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RomeLe nozze di Figaro
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)
Emmanuel Tjeknavorian; Claus Guth; Teatro dell'Opera di Roma; Christian Schmidt; Olaf Winter; Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
San FranciscoSimon Boccanegra (12 Sept cancelled)
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Eun Sun Kim; Claus Guth; San Francisco Opera; Christian Schmidt; Wolfgang Göbbel; San Francisco Opera Orchestra
NaplesMitridate, re di Ponto, K87 (K74a)New production
Mozart: Mitridate, re di Ponto, K87 (K74a)
Riccardo Frizza; Claus Guth; Teatro di San Carlo; Christian Schmidt; Ursula Kudrna; Olaf Winter; Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo
MunichSemele
Handel: Semele
Leonardo García-Alarcón; Claus Guth; Bavarian State Opera; Michael Levine; Gesine Völlm; Michael Bauer; Bayerisches Staatsorchester
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
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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.
A game of light and darkness: Don Carlo in Riga
Claus Guth's staging walks a line between atmosphere and audacity, in a powerful company achievement from Latvian National Opera.
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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.