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Kent Nagano and the forces of Staatsoper Hamburg launch their new season with a production of Shostakovich's very first opera in which the ears are beguiled but the eyes are not.

Rolando Villazon's new production of Puccini's La rondine for the Deutsche Oper Berlin charms with 1920s glamour.

An audience dominated by families enjoys Humperdinck's Hänsel und Gretel as the Deutsche Oper gives a demonstration of how to build the audiences of the future.

A strong cast headed by Peter Seiffert perform in this visually appealing Tannhäuser at the Deutsche Oper in Berlin, where Markus Brück excels as Wolfram and Petra Maria Schnitzer takes on the role of the temptress Venus and the saintly Elisabeth.

Clémentine Margaine and Riccardo Massi star as the troubled lover's in the Deutsche Oper's classic, yet bloodless, production of Carmen.

Gageure tenue : l'Opéra de Bordeaux est l'un des premiers en France à rouvrir ses portes avec un spectacle mis en scène, en l'occurrence une Traviata portée par un plateau somptueux. Prise de rôle pour Rachel Willis-Sørensen.

Mit einer strahlend exotischen Vorstellung von Massenets Opernrarität sorgten die Salzburger Festspiele wieder einmal für eine musikalische Sternstunde.