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The tiniest orchestral details were discernible with tremendous clarity. 

Bayreuth's controversial Ring returns with a new conductor and a refreshed cast.

The set is a stark, grubby nonentity. A central concave structure spits out each scene's requisites, flashing up like apparitions from the vortex of Wozzeck's mind.

Zurich’s Opera House takes on Die Frau ohne Schatten, one of Richard Strauss’ most convoluted and technically demanding works. 

As revivals go, Karita Mattila and Jane Archibald make the Royal Opera's Ariadne auf Naxos a must-see.

Michael Volle stars as a complex Mandryka in the Met's birthday revival of Richard Strauss's Arabella.

The new Netherlands Opera performance of Richard Wagner’s only comic opera Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg was an absolute success. Spanning a daunting four-and-a-half hours, the evening kept us wanting more rather than searching for the clock.

L'opéra de Korngold se dévoile à La Monnaie dans une mise en scène grandiose de Mariusz Treliński, mêlant le cauchemar et la perversion à la tendresse et à la rédemption.

Reprise mitigée de l'opéra de Richard Strauss au Théâtre des Champs-Elysées : Olga Pudova, Camilla Nylund et Kate Lindsey tiennent le haut du pavé ; Katie Mitchell échoue à divertir.