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The Passenger © Dutch National Opera | Monika Rittershaus

Weinberg’s The Passenger paints the horror of Auschwitz in a different light

By Clare Varney, 17 April 2026

Tobias Kratzer's 2024 Munich production makes its way to Amsterdam, proving that Weinberg's opera has the power to transfix.

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Amsterdam

17 Apr 2026

Weinberg’s The Passenger at Dutch National Opera

By Clare Varney

Yolisa Ngwexana (The Blue Fairy) © David Monteith-Hodge | Photographise

London

Sacred and profane in Guildhall School's Respighi double bill

By Susannah Moody, 06 November 2023

From the spiritual conversion of a Medieval sex-worker, to the Sleeping Beauty tale reimagined, Guildhall stages a Respighi double-bill.

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London

06 Nov 2023

Sacred and profane in Guildhall School's Respighi double bill

By Susannah Moody

Lorna Maclean (Sāvitri) and Steven van der Linden (Satyavān) © Guildhall School | David Monteith-Hodge

London

Holst’s Sāvitri and Weir’s Blond Eckbert from the Guildhall School of Music

By David Truslove, 05 June 2023

Two accomplished performances bring emotional depth only intermittently, but show ample security of singing and playing.

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London

05 Jun 2023

Holst and Weir operas from the Guildhall School of Music

By David Truslove

Mark Bautista (Raimondo) and Faryl Smith (Mariuccia) in I due timidi © David Monteith-Hodge

London

Picture perfect: a fine triple bill from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama

By Dominic Lowe, 11 November 2022

Massenet, Smyth and Rota are unlikely bedfellows, but in the Guildhall School's Autumn production, a one-act opera by each contributed to a most convincing triple bill, all set around the La Scala Picturehouse in the 1920s.

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London

11 Nov 2022

Picture perfect: a fine triple bill from the Guildhall School

By Dominic Lowe

Aušrinė Stundytė (Die Färberin) © Dutch National Opera | Ruth Walz

Amsterdam

Schockierend wie aufwühlend: überragende Frau ohne Schatten in Amsterdam

By Phillip Richter, 03 May 2025

Marc Albrechts und Katie Mitchell machen Richard Strauss‘ Märchenoper zum rasant-schockenden Sci-Fi-Thriller.

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Amsterdam

03 May 2025

Überragende Frau ohne Schatten in Amsterdam

By Phillip Richter