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Movable walls, some adorned with Baroque frescoes, partition the stage in ways that remind the viewer of the easy proximity of the masters and servants' quarters in Almaviva's estate.

Steiner’s reading of the mildly disturbing but generally obsequiously presented story is decidedly edgy, especially considering the opera is staged inside the city church.

Jaquino dons the coat of the ousted Pizarro in this Volksoper production of Fidelio, clearly indicating that just as one evil head has been (literally) cut off, another is growing in its place… 

Gustavo Dudamel y la Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar de Venezuela dictaron cátedra por tesón, genialidad, disciplina y comportamiento artístico con el ciclo de las sinfonías de Beethoven.

Così fan tutte in einer klugen und optisch ansprechenden Neuinszenierung: Schwarze und weiße Rokoko-Kostüme vor schwarz-weißem weißem Bühenbild, emotionale und tatsächliche Erdbeben.