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Reality wants augmenting in Daniel Kramer's Die tote Stadt

Nadja Stefanoff (Marietta), Corby Welch (Paul) and ensemble © Sandra Then
What's a director to do while we wait for technology to catch up with the complexities of the human condition?
***11
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Duisburg’s Don Carlos rescued from a devastating deluge

What do you do when 80 tonnes of water flood your theatre, your sets and costumes? Rescue, reshape and present what you can. That’s what Deutsche Oper am Rhein have had to do in Duisburg.

***11
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All the world's a stage: Xerxes as a comedy of backstage rivalry

A revival of Stefan Herheim's production of Handel's Xerxes in Düsseldorf makes for a rip-roaring evening of theatrical comedy.
****1
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Stars and the score shine in The Count of Luxembourg

Baritone Kay Stiefermann steals hearts at the eponymous Count of Luxembourg, in an operetta so charming that neither musical missteps nor a mixed-up staging can sink it.
***11
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Between two worlds: Wozzeck in Düsseldorf

Stefan Herheim's eagerly awaited production of Berg's Wozzeck distances us from the emotional heart of the tragedy by portraying the story as a hallucinatory death-room experience.
****1
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Die Zauberflöte in Düsseldorf

Animated characters are the real stars of an imaginative production of The Magic Flute. 
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DüsseldorfMaría de Buenos Aires

© Andreas Etter | Deutsche Oper am Rhein
Piazzolla: María de Buenos Aires
Mariano Chiacchiarini; Johannes Erath; Deutsche Oper am Rhein; Katrin Connan; Jorge Jara; Nicol Hungsberg; Düsseldorfer Symphoniker
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State of the (operatic) union: notes from Opera Europa

Royal Danish Opera House, Copenhagen © David Karlin
Audiences, energy prices, politics, sustainability... With nearly 400 opera executives assembled in Copenhagen, the Opera Europa autumn conference was the ideal venue to take the temperature of the opera industry.