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A dreary Katya Kabanova is rescued by great singing at the Staatsoper
The Staatsoper Unter den Linden revives Andrea Breth’s desolate production of Janáček’s masterpiece with a great cast led by conductor Thomas Guggeis.
Rewriting Rimsky: a dismal Sadko in Ghent
Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera is rarely performed outside Russia. Sadly, I doubt that Daniel Kramer’s staging for Opera Vlaanderen will win it many new friends.
Cold discomfort: an uncompromising Kát'a Kabanová
Eva-Maria Westbroek proves an outstanding Káťa in the Staatsoper's revival of Janáček's opera, powerfully conducted by Simon Rattle.
Kušej's new Entführung disappointingly toothless
An updating of Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail to the post-World War One era in a desert fails to inspire in Aix.
Martin Kušej's Idomeneo as political power struggle
“Here be dragons!” warned seafaring maps of yore, denoting uncharted territories. Martin Kušej, undertaking his first Royal Opera exploration, excised the sea monster from his vision of Mozart’s Idomeneo.
Tosca am Theater an der Wien in der radikalen Lesart von Martin Kušej
Martin Kušej zeigt eine gewalttätige, kunst- und religionsbefreite Tosca, die zum Nachdenken anregt.