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The magic in Philipp Stölzl and Philipp Krenn's new production comes from the pit, where Joana Mallwitz and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra captivate.

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Amsterdam

10 Jun 2023

Double trouble as two directors tackle new DNO Rusalka

By Eleanor Knight

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Berlin

Straussian pastoral: Vera-Lotte Boecker is the ideal Daphne at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden

By Elena Luporini, 19 February 2023

Romeo Castellucci's new production of Daphne for the Staatsoper reflects on our relationship with nature, subverting the perspective of Richard Strauss' opera.

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Berlin

21 Feb 2023

Straussian pastoral: Daphne at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden

By Elena Luporini

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Vienna

Transcendent new Jenůfa debuts at Theater an der Wien

By Chanda VanderHart, 19 February 2022

Director Lotte De Beer's thoroughly realized, aesthetically rich and beautifully executed production of Janáček's masterpiece is anchored by strong performances from Nina Stemme and Svetlana Aksenova.

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Vienna

20 Feb 2022

Transcendent new Jenůfa debuts at Theater an der Wien

By Chanda VanderHart

Munich

Tcherniakov's new Freischütz a brilliant piece of theater in Munich

By Ako Imamura, 13 February 2021

Dmitri Tcherniakov updates the "German Romantic Opera" into a modern-day thriller with interesting twists in a musically splendid performance in Munich.

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Munich

13 Feb 2021

Tcherniakov's new Freischütz a brilliant piece of theater in Munich

By Ako Imamura

Paris

A long road to nowhere for Igor at the Bastille

By Mark Pullinger, 01 December 2019

Barrie Kosky's makes a limited impact in his debut at Opéra de Paris, apart from an hallucinogenic Polovtsian Dances.

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Paris

01 Dec 2019

A long road to nowhere for Igor at the Bastille

By Mark Pullinger

Hamburg

Thrills, chills and an immersive auto-da-fé: Konwitschny's Don Carlos sizzles in Hamburg

By Mark Pullinger, 30 May 2019

From stylised 16th-century dress to a 1970s sitcom ballet, Konwitschny's Staatsoper staging is full of brilliantly inventive touches, splendidly realised in this excellently sung revival.

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Hamburg

31 May 2019

An immersive auto-da-fé: Konwitschny's Don Carlos sizzles

By Mark Pullinger

London

Two great Royal Opera debuts aren't enough to lift a Katya Kabanova lacking in drama

By David Karlin, 04 February 2019

Amanda Majeski is magnificent in the title role; Ed Gardner shows total master of Janáček's music. But that's not enough to rescue a poorly thought out Richard Jones production.

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London

05 Feb 2019

Two great debuts, not enough drama: Katya Kabanova at ROH

By David Karlin

Amsterdam

“Soap opera at its best”: Katie Mitchell's Jenůfa at Dutch National Opera

By Nicolas Nguyen, 06 October 2018

Katie Mitchell's second production of Jenůfa is a straightforward, effective reading of the libretto well supported by excellent singing actors.

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Amsterdam

07 Oct 2018

“Soap opera at its best”: Katie Mitchell's Jenůfa

By Nicolas Nguyen

Edinburgh

Hrůša's clarity of vision focuses Dvořák’s Requiem in Edinburgh

By Simon Thompson, 21 August 2018

Jakub Hrůša leads a brilliant performace of Dvořák’s Requiem, but it doesn't completely dispel doubts about the work.

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Edinburgh

21 Aug 2018

Hrůša's clarity of vision focuses Dvořák’s Requiem in Edinburgh

By Simon Thompson

Rome

Dark humour: Michieletto and Gatti provide an adventurous La Damnation de Faust

By James Imam, 14 December 2017

Michieletto's production for the Teatro dell'Opera in Rome is fresh, intelligent and destined to go down as one of his best.

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Rome

15 Dec 2017

An adventurous La Damnation de Faust in Rome

By James Imam

Munich

Stunning revival of Barbara Frey's production of Jenůfa in Munich

By Ako Imamura, 14 July 2017

Munich revived a thoughtful modern production of Janáček's Jenůfa, with fine orchestral direction and strong singing doing full justice to the rich score.

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Munich

15 Jul 2017

Stunning revival of Jenůfa in Munich

By Ako Imamura

Paris

Netrebko in majestic form as Tatyana in Paris Onegin

By Mark Pullinger, 16 May 2017

In April, Peter Mattei and Anna Netrebko were starring together in Eugene Onegin at the Metropolitan Opera. Less than a month later and they are reunited in Paris in Willy Decker's staging.

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Paris

17 May 2017

Netrebko in majestic form as Tatyana in Paris Onegin

By Mark Pullinger

Amsterdam

Finding release among the poppy fields: Dmitri Tcherniakov's powerful Prince Igor reaches Amsterdam

By Mark Pullinger, 07 February 2017

Tcherniakov's moving production delves into the psychological rather than revelling in the spectacular.

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Amsterdam

08 Feb 2017

Finding release among the poppy fields

By Mark Pullinger

Prague

Joshua Bell and the Czech Philharmonic: a scintillating meeting of Old and New Worlds

By Frank Kuznik, 29 September 2016

American violinist Joshua Bell updates a tradition with class and panache in the Czech Philharmonic's season opener.

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Prague

30 Sep 2016

A scintillating meeting of Old and New Worlds

By Frank Kuznik

Oslo

Mommie dearest: Janáček’s Káťa Kabanová in Oslo

By Aksel Tollåli, 05 September 2015

Willy Decker's gloriously sung production of Janáček’s Káťa Kabanová in Oslo made for a uniquely powerful performance.

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Oslo

08 Sep 2015

Janáček’s Káťa Kabanová in Oslo

By Aksel Tollåli

London

Prom 4: Nelsons' era at the CBSO comes to a close with impassioned Beethoven Ninth

By Nahoko Gotoh, 19 July 2015

Traditionally at the Proms, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony is reserved for the penultimate prom slot in September, but this year, they have made an exception and given it to the CBSO and Andris Nelsons.

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London

21 Jul 2015

Prom 4: Nelsons' era at the CBSO comes to a close

By Nahoko Gotoh

Glyndebourne

Sultry, fiery, coquettish: Stéphanie d’Oustrac’s Carmen at Glyndebourne has it all

By Mark Pullinger, 23 May 2015

“The very incarnation of vice” was how one critic described Célestine Galli-Marié’s Carmen at the opera’s 1875 Opéra Comique première. That description could equally be applied to Stéphanie d’Oustrac in Glyndebourne’s revival of David McVicar’s terrific production.

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Glyndebourne

24 May 2015

Sultry, fiery, coquettish: d’Oustrac’s Carmen

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Munich

Unverwechselbarer Liebestod der Káťa Kabanová: bildmächtige Neuinszenierung in München

By Michael Vieth, 17 March 2025

Eine moderne Sicht auf Janáčeks Beziehungsgeschichte durch Krzysztof Warlikowski erweist sich als vordergründig eindrucksvoll, verwischt aber in weiträumigem Bühnenspiel den Fokus auf die Charaktere der Figuren. Corinne Winters brilliert erneut als zur Außenseiterin abgestempelten Káťa Kabanová.

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Munich

18 Mar 2025

Bildmächtige Káťa Kabanová an der Bayerischen Staatsoper

By Michael Vieth

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Barcelona

Las aguas estancadas de Lady Macbeth de Mtsenk en el Gran Teatre del Liceu

By Maria Sánchez, 06 October 2024

Àlex Ollé regresa para inundar el mundo de Katerina Ismailova; un recorrido de una muerte en vida de una protagonista envuelta por el vacío.

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Barcelona

08 Oct 2024

Las aguas estancadas de Lady Macbeth de Mtsenk

By Maria Sánchez

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Berlin

Die Nixe und der Snob: Rusalka an der Staatsoper unter den Linden

By Sarah Schnoor, 04 February 2024

Wer bin ich? Wo gehöre ich hin? Regisseur Kornél Mundruczó stellt diese Fragen in den Mittelpunkt seiner Coming-of-Age-Erzählung entlang Dvořáks Rusalka und deutet die Geschichte psychologisch als Sozialdrama der Moderne.

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Berlin

06 Feb 2024

Die Nixe und der Snob: Rusalka an der Staatsoper unter den Linden

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Paris

L’Affaire Makropoulos à l'Opéra de Paris : la double mise en abyme de Warlikowski

By Erwan Gentric, 05 October 2023

La production du metteur en scène polonais est de retour à Bastille et on a bien du mal à lui trouver des défauts, d'autant que la direction musicale de Susanna Mälkki est au diapason.

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Paris

09 Oct 2023

La double mise en abyme de L’Affaire Makropoulos à Bastille

By Erwan Gentric

Munich

„Durch die Gelder, durch die Bauten“: Dmitri Tcherniakovs Freischütz in München

By Michael Vieth, 02 July 2021

Herausragende stimmliche Leistungen und Antonello Manacordas Leitung werden in der Staatsoper begeistert aufgenommen.

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Munich

04 Jul 2021

„Durch die Gelder, durch die Bauten“: Dmitri Tcherniakovs Freischütz

By Michael Vieth

Salzburg

Antiker Mythos im Vorstadtweiber-Gewand: Médée in Salzburg

By Isabella Steppan, 04 August 2019

Bei den Salzburger Festspielen überfrachtet Regisseur Simon Stone Luigi Cherubinis Oper mit Regieeinfällen, die zwar schlüssig sind, aber zu oft von der Musik ablenken.

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Salzburg

05 Aug 2019

Antiker Mythos im Vorstadtweiber-Gewand: Médée in Salzburg

By Isabella Steppan

Paris

Sexe et cruauté à l'Opéra Bastille : Lady Macbeth selon Warlikowski

By Manuel Gaulhiac, 06 April 2019

Âmes sensibles s'abstenir ! La nouvelle production de Lady Macbeth de Mtsensk à l'Opéra de Paris, dans la mise en scène de Krzysztof Warlikowski, nous montre l’homme dans toute sa crasse et sa noirceur.

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Paris

08 Apr 2019

Sexe et cruauté à l'Opéra Bastille : Lady Macbeth selon Warlikowski

By Manuel Gaulhiac

Berlin

Der Zaren-Bot schreitet und winkt, die Frauenseele leidet und singt: Die Zarenbraut in Berlin

By Albrecht Selge, 03 April 2016

Warum Rimsky-Korsakows Oper nicht längst zum Kernrepertoire gehört, fragt man sich bei dieser glanzvolle Wiederaufnahme.

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Berlin

04 Apr 2016

Der Zaren-Bot schreitet und winkt...

By Albrecht Selge

Munich

Die Sache Makropulos mit perfekter Besetzung: Nadja Michael glänzt bei den Münchner Opernfestspielen

By Norman Schwarze, 02 July 2015

Mit der Sache Makropulos setzt die bayerische Staatsoper gleich zum Beginn der Münchner Opernfestspiele einen überwältigenden Akzent – dank Nadja Michael.

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Munich

04 Jul 2015

Nadja Michael stiehlt allen die Schau

By Norman Schwarze

Paris

Rusalka en demi-teinte à l'Opéra de Paris

By Clémence Faber, 03 April 2015

La production légendaire de Robert Carsen revient à l'Opéra de Paris, servie par un plateau soliste inégal.

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Paris

05 Apr 2015

Rusalka en demi-teinte

By Clémence Faber