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Darkroom des Begehrens: Le nozze di Figaro am Opernhaus Zürich
Bei der Wiederaufnahme von Mozarts beliebter Da-Ponte-Oper ist nicht nur der Dirigent, sondern auch der gesamte Cast ausgewechselt worden. Dies sorgt für beachtliche Veränderungen.
Staatsoper Hamburg's new Boris Godunov traverses Russian history
Opening the new opera season, Kent Nagano powerfully directs Mussorgsky's great psychodrama about a famous tsar, marred only by Frank Castorf's visually confusing and symbolically overweighted production.
Beauty and the beast: Sciarrino's Venere e Adone premieres in Hamburg
What does opera in the 21st century look and sound like? Streets removed from anything Mozart, Verdi or Wagner would have recognised. But Salvatore Sciarrino is his own man.