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Erlanger's L'Aube rouge a damp squib at Wexford Festival Opera

Andreea Soare (Olga) and Andrew Morstein (Serge) © Clive Barda | ArenaPAL
Erlanger's fractured and clichéd opera isn't helped by confused direction, although soprano Andreea Soare is nothing short of magnificent as the heroine. 

Staging sorcery: Dvořák's Armida played straight in Wexford

Jozef Benci (King Hydraot) and Jennifer Davis (Armida) © Clive Barda | ArenaPAL
Dvořák’s final opera gets a rare staging outside its Czech homeland, at Wexford – the festival where dead operas return to life.

A visually strong Der Kaiser von Atlantis at the Kammeroper

To those unfamiliar with Victor Ullman’s Der Kaiser von Atlantis, oder Die Tod-Verweigerung, the story of the work’s inception is almost as gripping as the libretto itself. 

Erschreckender Stoff, gefällige Musik

José Carerras und ein exquisites Sängerensemble überzeugen bei der Premiere am Theater an der Wien.

Out of the Woods: an urban Hänsel und Gretel

A very creative reading – both scenically and musically – of Engelbert Humperdinck’s fairy tale opera Hänsel und Gretel for Theater an der Wien's final production of the season at the Kammeroper.

Freiheit bis in den Tod

Die Kammeroper zaubert mit wenigen Zutaten ein Paradebeispiel lebendigen Musiktheaters.