Kritiken zu klassischen Konzerten, Opern, Ballett und Tanz finden | Jan Martiník

Sir Simon Rattle fegt bei dieser Aufführung mit der Staatskapelle Berlin noch den letzten Weihrauch und so die letzte Mystik der Messe hinweg.

Anna Netrebko glänzt in Harry Kupfers unklarer Neuinszenierung an der Seite von Plácido Domingo.

Man kann den Darstellern keine Schuld zuweisen, aber der Ton Gilliams Inszenierung von Berlioz' dramtischer Legende ist beunruhigend inkonsequent.

Eine herausragende Premiere von Bohuslav Martinůs Julietta am Berliner Schiller Theater erntet stehende Ovationen.

Berlins dritte Traviata wartet trotz Besetzungsänderung mit meisterlicher Klangkunst auf.

Die Staatsoper Berlin eröffnet die Spielzeit mit einer starken Neuinszenierung der Meistersinger von Nürnberg, die der Vergangenheit Tribut zollt und gleichzeitig in die Zukunft weist.

Zubin Mehta leads a great cast in a revival of a successful production of Verdi's Falstaff at the Staatsoper in Berlin

The Staatsoper Unter den Linden revives a successful, romantic production by Lindy Hume, with Eleonora Buratto and Benjamin Bernheim as the protagonists.

Canellakis is an elegant conductor who invests so much in the music and inhabits its lilts and thrills with her whole demeanour.

Pour clôturer sa saison, la Philharmonie de Paris a réuni sur scène un casting idéal pour donner La Petite Renarde rusée de Janáček, mise en scène par Peter Sellars.

Messrs Rattle and Sellars bewitch the Barbican audience with a sumptuous rendition of Janáček's magnum opus. 

Nadine Sierra's Gilda is the highlight of Michael Sher's polished production, which doesn't quite tug at the heartstrings.

Jakub Hrůša leads a brilliant performace of Dvořák’s Requiem, but it doesn't completely dispel doubts about the work.

The inventiveness of Ruth Berghaus' classic staging is a clear as ever, even if this revival occasionally loses focus.

Michael Volle makes his debut as Verdi's not-so-Fat Knight in Mario Martone's new production at the Staatsoper. 

Zubin Mehta's conducting is a disappointment, but Guth's remarkable production makes powerful sense of Strauss and Hofmannsthal's rich fairy tale. 

The Czech Philharmonic brings The Epic of Gilgamesh to life with audacity and flair.

Staatsoper Berlin revives its new production of Tosca with an excellent cast including a last minute substitution of the tenor.

The BBC SSO and Ilan Volkov close EIF 2014's contemplations on 'Conflict and Culture' with dark Mills and dramatic Janáček.

It’s not often that operas in English get performed in Germany, and so I was somewhat surprised to see such a large and important company as the Berliner Staatsoper taking on Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress.

As you round the corner of Prince Consort Road, you raise your head to catch a glimpse of the tip of the Royal Albert Hall dome. But just as you do…SMACK! You’ve collided with a stranger’s back. Reorienting yourself you realise there’s a queue a mile long, winding down the steps outside the Royal Albert Hall and stretching all the way to bus stop down the road.