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MunichLearNew production
Reimann: Lear
Jukka-Pekka Saraste; Christoph Marthaler; Bavarian State Opera; Anna Viebrock; Dorothee Curio; Christian Gerhaher; Angela Denoke
ViennaElektra
Strauss R.: Elektra
Franz Welser-Möst; Harry Kupfer; Vienna State Opera; Hans Schavernoch; Reinhard Heinrich; Aušrinė Stundytė; Michaela Schuster
SalzburgElektraNew production
Strauss R.: Elektra
Franz Welser-Möst; Krzysztof Warlikowski; Małgorzata Szczęśniak; Aušrinė Stundytė; Tanja Ariane Baumgartner
ParisOrchestre de Paris plays Glagolitic Mass
Mozart, Pärt, Janáček
Orchestre de Paris; Karina Canellakis; Chœur de l'Orchestre de Paris; Aušrinė Stundytė; Jennifer Johnston; Stefan Vinke
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Oscar Wilde takes centre stage in Staatsoper's Salome
The Staatsoper revives a confused production by Hans Neuenfels, under the baton of Thomas Guggeis.
Das Wunder der Heliane makes long-awaited US debut
Although Bard's production is only intermittently successful, the chance to hear this Korngold rarity live should be savored.
An emotional new Tosca from Christof Loy in Helsinki
Carè, Stundytė and Pursio all shine as singers and actors in an intense, exciting production at the Finnish National Opera.
Penetrating Schreker’s kaleidoscopic score
Franz Schreker’s Die Gezeichneten (The Branded One) is an unsettling work given the storyline’s background of abduction and clandestine sexual abuse. Calixto Bieito, as expected, eschews ambiguity regarding what goes on behind the scenes, and casts even the titular cripple Alviano Salvago in a damning light.
Occult, mystical, extreme: Prokofiev’s Fiery Angel in Aix
With a stunningly inventive and modern-sounding score, strong acting performances and a staging full of theatrical illusion and coherent in spite of general weirdness, Aix's Fiery Angel impresses.
