Artiste: Marie-Thérèse Jossen

What does opera in the 21st century look and sound like? Streets removed from anything Mozart, Verdi or Wagner would have recognised. But Salvatore Sciarrino is his own man.

In der Nürnberger Saisonpremiere von Bizets Erfolgsoper wird insbesondere die Titelheldin umjubelt.

A modern updating of Vasco da Gama's discovery of a sea route to India? Vera Nemirova's stylish production of Meyerbeer's Grand Opéra works inteligently for the most part.