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MunichManon Lescaut
Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Andrea Battistoni; Hans Neuenfels; Bavarian State Opera; Stefan Mayer; Andrea Schmidt-Futterer; Stefan Bolliger; Bayerisches Staatsorchester
ViennaDie Entführung aus dem Serail
Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Harem)
Constantin Trinks; Hans Neuenfels; Vienna State Opera; Christian Schmidt; Bettina Merz; Stefan Bolliger; Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera
BerlinSalome
Strauss R.: Salome
Axel Kober; Hans Neuenfels; Staatsoper Berlin; Reinhard von der Thannen; Stefan Bolliger; Staatskapelle Berlin
BerlinAriadne auf Naxos
Strauss R.: Ariadne auf Naxos
Tim Fluch; Hans Neuenfels; Staatsoper Berlin; Katrin Lea Tag; Andrea Schmidt-Futterer; Stefan Bolliger; Staatskapelle Berlin
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Double vision in Wiener Staatsoper's Entführung
Actors double up with singers in Hans Neuenfels' innovative production of Die Entführung aus dem Serail in Vienna.
Oscar Wilde takes centre stage in Staatsoper's Salome
The Staatsoper revives a confused production by Hans Neuenfels, under the baton of Thomas Guggeis.
Jansons trumps Neuenfels' tame Pique Dame in Salzburg
Mariss Jansons and the Vienna Philharmonic do the real storytelling as Hans Neuenfels' staging underwhelms.
Rachvelishvili triumphs as Azucena in Berlin
In a dated production by Hans Neuenfels, conductor Giacomo Sagripanti leads a musically successful Trovatore, where Angela Meade and Anita Rachvelishvili show their vocal brilliance.
Neuenfels' bloodless Salome in Berlin
Hans Neuenfels new Salome proves a strangely non-committal affair at the Staatsoper, but Thomas Guggeis conducts impressively.
A sizzling myth of matricide
In the hands of director Hans Neuenfels, the Swiss première of Manfred Trojahn’s Orest was widely anticipated for its “splashes of gore and commensurate splatters of sound”.
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Condemned to success: Bayerische Staatsoper's Nikolaus Bachler
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The irrepressible man of the theatre and Intendant of one the flagships of German opera gives us an insight into what makes him and his company tick.