Live, Video: Kritiken zu klassischen Konzerten, Opern, Ballett und Tanz finden | Bernard Richter

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Verbier

26 Jul 2025

Weder Fisch noch Vogel: Bachs h-Moll-Messe am Verbier Festival

Von Thomas Schacher

Sister Action: Dialogues des Carmélites an der Wiener Staatsoper

Von Snapdragon, 24 Mai 2023

Vor allem das großartige Sänger*innen-Ensemble berührt zutiefst in Magdalena Fuchsbergers Neuinszenierung am Ring.

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Wien

24 Mai 2023

Sister Action: Dialogues des Carmélites an der Wiener Staatsoper

Von Snapdragon

Der fliegende Holländer im Theater an der Wien

Von Snapdragon, 17 November 2015

Wenn sich Marc Minkowski und Olivier Py den Fliegenden Holländer vornehmen, ist der Teufel los.

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Wien

17 Nov 2015

Auf Teufel komm raus

Von Snapdragon

Paris

Von der Silberleinwand zum goldenen Saal: Die Entführung aus dem Serail am Palais Garnier

Von David Karlin, 19 Oktober 2014

Zabou Breitman bringt den Glamour der Silberleinwand mit für die Inszenierung von Mozarts Entführung aus dem Serail der Pariser Oper, in der Anna Prohaskas Blondchen allen die Schau stiehlt.

*****

*****

Paris

19 Okt 2014

Von der Silberleinwand zum goldenen Saal: Mozarts Entführung

Von David Karlin

Sara Blanch (Mélisande) and Bernard Richter (Pelléas) © Monika Rittershaus | Teatro alla Scala

Dreams in the mist: Romeo Castellucci directs a new Pelléas et Mélisande at La Scala

Von Laura Servidei, 26 April 2026

The Italian director makes his long-awaited Italian operatic debut at the Teatro alla Scala in a production which perfectly mirrors Debussy’s most enigmatic creation.

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Mailand

26 Apr 2026

Romeo Castellucci directs a new Pelléas et Mélisande at La Scala

Von Laura Servidei

Bernard Richter (Idomeneo) © Michael Pöhn

An Idomeneo shattered to pieces at the Wiener Staatsoper

Von Orsolya Gyárfás, 23 Januar 2026

A committed cast struggles to lend a spark of life to Kasper Holten's static staging of Mozart's first mature opera.

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Wien

23 Jan 2026

An Idomeneo shattered to pieces at the Wiener Staatsoper

Von Orsolya Gyárfás

Andrè Schuen (Don Giovanni) and Luca Pisaroni (Leporello) © Judit Horvath

Budapest

Unseduced: Don Giovanni opens the Budapest Festival Orchestra season

Von Orsolya Gyárfás, 09 September 2025

Iván Fischer's reworking of his 2017 production of Don Giovanni is musically capable, but dramatically unconvincing.

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Budapest

09 Sep 2025

Unseduced: Don Giovanni opens the Budapest Festival Orchestra season

Von Orsolya Gyárfás

La clemenza di Tito au Grand Théâtre de Genève © Magali Dougados

Pas de clémence pour Titus selon Milo Rau au Grand Théâtre de Genève

Von Romain Daroles, 18 Oktober 2024

Le metteur en scène rassemble pêle-mêle toutes les luttes sociétales contemporaines dans une lecture riche et intelligente mais qui n'est pas exempte de naïveté et a tendance à phagocyter l'espace musical.

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Geneva

18 Okt 2024

Pas de clémence pour Titus selon Milo Rau au Grand Théâtre de Genève

Von Romain Daroles

Lea Desandre (Idamante) © Grand Théâtre de Genève | Magali Dougados

Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui presents Idomeneo as a confused ballet in Geneva

Von Laura Servidei, 02 März 2024

The Grand Théâtre de Genève presents a new production of Mozart’s opera seria where the focus is all on dancing and rope twirling. Nevertheless, a good cast, led by Federica Lombardi as Elettra, manages to shine through.

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Geneva

02 Mär 2024

Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui presents Idomeneo as a confused ballet in Geneva

Von Laura Servidei

Celebrating La Scala: Robert Carsen’s Don Giovanni returns

Von Laura Servidei, 02 April 2022

Robert Carsen’s imaginative 2011 production of Mozart’s masterpiece is revived in Milan with an excellent cast led by Christopher Maltman.

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Mailand

02 Apr 2022

Celebrating La Scala: Robert Carsen’s Don Giovanni returns

Von Laura Servidei

London

David McVicar's staging of The Magic Flute revived at the Royal Opera House

Von Mark Valencia, 15 September 2021

Unlike many Flutes, David McVicar's 2003 production treats Mozart's score as a proper opera, albeit with romp instead of pomp.

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London

15 Sep 2021

McVicar's Magic Flute staging revived at the Royal Opera House

Von Mark Valencia

Madrid

El Beethoven litúrgico de la mano de William Christie y la Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España

Von Leonardo Mattana Ereño, 17 Oktober 2020

La Orquesta y Coro Nacionales han hecho posible de la mano de William Christie y de los solistas invitados olvidarnos en gran medida de la complicada situación actual, con la fuerza indomable de Beethoven en un concierto que desplegó gran calidad musical, maestría y vitalidad.

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Madrid

17 Okt 2020

El Beethoven litúrgico de la mano de William Christie y la OCNE

Von Leonardo Mattana Ereño

Amsterdam

Rodelinda hits all the marks at Dutch National Opera

Von Jenny Camilleri, 14 Januar 2020

A veritable Baroque bonanza featuring a top-tier cast and orchestra in an emotionally incisive and handsomely crafted production.

*****

*****

Amsterdam

14 Jan 2020

Rodelinda hits all the marks at Dutch National Opera

Von Jenny Camilleri

Paris

Berlioz selon Krivine : difficile Enfance du Christ

Von Tristan Labouret, 14 Dezember 2018

Au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, l'Orchestre National de France et son directeur musical, Emmanuel Krivine, délivrent une interprétation sèche de l'œuvre de Berlioz. Malgré une grande Stéphanie d'Oustrac.

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Paris

14 Dez 2018

Berlioz selon Krivine : difficile Enfance du Christ

Von Tristan Labouret

Hanna-Elisabeth Müller (Sandrina) © Marco Brescia & Rudy Amisano | Teatro alla Scala

La finta giardiniera: Mozart’s early masterpiece charms at La Scala

Von Laura Servidei, 20 Oktober 2018

Diego Fasolis leads a period performance of Mozart’s early masterpiece with a strong cast and a clever production.

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Mailand

20 Okt 2018

Mozart’s early masterpiece charms at La Scala

Von Laura Servidei

Verbier

Haydn aux sommets sous la direction de Gábor Takács-Nagy à Verbier

Von Thomas Muller, 21 Juli 2018

Une bien belle soirée qui mit Haydn à l'honneur sous la direction magnifique de Gabor Takacs-Nagy qui fut l'architecte bienveillant d'une équipe superlative.

*****

*****

Verbier

21 Jul 2018

Haydn aux sommets à Verbier

Von Thomas Muller

Schubert's Fierrabras premieres at La Scala, with mixed results

Von James Imam, 05 Juni 2018

Harding's grasp of the work's architecture that provides overall coherence. That, combined with the pithy, pulsing core he forges at its heart, makes this performance as engaging as it is polished.

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Mailand

05 Jun 2018

Mixed results as Fierrabras premieres at La Scala

Von James Imam

Markus Werba illumine le Faust genevois

Von Thomas Muller, 25 Februar 2018

Le Grand Théâtre propose les fastueuses « Szenen aus Goethes Faust ». Le Faust de Markus Werba domine un plateau de solistes de très belle tenue.

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Geneva

25 Feb 2018

Markus Werba illumine le Faust genevois

Von Thomas Muller

Don Giovanni as “unlimited myth” at La Scala

Von Renato Verga, 14 Mai 2017

Robert Carsen's Don Giovanni cannot burn in a hell in which he does not believe.

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Mailand

14 Mai 2017

Don Giovanni as “unlimited myth” at La Scala

Von Renato Verga

Schoenberg de feu, Schubert anesthésié au Victoria Hall de Genève

Von Thomas Muller, 29 März 2017

L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande sous la baguette de Jonathan Nott aura relevé le défi d’un Schoenberg coloré et éruptif et l’Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne quant à lui aura desservi un Schubert d’une incarnation terne de la Messe en mi bémol majeur : dommage.

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Geneva

29 Mär 2017

Schoenberg de feu, Schubert anesthésié au Victoria Hall de Genève

Von Thomas Muller

Hamburg

Troy Story: Les troyens in Hamburg

Von Matthew Rye, 10 Februar 2017

A musically strong revival of an austere production still leaves one feeling short-changed.

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Hamburg

10 Feb 2017

Troy Story: Les troyens in Hamburg

Von Matthew Rye

Patricia Petibon shines in Olivier Py's ambitious Geneva Manon

Von Elodie Olson-Coons, 12 September 2016

A Manon as sexy and unsteady as its heroine.

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Geneva

12 Sep 2016

Petibon shines in Olivier Py's ambitious Manon

Von Elodie Olson-Coons

London

Leather and velvet: the Budapest Festival Orchestra's Magic Flute at the Royal Festival Hall

Von Dominic Lowe, 10 Mai 2016

Iván Fischer's staged concert had its flaws, but some original ideas and a strong cast gave an impressive performance.

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London

10 Mai 2016

Leather and velvet: Budapest FO's Magic Flute

Von Dominic Lowe

Montreal

Kent Nagano and the OSM come up trumps in Pelléas et Mélisande

Von Alan Yu, 09 September 2015

Kent Nagano and the OSM came up trumps in concert version of Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande.

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Montreal

09 Sep 2015

Nagano comes up trumps in Pelléas et Mélisande

Von Alan Yu

Lyon

Non, Mélisande, tu n’iras pas danser ce soir… – Debussy à l’Opéra de Lyon

Von Beate Langenbruch, 12 Juni 2015

La mise en scène déconcertante de Christophe Honoré n’arrive pas à la cheville de la direction musicale de Kazushi Ono.

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Lyon

12 Jun 2015

Debussy à l’Opéra de Lyon

Von Beate Langenbruch

A Lenten lament: St Matthew Passion at the Konzerthaus

Von Chanda VanderHart, 28 März 2015

Bach is music for the soul, and when excellent musicians are performing it, it cannot fail to be beautiful. Thanks to the considerable strengths of the many involved, there is really no better way to spend a weekend in Lent than lamenting through a Bach Passion in the Konzerthaus.

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Wien

28 Mär 2015

A Lenten lament: St Matthew Passion

Von Chanda VanderHart

Berlioz's Béatrice et Bénédict at the Theater an der Wien

Von Snapdragon, 24 April 2013

Béatrice et Bénédict is Hector Berlioz’s last work; he wrote it between 1860 and 1862 for the theatre that patron Edouard Bénazet had built in Baden-Baden, then Germany’s most chic health resort.

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Wien

24 Apr 2013

Berlioz's Béatrice et Bénédict at the Theater an der Wien

Von Snapdragon

Salzburg

A visually brilliant but serious Zauberflöte at the Salzburg Festival

Von Nahoko Gotoh, 04 August 2012

The new Zauberflöte at this summer’s Salzburg Festival is a visually brilliant production with sets tailored to the atmospheric venue of the Felsenreitschule (for people not familiar with Salzburg, this is where the singing contest was held in the film The Sound of Music).

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