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MunichOf One BloodWorld premiere
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Dean: Of One Blood
Vladimir Jurowski; Claus Guth; Bavarian State Opera; Étienne Pluss; Ursula Kudrna; Michael Bauer; Bayerisches Staatsorchester
MunichOf One BloodNew production
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Dean: Of One Blood
Vladimir Jurowski; Claus Guth; Bavarian State Opera; Étienne Pluss; Ursula Kudrna; Michael Bauer; Bayerisches Staatsorchester
MunichSemele
Handel: Semele
Leonardo García-Alarcón; Claus Guth; Bavarian State Opera; Michael Levine; Gesine Völlm; Michael Bauer; Bayerisches Staatsorchester
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Semele at Dutch National Opera: myth, desire and fantasy
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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
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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
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Corinne Winters is phenomenal as the self-possessed Jenůfa in The Royal Opera's revival of Claus Guth's powerful staging.
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ParisLa bohèmeNew production
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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
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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; Ensemble Pygmalion
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Kith and kin: Brett Dean and family prepare Of One Blood
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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
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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.
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.