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MunichSemele
Handel: Semele
Leonardo García-Alarcón; Claus Guth; Bavarian State Opera; Michael Levine; Gesine Völlm; Michael Bauer; Bayerisches Staatsorchester
MunichUn ballo in maschera
Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
Marco Armiliato; Johannes Erath; Bavarian State Opera; Heike Scheele; Gesine Völlm; Joachim Klein; Bayerisches Staatsorchester
BerlinSamson et Dalila
Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila
Alexander Soddy; Damián Szifron; Staatsoper Berlin; Étienne Pluss; Gesine Völlm; Olaf Freese; Staatskapelle Berlin
MilanFaustNew production
Gounod: Faust
Daniele Rustioni; Johannes Erath; Teatro alla Scala; Heike Scheele; Gesine Völlm; Fabio Antoci; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
New York CityJenůfaNew production
Janáček: Jenůfa
Tomáš Hanus; Claus Guth; Metropolitan Opera; Michael Levine; Gesine Völlm; James Farncombe; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
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Semele at Dutch National Opera: myth, desire and fantasy
Guth’s Semele turns myth into a contemporary domestic drama, where desire becomes obsession and illusion consumes reality. Handel’s music remains the true engine, driven by a thrilling, physically intense ensemble.
Diminishing returns in The Royal Opera’s Sicilian Vespers
Joyce El-Khoury saves the day in The Royal Opera’s second revival of The Sicilian Vespers in Stefan Herheim’s paint-by-numbers production.
Redemption Song: Jenůfa triumph signals a bright future for Hrůsa
Corinne Winters is phenomenal as the self-possessed Jenůfa in The Royal Opera's revival of Claus Guth's powerful staging.
A spectacular Freischütz in Bregenz
At the Bregenz Festival, director Philpp Stölzl gives us a radical updating of the classic, with an interpretation many miles away from Weber.
Davidsen and Stemme anchor an extraordinary Jenůfa in Chicago
Claus Guth's production foregrounds the regimented, repressive world that drives the plot of Janáček’s tragic masterpiece.
Samson et Dalila catches fire at the Teatro di San Carlo
Argentinian film director Damián Szifron's production is lauded in Naples, as are star soloists Anita Rachvelishvili and Brian Jagde.