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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
MunichOf One Blood
Dean: Of One Blood
Markus Stenz; Claus Guth; Bavarian State Opera; Étienne Pluss; Ursula Kudrna; Michael Bauer; Bayerisches Staatsorchester
MunichDoctor AtomicNew production
Adams: Doctor Atomic
Gemma New; Claus Guth; Bavarian State Opera; Michael Levine; Ursula Kudrna; Urs Schönebaum; Bayerisches Staatsorchester
MunichDoctor AtomicNew production
Adams: Doctor Atomic
Gemma New; Claus Guth; Bavarian State Opera; Michael Levine; Ursula Kudrna; Urs Schönebaum; Bayerisches Staatsorchester
San FranciscoSimon Boccanegra
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Eun Sun Kim; Claus Guth; San Francisco Opera; Christian Schmidt; Wolfgang Göbbel; San Francisco Opera Orchestra
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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.
An historical affair: Khovanshchina at the Staatsoper Berlin
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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
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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
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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
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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.