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RigaSalome
Strauss R.: Salome
Mārtiņš Ozoliņš; Alvis Hermanis; Latvian National Opera; Jana Čivžele; Oskars Pauliņš; Latvian National Opera Orchestra
BerlinTosca
Puccini: Tosca
Alexander Soddy; Alvis Hermanis; Staatsoper Berlin; Kristīne Jurjāne; Gleb Filshtinsky; Staatskapelle Berlin
BerlinTosca
Puccini: Tosca
Eun Sun Kim; Alvis Hermanis; Staatsoper Berlin; Kristīne Jurjāne; Gleb Filshtinsky; Staatskapelle Berlin
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Salome in Riga, Winehouse at the Western Wall... with robots
The limitations of AI are demonstrated in Alvis Hermanis’ problematic new production of Salome at Latvian National Opera.
Tears of blood among the cherry blossoms
A beautiful production by Alvis Hermanis of Madama Butterfly to open La Scala's new season, but it was Riccardo Chailly's presentation of Puccini's original 1904 score which caught the ear.
Strauss's Die Liebe der Danae returns to Salzburg
Strauss' penultimate opera is treated to a lavish if superficial staging at the Salzburg Festival, but the real rewards come from the musical performance of this unjustly neglected work.
Two Toscas a century apart in Berlin
Staatsoper Berlin revives its new production of Tosca with an excellent cast including a last minute substitution of the tenor.
Grotesque, gritty Die Soldaten at La Scala
Tonight's setting of Die Soldaten in a WWI stable is so sordid you can almost feel the rats gnawing. Alvis Hermanis was right to warn in a newspaper interview that we would leave the theatre feeling shocked.
A bewildering Berlin Tosca
Alvis Hermanis' new Tosca for the Berliner Staatsoper mixes innovation with tradition in an interesting, but ultimately ineffective, way.