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Annika Schlicht (Judith), Johan Reuter (Bluebeard) and Bluebeard's wives (including Kate Lindsey) © Matthias Baus

Frauenliebe und -sterben: Tobias Kratzer creates a pasticcio of domestic shadows in Hamburg

By Mengguang Huang, 15 April 2026

Director Tobias Kratzer engineers a haunting pasticcio of Schumann, Bartók and Zemlinsky, tracing the domestic sphere’s shift from romantic surrender to the blood-soaked secrets of a century-spanning house.

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Hamburg

15 Apr 2026

Frauenliebe und -sterben: Kratzer’s triple bill at Staatsoper Hamburg

By Mengguang Huang

Amsterdam

Death in Florence: Zemlinsky and Puccini explore related themes at Dutch National Opera

By Matthew Rye, 14 November 2017

An unlikely coupling of one-act operas by Zemlinsky and Puccini bears fruit in a staging that reveals their thematic parallels while leaving their obvious differences on show.

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Amsterdam

14 Nov 2017

Death in Florence: Zemlinsky and Puccini at DNO

By Matthew Rye

London

Lust, silk and strangulation: Zemlinsky's A Florentine Tragedy

By Charlotte Valori, 07 August 2017

Zemlinsky's dark story of infidelity and murder, from Oscar Wilde's unfinished play, poses a significant musical challenge for both audience and director.

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London

07 Aug 2017

Lust, silk and strangulation: A Florentine Tragedy

By Charlotte Valori

London

Musical drama with Vladimir Jurowski and the London Philharmonic Orchestra

By Capriccio, 26 September 2012

Strauss’ Die Frau Ohne Schatten is perhaps his most problematic opera, in that it contains all that is best and worst in him, to the most maddening degrees.

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London

26 Sep 2012

Musical drama with Vladimir Jurowski and the London Philharmonic Orchestra

By Capriccio