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Low on laughs: Die schweigsame Frau in Berlin

By Elena Luporini, 19 July 2025

Newly General Music Director Christian Thielemann and Jan Philipp Gloger bring Richard Strauss' Die schweigsame Frau to the Staatsoper Berlin for the first time, but la commedia is hardly stupenda.

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Berlin

22 Jul 2025

Low on laughs: Die schweigsame Frau in Berlin

By Elena Luporini

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Milan

A new Ring in Milan! Das Rheingold shines at La Scala

By Laura Servidei, 03 November 2024

La Scala presents a new production of Richard Wagner's masterpiece by David McVicar with a superb cast under the considerate baton of Simone Young.

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Milan

04 Nov 2024

A new Ring in Milan! Das Rheingold shines at La Scala

By Laura Servidei

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Berlin

All that glitters is not gold: Mitridate, Re di Ponto at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden

By Elena Luporini, 04 December 2022

The Staatsoper Unter den Linden's multi-seasonal Baroque project continues with a new production of Mozart's first opera seria, which roars and soars under the conducting of Marc Minkowski.

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Berlin

07 Dec 2022

All that glitters is not gold: Mitridate, Re di Ponto in Berlin

By Elena Luporini

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Berlin

Spinning the Wheel of Fortune: Vivaldi's Il Giustino at the Staatsoper Berlin

By Elena Luporini, 20 November 2022

A new production of Vivaldi's Byzantine opera Il Giustino charms Berlin, thanks to René Jacobs' exemplary conducting and a top-level cast led by Christophe Dumaux.

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Berlin

22 Nov 2022

Spinning the Wheel of Fortune: Vivaldi's Il Giustino in Berlin

By Elena Luporini

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Berlin

Stölzl's Berlin Turandot brings out human darkness with a puppet and a surprise ending

By Ako Imamura, 22 June 2022

Philipp Stölzl depicts Turandot as a tragedy of a lonely princess who pays dearly for her cruelty in his fascinating new production at the Staatsoper Berlin.

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Berlin

24 Jun 2022

Stölzl's Berlin Turandot brings out human darkness

By Ako Imamura

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Geneva

A fable without morality: Eötvös' Sleepless fascinates and unsettles

By Elodie Olson-Coons, 29 March 2022

Péter Eötvös’ new opera dazzles and dismays in equal measure at the Grand Théâtre de Genève.

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Geneva

30 Mar 2022

A fable without morality: Eötvös' Sleepless fascinates and unsettles

By Elodie Olson-Coons

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Berlin

A parable for our times: Peter Eötvös' Sleepless premieres at the Staatsoper Berlin

By Zenaida des Aubris, 28 November 2021

Peter Eötvös's thirteenth opera, based on the Trilogy by Norwegian author Jon Fosse, chronicles the struggles of a young couple to search for their own identity and place in society.

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Berlin

30 Nov 2021

A parable for our times: Eötvös' Sleepless premieres in Berlin

By Zenaida des Aubris

Berlin

Hearts of gold: La fanciulla's soft centre shines through in a gritty Staatsoper staging

By Hugo Shirley, 13 June 2021

A superb musical foundation under Antonio Pappano forms the basis for a satisfying new Fanciulla del West at the Staatoper in Berlin.

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Berlin

15 Jun 2021

Hearts of gold: a gritty La fanciulla at Staatsoper Berlin

By Hugo Shirley

Berlin

Einspringer save the day in a joyous Staatsoper Meistersinger

By Hugo Shirley, 14 April 2019

There's little to like in Andrea Moses' production, but a fine cast and glorious playing and conducting make for an enthralling performance of Wagner's grand comedy.

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Berlin

16 Apr 2019

Einspringer save the day in a joyous Staatsoper Meistersinger

By Hugo Shirley