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Die Walküre © Enrico Nawrath | Bayreuther Festspiele

Artificiality over art: Die Walküre at the Bayreuth Festival

By Alexandra Richter, 5 August 2026

In Die Walküre, we once again delve into absurd AI-generated visual worlds and disjointed associations. Musically, however, this Ring cycle remains well worth listening to.

***11

***11

Bayreuth

5 Aug 2026

Artificiality over art: Die Walküre at Bayreuth

By Alexandra Richter

Die Walküre © Teatro alla Scala | Brescia e Amisano

Milan

Hojotoho! La Scala’s new Walküre opens with a stellar cast

By Laura Servidei, 5 February 2025

With bad-ass punk valkyries and rich in fantasy overtones, Sir David McVicar's La Scala Ring cycle continues.

****1

****1

Milan

5 Feb 2025

Hojotoho! La Scala’s new Walküre opens with a stellar cast

By Laura Servidei

Yannick Debus (Lenz) and the Six Voices © Toni Suter

Zurich

A haunting Jakob Lenz in Zurich

By Elodie Olson-Coons, 19 November 2022

The ZKO shows us that Wolfgang Rihm's Jakob Lenz has lost none of its power, more than 40 years on.

****1

****1

Zurich

19 Nov 2022

A haunting Jakob Lenz in Zurich

By Elodie Olson-Coons

Zurich

Andreas Homoki's Ring Cycle continues with Die Walküre at Opernhaus Zürich

By Sarah Batschelet, 18 September 2022

A stellar production of Die Walküre premieres in Zurich, not far from the location where Richard Wagner composed it.

****1

****1

Zurich

18 Sept 2022

Homoki's Ring Cycle continues with Die Walküre at Opernhaus Zürich

By Sarah Batschelet

Winterthur

Burlicchete, burlacchete, brignocchete, cucù: Il mondo della luna at Theater Winterthur

By Laura Servidei, 5 May 2022

A successful, psychedelic production of Haydn’s masterpiece is presented with a cast of young, talented singers from the International Opera Studio in Zurich, for an evening of fun in Winterthur.

***11

***11

Winterthur

5 May 2022

Burlicchete, burlacchete, brignocchete, cucù: Il mondo della luna

By Laura Servidei

Zurich

Debutant cast impresses in Zurich's new Dialogues des Carmélites

By Laura Servidei, 13 February 2022

The Opernhaus presents Jetske Mijnssen's new production of Poulenc’s masterpiece, under the baton of Tito Ceccherini.

****1

****1

Zurich

13 Feb 2022

Debutant cast impresses in Zurich's new Dialogues des Carmélites

By Laura Servidei

Johanni van Oostrum (Elizabeth) und Vera-Lotte Boecker (Mary) © Monika Rittershaus

Munich

Emotionale Archäologie: Brett Deans Uraufführung Of One Blood in München

By Michael Vieth, 14 May 2026

Mit ausschließlich historischen Dokumenten in alter, poetischer Sprache macht Brett Dean die historische Geschichte um Maria Stuart zur Psycho-Tragödie in Renaissance- wie Gegenwarts-Klang. Eine gelungene Uraufführung an der Bayerischen Staatsoper.

****1

****1

Munich

14 May 2026

Brett Deans Uraufführung Of One Blood in München

By Michael Vieth

Freya Apffelstaedt (Erste Norn), Lena Sutor-Wernich (Zweite Norn) und Giselle Allen (Dritte Norn) © Monika Rittershaus

Zurich

Was solls denn nun bedeuten? Wagners Götterdämmerung am Opernhaus Zürich

By Thomas Schacher, 5 November 2023

Auch im vierten Teil von Wagners Tetralogie Der Ring des Nibelungen bleiben Dirigent und Regisseur ihren Ansätzen treu. Alles bleibt scheinbar gleich wie bisher, und dennoch gibt es Überraschungen.

***11

***11

Zurich

5 Nov 2023

Was solls denn nun bedeuten? Götterdämmerung am Opernhaus Zürich

By Thomas Schacher