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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.

Sailor suits and powder-puff bows as Herbert Fritsch directs a colourful new production in Berlin. 

“Jealous lover kills local slut” might be the tabloid headline, but Bizet's Carmen is much more than that, especially in this visually stunning new production in Hamburg, directed by Herbert Fritsch.

Hamburg State Opera launches its new season with a visually overpowering but musically satisfying Così fan tutte.

Tchaikovsky’s passionate drama is put into the deep-freeze by chilly stage designs.