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Munich

Waltzing masks and masquerades in Barrie Kosky’s new Fledermaus in Munich

By Zenaida des Aubris, 23 December 2023

Expect sequins and swinging chandeliers in the Australian director's new Fledermaus at the Bayerische Staatsoper.

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Munich

01 Jan 2024

Waltzing masks and masquerades in Kosky’s new Fledermaus

By Zenaida des Aubris

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Hamburg

Siegfried and Siegfried: Rattle's penultimate instalment of the Ring cycle

By Alexander Hall, 08 February 2023

A long stellar night of supremely assured singing and playing in Wagner's Siegfried, with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Sir Simon Rattle on top form.

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Hamburg

09 Feb 2023

Rattle's penultimate instalment of the Ring cycle in Hamburg

By Alexander Hall

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Vienna

L’Orfeo makes its Wiener Staatsoper debut in Tom Morris' aesthetically rich staging

By Chanda VanderHart, 13 June 2022

An energized cast delivers in a visually eye-popping production as Monteverdi's opera appears at the Haus am Ring for the very first time.

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Vienna

14 Jun 2022

Monteverdi's L’Orfeo makes its Wiener Staatsoper debut

By Chanda VanderHart

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Vienna

Pre-Baroque rarity for a grand season opening at Theater an der Wien

By Laura Servidei, 19 September 2021

A superlative cast led by Annett Fritsch and Cyril Auvity dazzle in Emilio de’ Cavalieri’s “musical drama” in a brilliant production by Robert Carsen.

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Vienna

20 Sep 2021

Pre-Baroque rarity for a grand season opening at Theater an der Wien

By Laura Servidei

Munich

Lear in Munich: brilliant performance, but lifelessly staged by Christoph Marthaler

By Elodie Olson-Coons, 30 May 2021

A superb cast of singers is let down by Christoph Marthaler's cold, stilted staging as Reimann's Lear returns to its birthplace.

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Munich

01 Jun 2021

Lear in Munich: brilliant performance, but lifelessly staged

By Elodie Olson-Coons

Amsterdam

Matthias Pintscher and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra reveal enchanted sound gardens

By Edward Sava-Segal, 29 January 2021

Ravel and Pintscher's own music were juxtaposed on this programme from Amsterdam.

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Amsterdam

30 Jan 2021

Pintscher and the Concertgebouw reveal enchanted sound gardens

By Edward Sava-Segal

London

Star-studded, searing Bach at the Royal Festival Hall

By Benjamin Poore, 02 April 2019

Challenging and vivid Bach in the first UK showing of Peter Sellars' staging of Bach's great liturgical masterpiece.

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London

03 Apr 2019

Star-studded, searing Bach at the Royal Festival Hall

By Benjamin Poore

Berlin

Violetter Schnee: Snowy apocalypse at the Staatsoper Berlin

By Zenaida des Aubris, 13 January 2019

The world is sinking in "Violet Snow", as the opera by Beat Furrer, directed by Claus Guth, is given its world premiere at the Staatsoper unter den Linden.

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Berlin

15 Jan 2019

Violetter Schnee: Snowy apocalypse at the Staatsoper Berlin

By Zenaida des Aubris

Munich

Cavalli's La Calisto returns to Munich in Alden’s psychedelic staging

By Laura Servidei, 02 April 2018

A flamboyant production and a wonderful cast of singers seals a big success for this gem of the early Baroque.

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Munich

03 Apr 2018

Cavalli's La Calisto returns to Munich

By Laura Servidei

Zurich

A sizzling myth of matricide: Manfred Trojahn’s Orest in Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet, 26 February 2017

In the hands of director Hans Neuenfels, the Swiss première of Manfred Trojahn’s Orest was widely anticipated for its “splashes of gore and commensurate splatters of sound”.

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Zurich

27 Feb 2017

A sizzling myth of matricide

By Sarah Batschelet

Amsterdam

An emotionally powerful Orfeo in Amsterdam

By Rosemary Carlton-Willis, 03 September 2014

Sasha Waltz’s new production of Monteverdi’s Orfeo saw a fusion of sound and movement at the Muziektheater Amsterdam, with dancers and singers twining together almost indistinguishably.

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Amsterdam

05 Sep 2014

An emotionally powerful Orfeo in Amsterdam

By Rosemary Carlton-Willis

Madrid

Die Eroberung von Mexico premières in Madrid to a receptive audience

By Laura Furones, 19 October 2013

The inability of human beings to communicate or even empathise, and the monstrous consequences that gap in misunderstanding leads to, is the foundational idea of Die Eroberung von Mexico, and Wolfgang Rihm’s dense and frequently brilliant music.

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Madrid

21 Oct 2013

Teatro Real: Die Eroberung von Mexico

By Laura Furones

Vienna

A difficult night for Die Schöne Müllerin with Georg Nigl and Gérard Wyss in Vienna

By Chanda VanderHart, 17 June 2013

It’s never an easy thing to jump in for a concert, especially not when there is a historical instrument involved. The sign on the door of the Wiener Konzerthaus upon our arrival Monday evening, explaining that Vanessa Wagner had to cancel her part as pianist at the last minute and would be replaced by Gérard Wyss, did not bode well.

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Vienna

21 Jun 2013

A difficult night for Die Schöne Müllerin with Georg Nigl and Gérard Wyss in Vienna

By Chanda VanderHart

Munich

Andreas Kriegenburg's Wozzeck: A true masterpiece

By Max Woods, 06 June 2012

The plight of the introvert, stigmatised by society despite the many benefits of their contemplative natures and inner strength, is an important part of the contemporary Zeitgeist, but it is in fact nothing new.

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Munich

09 Jun 2012

Andreas Kriegenburg's Wozzeck: A true masterpiece

By Max Woods

Amsterdam

Wolfgang Rihm's Dionysos makes Nietzsche sing

By Zerbinetta, 19 June 2011

Friedrich Nietzsche’s life was not that of an isolated contemplative but rather full of personal frustration, eventually ending in syphilitic madness. While his work has been often linked with music--most notably in his relationship with Wagner and Richard Strauss’s tone poem based on Also sprach Zarathustra--making his life into an opera may seem a dubious proposition.

Amsterdam

22 Jun 2011

Wolfgang Rihm's Dionysos makes Nietzsche sing

By Zerbinetta