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ViennaDer fliegende HolländerNew production
Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman)
Robert Jindra; Philipp Stölzl; MusikTheater an der Wien; Ursula Kudrna; Vienna Symphony Orchestra
LyonSaloméNew production
Strauss R.: Salome
Constantin Trinks; Calixto Bieito; Opéra de Lyon; Anna-Sofia Kirsch; Paula Klein; Michael Bauer; Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
ClevelandDie Frau ohne SchattenSemi-staged performance
Strauss R.: Die Frau ohne Schatten
Franz Welser-Möst; Frederic Wake-Walker; The Cleveland Orchestra; The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus; David Butt Philip; Sara Jakubiak
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Philipp Stölzl’s inspired Der fliegende Holländer docks in Vienna
Through the Looking-Glass and What Senta Found There: Philipp Stözl’s Flying Dutchman arrives at MusikTheater an der Wien featuring a terrific cast led by Ambur Braid and Jordan Shanahan.
Die Frau ohne Schatten from Kosky and Mäkëla in Aix
Klaus Mäkelä and the Orchestre de Paris give us an orchestral kaleidoscope, Kosky's pared-down staging allows the emotions of Strauss and Hofmannstahl's work to shine through.
Gustavo Gimeno and the TSO give Beethoven’s Ninth the grand treatment
Gustavo Gimeno and the TSO give a performance that’s both carefully thought out and very grand, aided by excellent soloists and the huge Toronto Mendelssohn Choir.
Frauenliebe und -sterben: Kratzer’s triple bill at Staatsoper Hamburg
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.
Barrie Kosky directs a ferocious new Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
Shostakovich's opera is laid bare in Berlin, to devastating effect, with a distinguished cast led by Ambur Braid.
COC triumphs with Kentridge’s brilliantly conceived Wozzeck
William Kentridge's production of Berg’s Wozzeck has it all: wonderfully imaginative and disturbing designs, terrific acting and singing plus fabulous orchestral playing.