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Düsseldorf

Reality wants augmenting in Daniel Kramer's Die tote Stadt for Deutsche Oper am Rhein

By Eleanor Knight, 16 April 2023

What's a director to do while we wait for technology to catch up with the complexities of the human condition?

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Düsseldorf

17 Apr 2023

Reality wants augmenting in Daniel Kramer's Die tote Stadt

By Eleanor Knight

Duisburg

Duisburg’s Don Carlos rescued from a devastating deluge

By Brian Angus, 17 May 2019

What do you do when 80 tonnes of water flood your theatre, your sets and costumes? Rescue, reshape and present what you can. That’s what Deutsche Oper am Rhein have had to do in Duisburg.

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Duisburg

18 May 2019

Duisburg’s Don Carlos rescued from a devastating deluge

By Brian Angus

Düsseldorf

Stars and Léhar's score shine in The Count of Luxembourg at Deutsche Oper am Rhein

By Ilana Walder-Biesanz, 25 December 2017

Baritone Kay Stiefermann steals hearts at the eponymous Count of Luxembourg, in an operetta so charming that neither musical missteps nor a mixed-up staging can sink it.

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Düsseldorf

26 Dec 2017

Stars and the score shine in The Count of Luxembourg

By Ilana Walder-Biesanz

Düsseldorf

Between two worlds: Wozzeck in Düsseldorf

By Matthew Rye, 20 October 2017

Stefan Herheim's eagerly awaited production of Berg's Wozzeck distances us from the emotional heart of the tragedy by portraying the story as a hallucinatory death-room experience.

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Düsseldorf

22 Oct 2017

Between two worlds: Wozzeck in Düsseldorf

By Matthew Rye

Düsseldorf

Primo il cinema e poi la musica: Die Zauberflöte in Düsseldorf

By Edward Sava-Segal, 27 May 2017

Animated characters are the real stars of an imaginative production of The Magic Flute.

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Düsseldorf

30 May 2017

Die Zauberflöte in Düsseldorf

By Edward Sava-Segal

Düsseldorf

Operetta on a count: Lehár in Düsseldorf

By Matthew Rye, 08 December 2016

A musically classy, rip-roaring staging of Der Graf von Luxemburg - a seasonal treat at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein.

*****

*****

Düsseldorf

09 Dec 2016

Operetta on a count: Lehár in Düsseldorf

By Matthew Rye

Düsseldorf

Less is moor: a powerful, minimalist Otello in Düsseldorf

By Matthew Rye, 13 October 2016

A fascinating, psychologically penetrating reading of Verdi’s penultimate opera, performed to the highest standards, promises much for the new season at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein.

*****

*****

Düsseldorf

14 Oct 2016

Less is moor: a powerful, minimalist Otello in Düsseldorf

By Matthew Rye

Düsseldorf

Something to crow about: The Golden Cockerel as sharp political satire in Düsseldorf

By Mark Pullinger, 15 April 2016

Dmitry Bertman's simple, stylish production of Rimsky-Korsakov's final opera finds a more recent satirical target.

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Düsseldorf

16 Apr 2016

Golden Cockerel as sharp political satire in Düsseldorf

By Mark Pullinger

Duisburg

Ice dream: Puccini's Turandot re-imagined at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein

By Matthew Rye, 09 December 2015

A German-Taiwanese co-production of Puccini's final opera plays out the drama as a modern-day nightmare.

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Duisburg

10 Dec 2015

Ice dream: Puccini's Turandot re-imagined

By Matthew Rye