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A grand rendition of Verdi’s Don Carlos opens season at the Grand Théâtre de Genève under the inspired baton of Marc Minkowski, in his first encounter with the opera, directed by Lydia Steier. 

Seven months ago, when Tokyo’s musical scene was brought to a standstill by the Covid-19 pandemic, it was hard to envisage any orchestra performing Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony by December, an important year-end custom in Japan.

As part of the annual Wagner festival in the Hungarian capital, Peter Seiffert and Allison Oakes star as the doomed lovers.

The battle of the choirs is a thrilling moment in just about any performance of Dutchman, but produces shock and awe in the live acoustics of Budapest's Bartok Bela Concert Hall.

An overpowering orchestra and unusual stage layout contribute to a disappointingly even-tempered Stabat Mater.

January of 2017 sees the return of Verdi's Nabucco at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. This Keith Warner production of a Verdi favorite was successfully premiered by the Deutsche Oper in 2013, in the 200th anniversary year of Verdi's birth.

Innovative programming from Manfred Honeck mingles readings, music, and chant in memory of Mozart.

Barrie Kosky holt an der Dutch National Opera Puccinis unvollendete Oper ins Hier und Jetzt.

Le metteur en scène franco-allemand transpose l'ouvrage wagnérien dans un univers à la croisée de Mad Max et Star Wars. Johanni van Oostrum se distingue dans le rôle d'Elisabeth.

À l'exception de la direction intéressante d'Antonino Fogliani à la tête de l'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, il n'y a pas grand-chose à saluer dans cette production clinquante, dénuée de la moindre cohérence artistique.

Leid und Trost bestimmen Dvořáks Werk; Mariss Jansons, der Chor und das Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunk gestalteten es dramatisch und kontrastreich.