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***11

Göteborg

15. Apr. 2016

Zwischen Wahnsinn und Realität

Von Katharina Hogrefe

Göteborg

So geht Oper - Premiere der Hochzeit des Figaro im Göteborger Opernhaus

Von Waltraut Anna Kautz, 13. September 2014

Eine Inszenierung, in der einfach alles passt: Mozarts Figaro in Göteborg übertrifft alle Erwartungen und bietet Unterhaltung auf höchstem Niveau, bis zum letzten Akkord.

*****

*****

Göteborg

13. Sept. 2014

Göteborgs Figaro - so geht Oper!

Von Waltraut Anna Kautz

Alexander de Jong, Nina van Essen, Ella Taylor, Michael Wilmering, Leòn Ali Çifteci © Dutch National Opera | Rahi Rezvani

Head on down to Dutch National Opera’s Cherry Town, the coolest kids on the block

Von Clare Varney, 8. Oktober 2026

Jakop Ahlbom’s updated vision of Shostakovich’s neglected operetta Moscow, Cheryomushki for Dutch National Opera in collaboration with ISH Dance collection is a riot of fun

****1

****1

Amsterdam

8. Okt. 2026

Head on down to DNO’s Cherry Town, the coolest kids on the block

Von Clare Varney

Iestyn Davies (Oberon) y Liv Redpath (Tytania) © Javier del Real | Teatro Real

La última noche de Britten: Warner culmina su sueño escénico en el Teatro Real

Von Juan José Freijo, 12. März 2026

Warner vuelve a mostrar su talento indiscutible en la escena y su afinidad con Benjamin Britten, aunque, en esta ocasión, el aspecto musical no ha acompañado lo suficiente.

***11

***11

Madrid

12. März 2026

Deborah Warner culmina su sueño escénico en el Teatro Real

Von Juan José Freijo

Allan Clayton (Christian) © RBO | Marc Brenner

Black comedy of the highest order: the world premiere of Festen at The Royal Opera

Von David Karlin, 11. Februar 2025

Mark-Anthony Turnage's operatic adaptation of Thomas Vinterberg's tale of abuse provides rich entertainment even as it shocks.

*****

*****

London

11. Feb. 2025

Black comedy of the highest order: Festen at The Royal Opera

Von David Karlin

Bat Ballet © Dutch National Opera | Bart Grietens

Bats! Die Fledermaus is a fabulous flight of fantasy at Dutch National Opera

Von Eleanor Knight, 5. Dezember 2024

Johann Strauss II's Die Fledermaus, was never meant to challenge grand opera for profundity and Barrie Kosky pokes fun at Viennese high society in his riotous staging.

*****

*****

Amsterdam

5. Dez. 2024

Bats! Die Fledermaus is a fabulous flight of fantasy at DNO

Von Eleanor Knight

Philippe Jaroussky (Valouchka) and ensemble © William Minke

Berlin

The rise and fall of resistance: Dalbavie’s Melancholie des Widerstands premieres in Berlin

Von Elena Luporini, 10. Juli 2024

The world premiere of Marc-André Dalbavie's Melancholie des Widerstands at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden marks the birth of a new genre – the film-opera – starring conductor Marie Jacquot and Philippe Jaroussky.

*****

*****

Berlin

10. Juli 2024

Dalbavie’s Melancholie des Widerstands premieres in Berlin

Von Elena Luporini

Thomas Oliemans (Papageno) and Ying Fang (Pamina) © Bart Grietens

Simon McBurney's Magic Flute makes a triumphant return to Dutch National Opera

Von Clare Varney, 1. Dezember 2023

After its Met Opera debut earlier in the year, Simon McBurney's popular staging returns to Amsterdam.

*****

*****

Amsterdam

1. Dez. 2023

McBurney's Magic Flute makes a triumphant return to DNO

Von Clare Varney

Lawrence Brownlee (Tamino) and Met Orchestra principal flute Seth Morris © Karen Almond | Met Opera

New York City

Simon McBurney’s richly inventive Zauberflöte arrives at the Met

Von Susan Stempleski, 22. Mai 2023

With a stellar cast and fine orchestral playing, Mozart’s enigmatic fairy tale takes on a darker, more grown-up tone in its first new Metropolitan Opera staging in 19 years.

*****

*****

New York City

22. Mai 2023

Simon McBurney’s richly inventive Zauberflöte arrives at the Met

Von Susan Stempleski

Barcelona

Deliciosamente monumental, impecablemente sublime: La flauta mágica conquista el Liceu

Von Juan José Freijo, 20. Juni 2022

Capitaneada por Gustavo Dudamel, esta es una representación de lujo que ningún aficionado debería perderse y una perfecta oportunidad para crear afición.

*****

*****

Barcelona

20. Juni 2022

Deliciosamente monumental, impecablemente sublime: La flauta mágica

Von Juan José Freijo

Las segundas Bodas de Figaro: una producción consolidada para un reparto joven

Von Leonardo Mattana Ereño, 24. April 2022

La escena de Claus Guth acompaña la psicología de los personajes y da salida a las tensiones, bien sustentadas, a su vez, por una dirección musical vivaz de sonoridad articulada a cargo de Ivor Bolton.

***11

***11

Madrid

24. Apr. 2022

Bodas de Figaro: una producción consolidada para un reparto joven

Von Leonardo Mattana Ereño

Thomas Oliemans in heartfelt chansons at the Concertgebouw

Von Jenny Camilleri, 7. Juli 2021

Baritone and pianist Thomas Oliemans demonstrated his love of the French chanson accompanied by the richly layered strings of the Amsterdam Sinfonietta.

****1

****1

Amsterdam

7. Juli 2021

Thomas Oliemans in heartfelt chansons at the Concertgebouw

Von Jenny Camilleri

Rotterdam

Rotterdam Philharmonic presents a fabulous Frau ohne Schatten

Von Jenny Camilleri, 23. Februar 2020

Orchestra and singers reached great heights in this highly lyrical and dramatically flowing Frau ohne Schatten conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin.

*****

*****

Rotterdam

23. Feb. 2020

Rotterdam Philharmonic presents a fabulous Frau ohne Schatten

Von Jenny Camilleri

Paris

Sans ombre et sans reproches : Nézet-Séguin gravit l'Everest au TCE

Von Pierre Liscia-Beaurenaut, 17. Februar 2020

Retrouvant ses musiciens de Rotterdam, Yannick Nézet-Séguin triomphe de la redoutable Femme sans ombre de Strauss, aidé par un plateau de toute première classe.

****1

****1

Paris

17. Feb. 2020

Sans ombre et sans reproches : Nézet-Séguin gravit l'Everest au TCE

Von Pierre Liscia-Beaurenaut

Teenage summer crush in Dutch National Opera's Così fan tutte

Von Nicolas Nguyen, 8. Oktober 2019

Dutch National Opera's superbly sang Così fan tutte is transposed into a teenager summer crush story.

****1

****1

Amsterdam

8. Okt. 2019

Teenage summer crush in Dutch National Opera's Così fan tutte

Von Nicolas Nguyen

Billy Budd finally drops anchor again at The Royal Opera

Von Mark Pullinger, 23. April 2019

After nearly two decades away from the Covent Garden stage, it was time Britten's Billy Budd came home, in a new production from Madrid by Deborah Warner.

****1

****1

London

23. Apr. 2019

Billy Budd finally drops anchor again at The Royal Opera

Von Mark Pullinger

Simon McBurney's Magic Flute makes a joyous return to ENO

Von Dominic Lowe, 14. März 2019

Simon McBurney's production of The Magic Flute continues to delight and this revival benefits from a strong cast, led by the superb Lucy Crowe as Pamina.

****1

****1

London

14. März 2019

Simon McBurney's Magic Flute makes a joyous return to ENO

Von Dominic Lowe

In Amsterdam, McBurney's Die Zauberflöte continues to delight

Von Nicolas Nguyen, 12. September 2018

Back for its third run at Dutch National Opera, with a satisfying cast, McBurney's staging wins new converts.

****1

****1

Amsterdam

12. Sept. 2018

In Amsterdam, McBurney's Die Zauberflöte continues to delight

Von Nicolas Nguyen

Aix-en-Provence

Putting the magic back into Zauberflöte: Simon McBurney at Aix

Von David Karlin, 6. Juli 2018

McBurney's brilliant stagecraft brings child-like wonderment to the most hardened adults; his interpretation and Raphaël Pichon's conducting exude Mozartian rightness.

*****

*****

Aix-en-Provence

6. Juli 2018

Putting the magic back into Zauberflöte at Aix

Von David Karlin

Lust and labyrinths: The Marriage of Figaro at English National Opera

Von Dominic Lowe, 29. März 2018

Fiona Shaw's production doesn't always get everything right, but Lucy Crowe's debut as the Countess is the defining success of the this revival.

****1

****1

London

29. März 2018

Lust and labyrinths: The Marriage of Figaro at ENO

Von Dominic Lowe

Dutch National Opera revives a musically gorgeous La bohème

Von Jenny Camilleri, 1. Dezember 2017

Gifted conductor Andrea Battistoni and a vocally seductive cast made this revival of Benedict Andrews’s flawed La bohème a musical triumph.

****1

****1

Amsterdam

1. Dez. 2017

A musically gorgeous Bohème in Amsterdam

Von Jenny Camilleri

Wrong rep sinks opera evening at the Concertgebouw

Von Jenny Camilleri, 12. Juli 2017

Mismatching between programme and performers resulted in a disappointing evening of operatic all-time favourites.

**111

**111

Amsterdam

12. Juli 2017

Wrong rep sinks opera evening at the Concertgebouw

Von Jenny Camilleri

Capitán de los monstruos de piedra: Bomarzo de Ginastera seduce al Teatro Real

Von Fernando Remiro, 28. April 2017

Tras décadas de olvido en Europa, la obra maestra de Ginastera llega al Teatro Real con una nueva producción de Pierre Audi y la enérgica batuta de David Afkham

****1

****1

Madrid

28. Apr. 2017

Bomarzo de Ginastera seduce al Teatro Real

Von Fernando Remiro

Deborah Warner's new Billy Budd sets a new standard in Madrid

Von Fernando Remiro, 3. Februar 2017

Billy Budd triumphs in Madrid thanks to an inspired orchestra, a solid cast and a dream team of stage magicians.

****1

****1

Madrid

3. Feb. 2017

Warner's new Billy Budd sets a new standard in Madrid

Von Fernando Remiro

Andrea Breth's Manon Lescaut abandoned in a chilly Louisiana desert at Dutch National Opera

Von Nicolas Nguyen, 10. Oktober 2016

An aesthetically handsome but cold and distant staging mars the long-awaited return of Eva-Maria Westbroek as Puccini’s heroine at Dutch National Opera.

***11

***11

Amsterdam

10. Okt. 2016

Abandoned in a chilly Louisiana desert

Von Nicolas Nguyen

Dutch National Opera's Hänsel und Gretel from the favela both delights and disturbs

Von Nicolas Nguyen, 3. Dezember 2015

At Dutch National Opera, director Lotte de Beer’s reminds us who the Hänsels and Gretels of the 21st century are, juggling between harsh reality and heartening fairy tale in a spectacle that both delights and unsettles.

*****

*****

Amsterdam

3. Dez. 2015

Hänsel und Gretel from the favela

Von Nicolas Nguyen

Dutch National Opera toasts its 50th birthday

Von Jenny Camilleri, 6. November 2015

To celebrate its 50th birthday Dutch National Opera put on a festive tribute to the people that have made it the innovative and much-admired house it is today.

***11

***11

Amsterdam

6. Nov. 2015

Dutch National Opera toasts its 50th birthday

Von Jenny Camilleri

Little but not so solemn: the Flemish Radio Choir sings Rossini’s Petite messe solennelle

Von Nicolas Nguyen, 28. Mai 2015

It is the first version of Rossini’s Petite messe solennelle, with piano and harmonium, that the Flemish Radio Choir and Hervé Niquet chose to perform, their fine performance demonstrating the originality and impact of this more intimate version.

***11

***11

Amsterdam

28. Mai 2015

Little but not so solemn: Rossini’s Petite messe solennelle

Von Nicolas Nguyen

Polished stagecraft still wields its magic in Dutch National Opera’s Zauberflöte

Von Jenny Camilleri, 4. März 2015

A fine cast and orchestra revive Simon McBurney’s twilit, inventive Magic Flute at Dutch National Opera.

****1

****1

Amsterdam

4. März 2015

Polished stagecraft still wields its magic

Von Jenny Camilleri

Timeless Bohemian life in Amsterdam in new Benedict Andrews production

Von Nicolas Nguyen, 4. Dezember 2014

For his first collaboration with the Dutch National Opera, Australian director Benedict Andrews emphasizes the modernity of Puccini’s most popular opera.

***11

***11

Amsterdam

4. Dez. 2014

Timeless Bohemian life in Amsterdam

Von Nicolas Nguyen

Martijn Padding's new opera Laika launched at the Holland Festival

Von Thea Derks, 3. Juni 2014

Martijn Padding's opera Laika is let down by its libretto, which illustrates that though authors may write successful novels, this doesn’t necessarily imply they can also produce good theatre texts.

Amsterdam

3. Juni 2014

Martijn Padding's new opera Laika launched at the Holland Festival

Von Thea Derks

Warlikowski's descent to the roots of tragedy: Alceste in Madrid

Von Fernando Remiro, 2. März 2014

With this new production of Gluck's Alceste in Madrid, Krzysztof Warlikowski uses a well known popular icon to drag the audience into a two-way process of dramatic exploration.

***11

***11

Madrid

2. März 2014

Warlikowski's descent to the roots of tragedy: Alceste in Madrid

Von Fernando Remiro

A hugely entertaining Meistersinger from The Netherlands Opera

Von Kristen Huebner, 4. Juni 2013

The new Netherlands Opera performance of Richard Wagner’s only comic opera Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg was an absolute success. Spanning a daunting four-and-a-half hours, the evening kept us wanting more rather than searching for the clock.

*****

*****

Amsterdam

4. Juni 2013

A hugely entertaining Meistersinger from The Netherlands Opera

Von Kristen Huebner

Bychkov conducts Calleja and Giannattasio in an immaculate Bohème

Von David Karlin, 30. April 2012

After years of opera going, is it really still possible for me to be moved to tears by a tenor’s wail at the sight of a consumptive heroine dying tunefully in her bed at the end of the last act? I didn’t think so, but on the basis of last night’s Covent Garden performance of La Bohème, the answer would appear to be yes.

*****