Mahler’s First Symphony.