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Salzburg

18. Aug. 2025

Klänge werden Landschaft: One morning turns into an eternity

Von Michael Vieth

Asmik Grigorian (Polina) und Sean Panikkar (Alexej Iwanowitsch) © SF | Ruth Walz

Salzburg

Glück in der Musik, Pech in der Inszenierung: Der Spieler in Salzburg

Von Isabella Steppan, 22. August 2024

Szenisch enttäuscht der Abend auf ganzer Linie, da Peter Sellars Regie lieb- und ideenlos daherkommt; musikalisch bleiben allerdings keine Wünsche offen!

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Salzburg

22. Aug. 2024

Glück in der Musik, Pech in der Inszenierung: Der Spieler in Salzburg

Von Isabella Steppan

Julia Bullock © Ruth Waltz | Dutch National Opera

Amsterdam

Perle Noire: kammermusikalische Meditationen an der Dutch National Opera

Von Michael Klier, 9. März 2023

Tyshawn Soreys Perle Noire: Meditationen für Joséphine hinterlässt eine unvergleichbare Note und individuellen Flair.

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Amsterdam

9. März 2023

Perle Noire: kammermusikalische Meditationen in Amsterdam

Von Michael Klier

Salzburg

Der Tod des milden Titus: Mozarts Geist kehrt zurück nach Salzburg

Von Daniel Url, 27. Juli 2017

Lange hat man Mozart in Salzburg nicht mehr so mitreißend erlebt. Mit dem neuen Titus gelingt Neo-Intendant Markus Hinterhäuser ein Coup, der erhoffen lässt, dass sich Salzburg einer neuen goldenen Ära entgegenbewegt.

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Salzburg

27. Juli 2017

Der Tod des milden Titus in Salzburg

Von Daniel Url

Chloe Misseldine as Tatiana and Thomas Forster as Onegin in Onegin © Kyle Froman

ABT’s Onegin: masterful storytelling, formidable performances

Von Leigh Donlan, 23. Juni 2026

American Ballet Theatre's Onegin is deliciously dramatic and a stunning visual feast.

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New York City

23. Juni 2026

ABT’s Onegin: masterful storytelling, formidable performances

Von Leigh Donlan

Anna Tsygankova and Giorgi Potskhishvili in Dutch National Ballet's La Bayadère © Altin Kaftira

Amsterdam

Dutch National Ballet’s reimagined La Bayadère triumphs without its colonial gaze

Von Mark Vicente, 26. März 2026

Dutch National Ballet's new production of La Bayadère does away with the ballet’s problematic gestures and movements, allowing the choreography to truly shine.

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Amsterdam

26. März 2026

Dutch National Ballet's reimagined La Bayadère triumphs

Von Mark Vicente

Yuniel Betancourt in Lauren Lovette's stim © Hisae Aihara

The newest: gala night at Paul Taylor Dance in New York

Von Carla Escoda, 11. November 2025

A letdown and a triumph at the Paul Taylor Dance gala this week, featuring new works by Lauren Lovette and Robert Battle, both resident choreographers, she in her 4th year, he in his 2nd.

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New York City

11. Nov. 2025

The newest: gala night at Paul Taylor Dance in New York

Von Carla Escoda

Fleur Barron (Adriana) © Fabrizio Sansoni | Teatro dell’Opera di Roma

Rome

Peter Sellars directs Italian debut of Kaija Saariaho’s Adriana Mater

Von Pia Maltri, 11. Oktober 2025

This co-production, previously seen in San Francisco, is more of a semi-staging, convinces thanks to committed performances from a cast led by Fleur Barron.

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Rome

11. Okt. 2025

Peter Sellars directs Italian debut of Kaija Saariaho’s Adriana Mater

Von Pia Maltri

The Nine Jewelled Deer au Festival d'Aix-en-Provence © Ruth Walz

Arles

L'opéra de chambre The Nine Jewelled Deer invite à la méditation au Festival d'Aix

Von Chloë Rouge, 6. Juli 2025

Œuvre signée Sivan Eldar mais en réalité véritable performance collégiale comprenant improvisation des artistes et participation du public, The Nine Jewelled Deer propose une expérience forte, autant intime que collective.

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Arles

6. Juli 2025

The Nine Jewelled Deer invite à la méditation au Festival d'Aix

Von Chloë Rouge

Paris

Castor et Pollux plus près des étoiles avec Currentzis et Sellars au Palais Garnier

Von Romain Daroles, 25. Januar 2025

Le chef gréco-russe et le metteur en scène américain se rejoignent dans une vision généreuse et universaliste de l'opéra de Rameau, servie par une distribution impeccable.

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Paris

25. Jan. 2025

Castor et Pollux plus près des étoiles avec Currentzis et Sellars

Von Romain Daroles

Brandon Randolph, Joe Bowie and Elisa Clark in the Mark Morris Dance Group production The Hard Nut © Julieta Cervantes

Brooklyn

Dancers come and go, The Hard Nut fresh as ever

Von Carla Escoda, 12. Dezember 2024

It's 33 years since its premiere in Brussels, and in its eighth season in New York at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, this irreverent American classic is still firing on all cylinders.

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Brooklyn

12. Dez. 2024

Dancers come and go, The Hard Nut fresh as ever

Von Carla Escoda

Benjamin Bernheim (Hoffmann) and Vasilisa Berzhanskaya (Nicklausse) © Karen Almond | Met Opera

Benjamin Bernheim heads a powerhouse cast in the Met’s Hoffmann revival

Von Susan Stempleski, 24. September 2024

After a heavily promoted but underwhelming opening night, the company gets the new season back on track with plenty of star power in Offenbach’s final masterpiece.

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New York City

24. Sept. 2024

Bernheim heads a powerhouse cast in the Met’s Hoffmann revival

Von Susan Stempleski

Chloe Misseldine as Tatiana and Thomas Forster as Onegin in John Cranko's Onegin © Rosalie O'Connor

Onegin is the Bridgerton of ballet

Von Ivy Lin, 20. Juni 2024

Two very promising debuts in the lead roles and good performances in the supporting roles, made this an enjoyable Onegin.

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New York City

20. Juni 2024

Onegin is the Bridgerton of ballet

Von Ivy Lin

Barcelona

Las manos y los oídos de Beethoven: Gustavo Dudamel hace oír a Fidelio en el Liceu

Von Maria Sánchez, 26. Mai 2024

Conocimiento y sensibilidad en la propuesta liderada por Dudamel, posibilitando una interpretación para oyentes y sordos con la participación del Coro de Manos Blancas y la Deaf West Theatre.

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Barcelona

26. Mai 2024

Las manos y los oídos de Beethoven: Dudamel dirige Fidelio en el Liceu

Von Maria Sánchez

Ying Fang (Euridice) and Anthony Roth Costanzo (Orfeo) © Ken Howard | Met Opera

Back from the other side: Mark Morris’ dance-intensive Orfeo ed Euridice returns to the Met

Von Susan Stempleski, 16. Mai 2024

The latest revival of the company’s 2007 stylish production of Gluck’s operatic take on the Orpheus myth is enlivened with superb singing and dancing.

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New York City

16. Mai 2024

Mark Morris’ dance-intensive Orfeo ed Euridice returns to the Met

Von Susan Stempleski

Paris

Opéra mal-aimé de Bellini, Beatrice di Tenda entre au répertoire de l'Opéra de Paris

Von Stéphane Lelièvre, 9. Februar 2024

Dans une mise en scène sage de Peter Sellars, l'œuvre de Bellini, étrangement amputée de certains passages, ne remplit pas tout à fait ses promesses. Elle bénéficie cependant d'une belle distribution.

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Paris

9. Feb. 2024

Beatrice di Tenda entre au répertoire de l'Opéra de Paris

Von Stéphane Lelièvre

Berlin

Light and shadows in Rattle and Sellars' Médée at Staatsoper Berlin

Von Elena Luporini, 19. November 2023

Reuniting two old friends and collaborators, the Staatsoper Berlin presents a new production of Marc-Antoine Charpentier's Médée, with mixed results.

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Berlin

19. Nov. 2023

Light and shadows in Rattle and Sellars' Médée at Staatsoper Berlin

Von Elena Luporini

Genevieve Penn Nabity in Anima Animus © Karolina Kuras

National Ballet of Canada's Angels' Atlas had no wings

Von Ivy Lin, 30. März 2023

Crystal Pite’s Angels’ Atlas offers a strange closer for the NBC's program in their brief run at New York City Center.

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New York City

30. März 2023

National Ballet of Canada's Angels' Atlas had no wings

Von Ivy Lin

Paris

Un Tristan sans Isolde à l’Opéra de Paris

Von Erwan Gentric, 17. Januar 2023

Si la direction de Gustavo Dudamel et la mise en scène de Peter Sellars rendent justice au chef-d'œuvre wagnérien, la distribution inégale suffit à ternir le tableau.

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Paris

17. Jan. 2023

Un Tristan sans Isolde à l’Opéra de Paris

Von Erwan Gentric

San Francisco Ballet’s Nutcracker reassures, amid a changing time with a new director

Von Terez Rose, 8. Dezember 2022

This irresistible Nutcracker is a reliable delight in an increasingly unreliable world.

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San Francisco

8. Dez. 2022

An exciting buzz generated for San Francisco's Nutcracker

Von Terez Rose

An unlikely meeting of Morton Feldman and the blues, brilliantly conceived by Tyshawn Sorey

Von Kurt Gottschalk, 27. September 2022

Sorey’s instrumentation mirrors Feldman’s Rothko Chapel in a moving evening of musical high drama at Park Avenue Armory.

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New York City

27. Sept. 2022

An unlikely meeting of Morton Feldman and the blues

Von Kurt Gottschalk

Charm and wit abound in revival of San Francisco Ballet's Don Quixote

Von Terez Rose, 26. Februar 2022

Helgi Tomasson and Yuri Possokhov's restaging of the 1869 Petipa classic brings a sunny smile to faces in San Francisco.

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San Francisco

26. Feb. 2022

Charm and wit abound in San Francisco Ballet's Don Quixote

Von Terez Rose

A triumphant Nutcracker: San Francisco Ballet is back!

Von Terez Rose, 11. Dezember 2021

With Tchaikovsky’s dear, familiar overture, the reassuring sameness of Wendall K Harrington’s slide show projecting 1915 San Francisco scenes onto the curtains, we were all, most decisively, back.

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San Francisco

11. Dez. 2021

A triumphant Nutcracker: San Francisco Ballet is back!

Von Terez Rose

Philosophy amid movement in San Francisco Ballet’s Dance Innovations

Von Terez Rose, 13. Februar 2020

The ballet culminates with fouettés, bravura leaps from the oversized ensemble and a rousing finish with all 44 dancers onstage. It was an exuberant end to an intelligent, satisfying production, both of thought and movement.

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San Francisco

13. Feb. 2020

Philosophy amid movement in San Francisco Ballet’s Dance Innovations

Von Terez Rose

Seattle

Balanchine's Nutcracker returns in all its annual glory

Von Philippa Kiraly, 29. November 2019

Great story, colorful costumes and sets, dozens of performers all add up to the annual extravaganza of George Balanchine's The Nutcracker. Pacific Northwest Ballet's superb artists portray its wonders again.

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Seattle

29. Nov. 2019

Balanchine's Nutcracker returns in all its annual glory

Von Philippa Kiraly

At the Met, a revival of Orfeo ed Euridice preserves wit and limited pathos

Von Edward Sava-Segal, 4. November 2019

Jamie Barton's rich, mellifluous mezzo is ideal for singing Orfeo.

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New York City

4. Nov. 2019

At the Met, a revival of Orfeo ed Euridice

Von Edward Sava-Segal

Madrid

Echoes in the comfort zone: Saariaho's Only the Sound Remains at the Teatro Real

Von Fernando Remiro, 26. Oktober 2018

Kaija Saariaho's delightful but unchallenging fourth opera comes to Madrid with the same crew of the world première and Davone Tines, Philippe Jaroussky and Nora Kimball-Mentzos in the leading roles

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Madrid

26. Okt. 2018

Echoes in the comfort zone: Only the Sound Remains in Madrid

Von Fernando Remiro

Berkeley

A fiery Layla and Majnun première by the Silk Road Ensemble and Mark Morris Dance Group

Von Jaime Robles, 30. September 2016

The staging required that the dancers move through and around the musicians, and this intertwining gave the piece a coherent visual identity and a flowing energy.

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Berkeley

30. Sept. 2016

Mark Morris / Silk Road ensemble: Layla and Majnun

Von Jaime Robles

Morris' Mozart Dances at the Mostly Mozart Festival

Von Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn, 24. August 2016

Mozart Dances is a great piece of work and when paired with Garrick Ohlsson and the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, it’s a terrific night at the theater.

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New York City

24. Aug. 2016

Mozart dances, Mark Morris

Von Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn

San Francisco Ballet concludes season with Cranko’s masterful Onegin

Von Terez Rose, 30. April 2016

The San Francisco Ballet's 2016 season culminates in a dazzling, masterful rendition of John Cranko's Onegin, bringing passion, fury and drama to the War Memorial Opera House stage.

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