Performer: Freya Apffelstaedt

BrusselsAriadne auf Naxos

La Monnaie | De Munt: Grand Hall, 2027 Jan 24 mat, 26, 28, 31 mat, Feb 02, 05, 07 mat, 09

Strauss R.: Ariadne auf Naxos

Ariane Matiakh; Mariusz Treliński; La Monnaie | De Munt; Fabien Lédé; Marek Adamski; Marc Heinz; La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra

Nationaltheater, Oct 03, 08, 11

Dean: Of One Blood

Markus Stenz; Claus Guth; Bavarian State Opera; Étienne Pluss; Ursula Kudrna; Michael Bauer; Bayerisches Staatsorchester

Nationaltheater, 2027 Jul 03, 06

Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades (Pique Dame)

Dima Slobodeniouk; Benedict Andrews; Bavarian State Opera; Rufus Didwiszus; Victoria Behr; Jon Clark; Bayerisches Staatsorchester

Nationaltheater, 2027 Jul 21, 25

Verdi: Rigoletto

Daniele Rustioni; Barbara Wysocka; Bavarian State Opera; Barbara Hanicka; Julia Kornacka; Marc Heinz; Bayerisches Staatsorchester

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Artificiality over art: Die Walküre at Bayreuth

Die Walküre © Enrico Nawrath | Bayreuther Festspiele

Alexandra Richter, 05 Aug

In Die Walküre, we once again delve into absurd AI-generated visual worlds and disjointed associations. Musically, however, this Ring cycle remains well worth listening to.

***11

Die Walküre © Teatro alla Scala | Brescia e Amisano

Laura Servidei, 05 Feb

With bad-ass punk valkyries and rich in fantasy overtones, Sir David McVicar's La Scala Ring cycle continues.

****1

Yannick Debus (Lenz) and the Six Voices © Toni Suter

Elodie Olson-Coons, 19 Nov

The ZKO shows us that Wolfgang Rihm's Jakob Lenz has lost none of its power, more than 40 years on.

****1

Tomasz Konieczny (Wotan) and Camilla Nylund (Brünnhilde) © Monika Rittershaus

Sarah Batschelet, 18 Sep

A stellar production of Die Walküre premieres in Zurich, not far from the location where Richard Wagner composed it.

****1

Burlicchete, burlacchete, brignocchete, cucù: Il mondo della luna

Laura Servidei, 05 May

A successful, psychedelic production of Haydn’s masterpiece is presented with a cast of young, talented singers from the International Opera Studio in Zurich, for an evening of fun in Winterthur.

***11