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Marc Albrecht returns to Amsterdam with a Humperdinck rarity
Christof Loy directs a new production of Engelbert Humperdinck’s rarely performed second opera, Königskinder.
Remarkable Die Frau ohne Schatten marred by visual effects
At the Enescu Festival n Bucharest Vladimir Jurowski celebrates the centennial of Die Frau one Schatten’s premiere.
West Side Story visually vibrant but musically mediocre in Hannover
Matthias Davids’ impressive production needed the dynamism of Dudamel to do justice to Bernstein’s marvellous music.
World première of Elena Mendoza's City of Lies
Spanish composer Elena Mendoza presents a hermetic piece of contemporary theatre that is at the same time a disappointing opera and a worthy musical exploration of literary universe of Juan Carlos Onetti
Berlin Moses und Aron commemorates liberation of Auschwitz
Barrie Kosky's production of Schoenberg's unfinished masterpiece is brought to musical life by Vladimir Jurowski's intense and compelling interpretation.
Berlin's West Side Story
At the Komische Oper Berlin, West Side Story has some incredible highlights, but leaves a few too many whys to be wholly enjoyable, with some curious production details.