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Performer: Christof Loy

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MadridEl mandarín maravilloso / El castillo de Barbazul

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Bartók
Gustavo Gimeno; Christof Loy; Teatro Real; Márton Ágh; Barbara Drosihn; Thomas Kleinstück; Orquesta Titular del Teatro Real

StockholmDer ferne Klang

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Schreker: Der ferne Klang (The Distant Sound)
John Fiore; Christof Loy; Royal Swedish Opera; Raimund Orfeo Voigt; Barbara Drosihn; Olaf Winter; Royal Swedish Orchestra

BarcelonaWerther

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Massenet: Werther
Henrik Nánási; Christof Loy; Gran Teatre del Liceu; Johannes Leiacker; Robby Duiveman; Roland Edrich; Orquesta Sinfónica del Gran Teatre del Liceu
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Christof Loy’s understated Werther at the TCE

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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.
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Real and emotional fires light the stage in Respighi’s La fiamma

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Christof Loy and Carlo Rizzi score a great success in bringing Respighi’s rarely performed opera the Deutsche Oper Berlin. 
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Pappano and Loy bring empathy to Elektra at Covent Garden

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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.
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ParisIl tritticoNew production

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Puccini
Carlo Rizzi; Christof Loy; Opéra national de Paris; Étienne Pluss; Barbara Drosihn; Fabrice Kébour; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris

Aix-en-ProvenceLouiseNew production

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Charpentier: Louise
Giacomo Sagripanti; Christof Loy; Étienne Pluss; Robby Duiveman; Valerio Tiberi; Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
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How to sing infanticide: Karita Mattila on Jenůfa

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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.