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PragueIdomeneo, re di Creta

Prague National Theatre
Mozart: Idomeneo, re di Creta
Konrad Junghänel; Calixto Bieito; Prague National Theatre Opera; Richard Hein; Anna-Sofia Kirsch; Paula Klein; Reinhard Traub

BarcelonaThe Exterminating Angel

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Adès: The Exterminating Angel
Thomas Adès; Calixto Bieito; Gran Teatre del Liceu; Anna-Sofia Kirsch; Ingo Krügler; Reinhard Traub; Orquesta Sinfónica del Gran Teatre del Liceu

PragueSalome

Prague National Theatre
Strauss R.: Salome
Robert Jindra; Calixto Bieito; Prague National Theatre Opera; Anna-Sofia Kirsch; Paula Keiller; Prague National Theatre Orchestra; Prague National Theatre Chorus

LyonSaloméNew production

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Strauss R.: Salome
Constantin Trinks; Calixto Bieito; Opéra de Lyon; Anna-Sofia Kirsch; Paula Klein; Michael Bauer; Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
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Calixto Bieito’s Idomeneo runs out of time in Prague

Evan LeRoy Johnson (Idomeneo) and the State Opera Chorus © Serghei Gherciu
At the Prague State Opera, Calixto Brieito relocates Mozart's opera seria to modern times, with disastrous results. 
***11
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A bleak Jenůfa from Calixto Bieito

Alžběta Poláčková (Jenůfa), Aleš Briscein (Laca) © Pavel Hejný
The director drains the life out of an impassioned opera with a staging devoid of authenticity and ideas.
**111
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Bieito directs a moving Suor Angelica and Il prigioniero in Rome

Corinne Winters (Suor Angelica) © Fabrizio Sansoni | Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
An unusual double bill pairing of Puccini’s Suor Angelica and Dallapiccola’s Il prigioniero opens at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma. 
****1
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Thomas Adès’ high-flying Exterminating Angel in Paris

The Exterminating Angel at the Opéra de Paris © Agathe Poupeney / Opéra national de Paris
The French premiere of the British composer's opera will be the undisputed high point of the Grande Boutique's season: a perfect confluence of music, staging and cast.
*****
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Depravity and unbridled lust: Schulhoff's Flammen revived in Prague

Calixto Bieito's surreal production of Erwin Schulhoff's forgotten opera takes the audience to the heart of darkness.
****1
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Trendige Neudeutung: Cavallis Eliogabalo am Opernhaus Zürich

Siobhan Stagg (Anicia Eritea) und Yuriy Mynenko (Eliogabalo) © Monika Rittershaus
Calixto Bieito deutet das Werk im Geist der heutigen Gender-Debatte. Und Dmitry Sinkovsky legt eine packende musikalische Interpretation der vor 20 Jahren ausgegrabenen Barockoper hin.
****1
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ParisThe Exterminating AngelNew production

The Exterminating Angel at the Opéra de Paris © Agathe Poupeney / Opéra national de Paris
Adès: The Exterminating Angel
Thomas Adès; Calixto Bieito; Opéra national de Paris; Courtney Lewis; Anna-Sofia Kirsch; Ingo Krügler; Reinhard Traub