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London

20. Aug. 2026

Opera Prelude compares and contrasts Bernstein and Weill

Von David Karlin

Christophe Dumaux (Giulio Cesare) © Nancy Jesse

20 years of Giulio Cesare: McVicar’s production revived at Deutsche Oper Berlin

Von Elena Luporini, 5. Juli 2026

The classic production of Handel's opera proves its durability, featuring a strong cast led by Christophe Dumaux and Elena Tsallagova.

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Berlin

5. Juli 2026

20 years of Giulio Cesare: McVicar staging revived at Deutsche Oper

Von Elena Luporini

Three Peters for the price of one: Lortzing’s Zar und Zimmermann at Deutsche Oper Berlin

Von Elena Luporini, 20. Juni 2026

Martin G Berger’s new production of Zar und Zimmermann eases the Deutsche Oper Berlin into the summer break, with mixed results.

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Berlin

20. Juni 2026

Three Peters for the price of one: Lortzing’s Zar und Zimmermann

Von Elena Luporini

Mihails Čuļpajevs (Alfonso), Ólafur Sigurdarson (Simone) and Laura Wilde (Violanta) © Marcus Lieberenz

Between ecstasy and abyss: Korngold’s Violanta at the Deutsche Oper Berlin

Von Zenaida des Aubris, 25. Januar 2026

David Hermann directs a new production of Korngold’s teenage opera, conducted by Sir Donald Runnicles, at the Deutsche Oper Berlin.

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Berlin

25. Jan. 2026

Between ecstasy and abyss: Korngold’s Violanta at the Deutsche Oper

Von Zenaida des Aubris

Glyndebourne

Not out of the woods yet: Glyndebourne’s iconic Dream approaches its century

Von Eleanor Knight, 12. Oktober 2025

Sir Peter Hall's classic staging of Britten's Shakespearean comedy nears a landmark moment in Glyndebourne’s autumn season.

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Glyndebourne

12. Okt. 2025

Glyndebourne’s iconic Dream approaches its century

Von Eleanor Knight

High Wycombe

Three card trick: staging, direction and singing compel in Garsington’s Queen of Spades

Von Roy Westbrook, 29. Mai 2025

Jack Furness directs a terrific new Queen of Spades at Garsington – haunting and harrowing.

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High Wycombe

29. Mai 2025

Three card trick: compelling new Queen of Spades at Garsington

Von Roy Westbrook

Upstairs, downstairs, Richard Strauss style: Die Frau ohne Schatten at Deutsche Oper

Von Zenaida des Aubris, 26. Januar 2025

Tobias Kratzer gives his third Strauss production in three seasons at Deutsche Oper Berlin another contemporary spin.

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Berlin

26. Jan. 2025

Upstairs, downstairs: Die Frau ohne Schatten at Deutsche Oper

Von Zenaida des Aubris

Iestyn Davies (Oberon) and Lucy Crowe (Tytania) © Craig Fuller

High Wycombe

Some enchanted evening? Garsington Opera's new A Midsummer Night's Dream

Von Roy Westbrook, 16. Juni 2024

In the first and last acts, ladies entered with a train still attached to a bolt of cloth, which was then cut to length by an attendant. Was this production brought to the stage in a great hurry, allowing no time for costume fittings?

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High Wycombe

16. Juni 2024

Garsington Opera's new A Midsummer Night's Dream

Von Roy Westbrook

Rainelle Krause (Queen of the Night) and Norman Reinhardt (Tamino) © Manuel Harlan

McBurney's delightfully batty Magic Flute returns to the Coliseum

Von Susannah Moody, 28. Februar 2024

English National Opera brings back Simon McBurney's theatre of wonders for this Mozart classic.

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London

28. Feb. 2024

McBurney's delightfully batty Magic Flute returns to the Coliseum

Von Susannah Moody

Glyndebourne

Joélle Harvey is outstanding in Glyndebourne's incendiary Semele

Von Roy Westbrook, 23. Juli 2023

Adele Thomas makes a good case for Semele's operatic credentials in her production which makes effective nods towards Baroque opera’s devotion to spectacle.

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Glyndebourne

23. Juli 2023

Joélle Harvey is outstanding in Glyndebourne's incendiary Semele

Von Roy Westbrook

Celebratory Mahler 3 from the The Royal Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra and Bychkov

Von Roy Westbrook, 23. Juni 2022

The Royal Academy of Music marks its 200th anniversary with Mahler's all-embracing Third Symphony, a work that fills both the evening and the concert platform.

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London

23. Juni 2022

Celebratory Mahler 3 from the The Royal Academy of Music and Bychkov

Von Roy Westbrook

High Wycombe

Utterly bewitching Rusalka at Garsington Opera

Von Dominic Lowe, 18. Juni 2022

It's taken two years for Jack Furness' new production of Dvořák's greatest opera to reach the Garsington stage, but it is entirely worth the wait, with a breathtaking performance from Natalya Romaniw in the title role.

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High Wycombe

18. Juni 2022

Utterly bewitching Rusalka at Garsington Opera

Von Dominic Lowe

Lisette Oropesa's Violetta proves to be one of the greats at Covent Garden

Von David Karlin, 27. Oktober 2021

Following success in New York and Madrid, Oropesa gives Covent Garden a Violetta that will be difficult to better.

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London

27. Okt. 2021

Lisette Oropesa's Violetta is one of the greats at Covent Garden

Von David Karlin

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. Sept. 2021

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

Von Mark Valencia

The present and the future of opera: JPYA summer performance at Covent Garden

Von Kevin W Ng, 17. Juli 2021

The Jette Parker Young Artists take on their most ambitious programme yet, showcasing some of the most promising Verdian voices of the future.

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London

17. Juli 2021

The present and the future of opera: JPYA summer performance

Von Kevin W Ng

The Royal Opera's young artists excel in a Weill-Brecht double bill

Von Mark Valencia, 9. April 2021

As theatre, Isabelle Kettle's staging of Kurt Weill's Seven Deadly Sins is timelessly harrowing and bang up to date.

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London

9. Apr. 2021

The Royal Opera's young artists excel in a Weill-Brecht double bill

Von Mark Valencia

“Libiam!” Raising a glass to 25 years of Covent Garden's glorious Traviata

Von Roy Westbrook, 17. Dezember 2019

Violetta Valéry was Armenian soprano Hrachuhí Bassénz, who made a strong impression on the audience, certainly by the end.

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London

17. Dez. 2019

“Libiam!” Raising a glass to 25 years of Covent Garden's Traviata

Von Roy Westbrook

Singing triumphs: Monteverdi's Poppea, Hampstead Garden Opera

Von Charlotte Valori, 12. Mai 2017

A musically sensitive account of Monteverdi’s Poppea, with simple staging and 1950s costumes, sees singing triumph noticeably over the relative theatrical inexperience of HGO’s talented young cast.

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