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BudapestBartók: Bluebeard’s CastleConcert performance
Bartók: Duke Bluebeard's Castle
Zsolt Hamar; Hungarian State Opera; Levente Török; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; András Palerdi; Christopher Maltman
StrasbourgLes voix de l'humanité
Schoenberg, Beethoven
Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg; Aziz Shokhakimov; Eleanor Lyons; Anna Kissjudit; Siyabonga Maqungo; Hanno Müller-Brachmann
BayreuthDas RheingoldNew production
Wagner: Das Rheingold
Christian Thielemann; Marcus Lobbes; Wolf Gutjahr; Pia Maria Mackert; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Nils Corte
BayreuthDie WalküreNew production
Wagner: Die Walküre
Christian Thielemann; Marcus Lobbes; Wolf Gutjahr; Pia Maria Mackert; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Nils Corte
BerlinRigoletto
Verdi: Rigoletto
Domingo Hindoyan; Bartlett Sher; Staatsoper Berlin; Michael Yeargan; Catherine Zuber; Donald Holder; Staatskapelle Berlin
BerlinL'incoronazione di Poppea, SV 308
Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea, SV 308
Diego Fasolis; Eva-Maria Höckmayr; Staatsoper Berlin; Jens Kilian; Julia Rösler; Olaf Freese; Staatskapelle Berlin
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Eyes wide shut for Berlin’s new Ballo
At the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Rafael R Villalobos addresses the problems he perceives with Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera, although the musical performances – led by Anna Netrebko – compensate.
Happy 100th birthday, Wozzeck! Thielemann leads Berlin revival
The Staatsoper Unter den Linden celebrates the 100th birthday of Alban Berg's masterpiece with a stellar cast in Andrea Breth’s revived production.
Jérémie Rhorer conducts monumental Beethoven in Berlin
One of the leading events of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden's Festtage, Jérémie Rhorer's interpretation of the Missa solemnis is a monument to the composer... but its marble is not always too cleanly carved.
Straussian pastoral: Daphne at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden
Romeo Castellucci's new production of Daphne for the Staatsoper reflects on our relationship with nature, subverting the perspective of Richard Strauss' opera.
Experiment Rheingold: Tcherniakov’s new Ring at the Staatsoper Berlin
Thielemann and Tcherniakov forge a new Ring at the Berlin Staatsoper and raise great cheer.
Claus Guth presents The Makropulos Case as tragicomedy in Berlin
Director Claus Guth's new production for the Staatsoper Berlin is a bit of a mixed bag but the evening succeeds more on its musical merits, with a splendid ensemble of singers and orchestra conducted by Sir Simon Rattle.