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MadridLessons in Love and Violence
Benjamin: Lessons in Love and Violence
Josep Pons; Katie Mitchell; Teatro Real; Vicki Mortimer; Stéphane Degout; Georgia Jarman
BerlinCosì fan tutte
Mozart: Così fan tutte
Daniel Barenboim; Vincent Huguet; Staatsoper Berlin; Aurélie Maestre; Clémence Pernoud; Elsa Dreisig; Marianne Crebassa
BerlinLe nozze di FigaroNew production
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)
Daniel Barenboim; Vincent Huguet; Staatsoper Berlin; Aurélie Maestre; Clémence Pernoud; Gyula Orendt; Elsa Dreisig
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Ruth Berghaus’ timeless Barbiere still charms at Unter den Linden
Marianne Crebassa and Maxim Mironov shine in a revival of Rossini’s masterpiece, for an evening of great fun.
Duplicity and deceit as Così returns to The Royal Opera
Everyone is in the know in Jan Philipp Gloger's “School for Lovers”, receiving its first revival at Covent Garden.
Violetter Schnee: Snowy apocalypse at the Staatsoper Berlin
The world is sinking in "Violet Snow", as the opera by Beat Furrer, directed by Claus Guth, is given its world premiere at the Staatsoper unter den Linden.
Too many mirrors spoil the Staatsoper's Hippolyte et Aricie
Excellent musical performances are confounded by clumsy, unimaginative staging in Rameau's explosive first opera.
Lessons in Love and Violence: ice and drama
George Benjamin and Martin Crimp's second full scale opera is a refinement of the craft showed in Written on Skin – but the lessons are less in love and violince than in power, tension and beauty of the score.
A heavy crown: austere Monteverdi at the Staatsoper
The Staatsoper's new L'incoronazione di Poppea is serious, intelligent but short on fire.
