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Don Giovanni laughs off his own death at Staatsoper Berlin

Finishing up their Mozart-Da Ponte trilogy with Don Giovanni, Daniel Barenboim and Vincent Huguet rely on mild punchlines and dignified tempi

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Based on Theodor Fontane's novel Oceane von Parceval, Detlev Glanert's eleventh opera is given its world premiere at Deutsche Oper.

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Berlin

30 Apr 2019

A free spirit: Glanert's Oceane premieres in Berlin

By Zenaida des Aubris

By Hugo Shirley, 04 December 2016

With a light-voiced cast and gentle updating, the Staatsoper's new Manon Lescaut makes a good case for Puccini's difficult breakthrough opera.

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Berlin

05 Dec 2016

Flimm's Hollywood Manon Lescaut is fleet-footed but effective

By Hugo Shirley