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HamburgMacbethNew production
Verdi: Macbeth
Tomáš Hanus; Tobias Kratzer; Staatsoper Hamburg; Daniele Squeo; Rainer Sellmaier; Michael Bauer
HamburgLa traviata
Verdi: La traviata
Sesto Quatrini; Johannes Erath; Staatsoper Hamburg; Annette Kurz; Herbert Murauer; Olaf Freese; Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
HamburgGuillaume TellNew production
Rossini: Guillaume Tell (William Tell)
Susanna Mälkki; Tobias Kratzer; Staatsoper Hamburg; Rainer Sellmaier; Reinhard Traub; Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
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A feast for the eyes and ears: Lehár’s Merry Widow in Zurich
Barrie Kosky stages the famous Viennese operetta as a whirlwind spectacle. Marlis Petersen shines in the title role vocally and theatrically. Michael Volle does not live up to expectations.
Peter Konwitschny returns to the Semperoper with Les Huguenots
John Osborn leads a very successful premiere of Peter Konwitschny's new production of Meyerbeer's Les Huguenots in Dresden
Folk rhythms and changing times in Dresden's Bartered Bride
What brought real distinction and authenticity to the evening, as so often in this house, was the outstanding playing of the Staatskapelle conducted by Tomaš Netopil. From the start of the overture with its rapidly scurrying fugato for strings and pointed phrasing from the woodwind one felt the true sense of Smetana’s Czech inflected rhythms and harmonies