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MunichOf One Blood
Dean: Of One Blood
Markus Stenz; Claus Guth; Bavarian State Opera; Étienne Pluss; Ursula Kudrna; Michael Bauer; Bayerisches Staatsorchester
HamburgDie Walküre
Wagner: Die Walküre
Omer Meir Wellber; Claus Guth; Staatsoper Hamburg; Christian Schmidt; Michael Bauer; Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
MunichSemele
Handel: Semele
Leonardo García-Alarcón; Claus Guth; Bavarian State Opera; Michael Levine; Gesine Völlm; Michael Bauer; Bayerisches Staatsorchester
New York CityJenůfaNew production
Janáček: Jenůfa
Tomáš Hanus; Claus Guth; Metropolitan Opera; Michael Levine; Gesine Völlm; James Farncombe; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
WarsawSalomeNew production
Strauss R.: Salome
Yoel Gamzou; Claus Guth; Polish National Opera; Étienne Pluss; Ursula Kudrna; Olaf Freese; Orchestra of the Teatr Wielki
MunichDoctor AtomicNew production
Adams: Doctor Atomic
Gemma New; Claus Guth; Bavarian State Opera; Michael Levine; Ursula Kudrna; Urs Schönebaum; Bayerisches Staatsorchester
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Claus Guth’s cerebral Le nozze di Figaro staging revived in Rome
A satisfying musical evening in Rome and an interesting directorial take on a Mozartian classic.
Semele at Dutch National Opera: myth, desire and fantasy
Guth’s Semele turns myth into a contemporary domestic drama, where desire becomes obsession and illusion consumes reality. Handel’s music remains the true engine, driven by a thrilling, physically intense ensemble.
Claus Guth directs a tormented, harrowing new Salome at the Met
Claus Guth's new production at the Metropolitan Opera, originally seen at the Bolshoi in 2021, moves the action from biblical Judea to the era of the opera's composition.
Redemption Song: Jenůfa triumph signals a bright future for Hrůsa
Corinne Winters is phenomenal as the self-possessed Jenůfa in The Royal Opera's revival of Claus Guth's powerful staging.
An historical affair: Khovanshchina at the Staatsoper Berlin
With Claus Guth directing and Simone Young on the podium, the Staatsoper Unter den Linden's new production of Mussorgsky's Khovanshchina proves that the past isn't really past.
Davidsen and Stemme anchor an extraordinary Jenůfa in Chicago
Claus Guth's production foregrounds the regimented, repressive world that drives the plot of Janáček’s tragic masterpiece.
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ParisLa bohèmeNew production
Puccini: La bohème
Gustavo Dudamel; Claus Guth; Opéra national de Paris; Étienne Pluss; Eva Dessecker; Fabrice Kebour; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris
ParisRigoletto
Verdi: Rigoletto
Nicola Luisotti; Claus Guth; Opéra national de Paris; Christian Schmidt; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris; Chœurs de l'Opéra national de Paris
Aix-en-ProvenceSamsonWorld premiere
Rameau: Samson
Raphaël Pichon; Claus Guth; Étienne Pluss; Ursula Kudrna; Bertrand Couderc; Pygmalion
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Inside out and upside down: Opera world premieres 2026–27
This season, new operas are depositing characters in limbo between this life and the next – from Lincoln in Missy Mazzoli’s Lincoln in the Bardo, to Bassem Akiki’s supernatural retelling of the life of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
Kith and kin: Brett Dean and family prepare Of One Blood
Brett Dean, Heather Betts and Lotte Betts-Dean sit down to discuss their work on Of One Blood, a new opera dramatising the lives of Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots – affairs of the family all round.
International Opera Awards 2025 announced
The legendary mezzo-soprano Agnes Baltsa received a standing ovation while collecting her Lifetime Achievement Award, while other awards went to artists and companies from around the globe.