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PraguePelléas et Mélisande
Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande
Patrick Fournillier; Christof Loy; Prague National Theatre Opera; Herbert Murauer; Valerio Tiberi; Prague National Theatre Orchestra
MunichLucrezia Borgia
Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia
Antonino Fogliani; Christof Loy; Bavarian State Opera; Henrik Ahr; Barbara Drosihn; Joachim Klein; Bayerisches Staatsorchester
MadridJanácek - Katia KabanováNew production
Janáček: Kátya Kabanová
Gustavo Gimeno; Christof Loy; Teatro Real; Étienne Pluss; Robby Duiveman; Fabrice Kebour; Orquesta Titular del Teatro Real
SalzburgCosì fan tutte
Mozart: Così fan tutte
Joana Mallwitz; Christof Loy; Johannes Leiacker; Barbara Drosihn; Olaf Winter; Vienna Philharmonic
Frankfurt am MainDie Nacht vor Weihnachten
Rimsky-Korsakov: Christmas Eve
Takeshi Moriuchi; Christof Loy; Oper Frankfurt; Johannes Leiacker; Ursula Renzenbrink; Olaf Winter; Opera Frankfurt Orchestra
LyonNuit de mai
Rimsky-Korsakov: May Night
Timur Zangiev; Christof Loy; Opéra de Lyon; Guadalupe Holguera; Barbara Drosihn; Benedikt Zehm; Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
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Giordano's Fedora at the Deutsche Oper Berlin
A new production of Fedora at the Deutsche Oper Berlin warms up the cold German winter, featuring strong lead performances by Vida Miknevičiūtė and Jonathan Tetelman.
Elisabet Strid renders Tosca an Everywoman in Helsinki
Christof Loy’s psychological staging returns to the stage of Finnish National Opera, with Swedish soprano Elisabet Strid compelling in the title role.
Christof Loy’s understated Werther at the TCE
Massenet’s take on Goethe’s blockbuster novella of unrequited love and suicide is handled with great subtlety by Christof Loy and Marc Leroy-Calatayud. Benjamin Bernheim and Marina Viotti lead a starry vocal cast.
Real and emotional fires light the stage in Respighi’s La fiamma
Christof Loy and Carlo Rizzi score a great success in bringing Respighi’s rarely performed opera the Deutsche Oper Berlin.
Pappano and Loy bring empathy to Elektra at Covent Garden
Christof Loy’s thoughtful staging enlightens the character of the protagonists in Sophocles’ tale of matricide; Sir Antonio Pappano extracts great nuance and beauty from Strauss’ score.
A revenger’s tragedy: La forza del destino returns to London
Christof Loy's 2019 production proves even more compelling second time round, with excellent acting and a properly heroic tenor performance from Brian Jagde.
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ParisIl Trittico
Puccini
Carlo Rizzi; Christof Loy; Opéra national de Paris; Étienne Pluss; Barbara Drosihn; Fabrice Kebour; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris
BaselEl barberillo de Lavapiés
Barbieri: El barberillo de Lavapiés
José Miguel Pérez-Sierra; Christof Loy; Theater Basel; Manuel La Casta; Robby Duiveman; Valerio Tiberi; Basel Symphony Orchestra
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How to sing infanticide: Karita Mattila on Jenůfa
The Finnish soprano doesn’t like the word evil. Her approach to singing villain roles is to find the humanity in the character – which is always there.