Guth's incisive staging of Strauss and Hofmannsthal's grandest opera proves a moving and detailed experience at its transfer to the reopened Staatsoper.
Christian Thielemann and the Staatskapelle Dresden orchestra are let down by sub-optimal singers in Willy Deckers chair-laden production of Die Walküre.
German theatre director Uwe Eric Laufenberg freely incorporates some of Stanley Kubrik’s horror story concepts into his Elektra, but in ignoring both Sophocles and Strauss, is a long way from shining.
Uwe Eric Laufenberg sets his new staging of Wagner's final opera among the persecuted Christians of the contemporary Middle East – but avoids preaching.
Roberto De Simone's staging evokes a fabulous out-of-time China, and perfectly accompanies the majesty of Puccini’s last and unfinished opera. De Simone chooses to stop the opera at the point of Puccini's death, without Franco Alfano's finale.
A revival of the new production of Die Frau ohne Schatten at the Munich Opera Festival brings back four of the principals in a brilliantly sung performance of Richard Strauss' masterpiece.
Semyon Bychkov gave a reading of such clarity and quality that everything seemed obvious. In his hands, the orchestra was a precision instrument, and for Strauss fans, whether or not you like Claus Guth's staging, this production is a must-see.
Castelluci y Petrenko unen fuerzas en esta nueva producción de Tannhäuser. Una dirección al servicio de la escena en todo momento y una orquesta magistralmente subordinada al drama concpetual junto al mejor elenco vocal que pueda encontrarse en la actualidad, resuelven un Tannhauser mayúsculo
Dans le cadre de son Festival Mémoires, l’Opéra National de Lyon propose une recréation de la production d’Elektra que Ruth Berghaus avait présenté à Dresde en 1986. Un plongée vertigineuse dans le vide !
Precedida por una gran atención mediática, el templo wagneriano estrena producción de su obra más propia. Un propuesta en la que destacan las voces y que resulta superficial a pesar de sus ambiciones.
Carlus Padrissas Turandot wirkt auf das Publikum irgendwo zwischen einem psychodelischen Trip und Reizüberflutung und setzt gleichzeitig neue Maßstäbe für innovative Regieopern.
