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BerlinLearNew production
Reimann: Lear
Nicholas Carter; Barrie Kosky; Komische Oper Berlin; Rebecca Ringst; Klaus Bruns; Olaf Freese; Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin
BerlinEugene Onegin
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
Anna Skryleva; Barrie Kosky; Komische Oper Berlin; Rebecca Ringst; Klaus Bruns; Franck Evin; Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin
BerlinMadama Butterfly
Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Yi-Chen Lin; Andrea Breth; Komische Oper Berlin; Raimund Orfeo Voigt; Ursula Renzenbrink; Alexander Koppelmann; Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin
BerlinThe Golden Cockerel
Rimsky-Korsakov: Le Coq d'or (The Golden Cockerel)
James Gaffigan; Barrie Kosky; Komische Oper Berlin; Rufus Didwiszus; Victoria Behr; Franck Evin; Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin
BerlinThe Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte)
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)
Marit Strindlund; Barrie Kosky; Komische Oper Berlin; Esther Bialas; Diego Leetz; Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin
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Barrie Kosky directs a ferocious new Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
Shostakovich's opera is laid bare in Berlin, to devastating effect, with a distinguished cast led by Ambur Braid.
Eugene Onegin revival fails to find the magic spark in Toronto
Robert Carsen’s 1997 production of Eugene Onegin has aged remarkably well but the latest Canadian Opera Company revival of it doesn’t quite recapture its magic.
Canadian Opera Company opens season with a Fidelio for our time
A massive rotating cube, CCTV, an immigrants’ detention centre: Fidelio returns to the Toronto stage with a visually arresting production full of contemporary resonances.
Fidelio in Zurich: singing fine, but staging, “Nein!”
In its revival here in Zurich, the soloists and choir of Beethoven's Fidelio give stellar vocal performances. But having done away with any real set, the opera was not without its shortcomings.
A long road to nowhere for Igor at the Bastille
Barrie Kosky's makes a limited impact in his debut at Opéra de Paris, apart from an hallucinogenic Polovtsian Dances.
Asmik Grigorian wows as Tatyana in Komische Oper Eugene Onegin
Barrie Kosky’s visually stunning and very finely sung Eugene Onegin from Komische Oper reaches Edinburgh, a triumphant showcase for soprano Asmik Grigorian.