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Dalbavie’s Melancholie des Widerstands premieres in Berlin
The world premiere of Marc-André Dalbavie's Melancholie des Widerstands at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden marks the birth of a new genre – the film-opera – starring conductor Marie Jacquot and Philippe Jaroussky.
Pergolesi’s L’Olimpiade as a reflection on old age in Zurich
The Opernhaus Zurich presents Pergolesi’s masterpiece as an accompaniment to moving videos of elderly citizens.
Dido and Aeneas reworked as performance art
Though ambitious and occasionally arresting, this revised and expanded take on the Purcell classic suffers from subtraction by addition.
Marton turns Don Giovanni into a wrist-slashing wimp
A disappointing new production by David Marton at Opéra de Lyon.
Prima la musica: an intriguing Capriccio in Brussels
Strauss' 'conversation piece' of an opera is given a warmly sympathetic production with the musical rewards coming as much from the pit as the stage.
Leider nur ganz kleines Kino: Der Freischütz am MTadW
David Morton stößt mit seiner filmlastigen Inszenierung von Carl Maria von Webers Oper auf das Missfallen des Wiener Publikums und wird gnadenlos ausgebuht.