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MunichDon Giovanni

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Mozart: Don Giovanni
Vladimir Jurowski; David Hermann; Bavarian State Opera; Jo Schramm; Sibylle Wallum; Felice Ross; Bayerisches Staatsorchester

MadridWagner - Tannhäuser

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Wagner: Tannhäuser
Gustavo Gimeno; David Hermann; Teatro Real; Jo Schramm; Bettina Walter; Fabrice Kebour; Orquesta Titular del Teatro Real

Frankfurt am MainWarten auf heute

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Schoenberg, Martin
Tim Anderson; David Hermann; Oper Frankfurt; Jo Schramm; Sibylle Wallum; Joachim Klein; Opera Frankfurt Orchestra

Frankfurt am MainZaideNew production

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Mozart: Zaide, K344 (K336b)
George Petrou; David Hermann; Oper Frankfurt; Jo Schramm; Sibylle Wallum; Joachim Klein; Opera Frankfurt Orchestra
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Ariadne in Rome: David Hermann’s Strauss staging highlights contrasts

Axelle Fanyo (Ariadne) © Fabrizio Sansoni | Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
In an opera rarely staged in Italy, David Hermann skilfully masters the metatheatrical challenges posed by the libretto to Ariadne auf Naxos
****1
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Abandon all hope: Lucia Ronchetti's Inferno receives Italian premiere

Patrizio Cigliano (Ugolino) and Tommaso Ragno (Dante) © Fabrizio Sansoni | Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
The Italian premiere of Lucia Ronchetti’s Inferno at the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma uses Dante’s original verses, but her score fails to match their beauty. 
***11
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Between ecstasy and abyss: Korngold’s Violanta at the Deutsche Oper

Mihails Čuļpajevs (Alfonso), Ólafur Sigurdarson (Simone) and Laura Wilde (Violanta) © Marcus Lieberenz
David Hermann directs a new production of Korngold’s teenage opera, conducted by Sir Donald Runnicles, at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. 
****1
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Mozart’s Entführung as a jukebox musical in Zurich

Die Entführung aus dem Serail © T+T Fotografie | Tanja Dorendorf (2016)

The Opernhaus Zurich revives a 2016 production by David Hermann, where the spoken dialogue is removed and the story completely altered. 

**111
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A miraculous Ariadne auf Naxos in Dresden

Christian Thielemann led a memorable performance of Strauss's chamber opera Ariadne auf Naxos with a strong cast in a new straightforward production by David Hermann.
*****
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A disconcerting Entführung in Zurich

In David Hermann's new production, confusion reigns, but the performance is saved by the singing. 
***11
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