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Performer: Jan Philipp Gloger

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Low on laughs: Die schweigsame Frau in Berlin

Siyabonga Maqungo (Henry Morosus), Brenda Rae (Aminta) and Peter Rose (Sir Morosus) © Bernd Uhlig
Newly General Music Director Christian Thielemann and Jan Philipp Gloger bring Richard Strauss' Die schweigsame Frau to the Staatsoper Berlin for the first time, but la commedia is hardly stupenda
**111
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Love in time of the drug wars: a contemporary Tancredi at Bregenz

Mélissa Petit (Amenaide) and Anna Goryachova (Tancredi) © Bregenzer Festspiele | Karl Forster
Anna Goryachova and Mélissa Petit shine as doomed lovers Tancredi and Amenaide, while Jan Philipp Gloger's contemporary setting has much to offer, but doesn't quite nail the landing.
***11
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Strong performances counter Gloger's “clever” Così fan tutte

Golda Schultz (Fiordiligi) © ROH | Clive Barda
Golda Schultz leads a fine cast in the fourth revival of Jan Philipp Gloger's Royal Opera production. 
***11
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A Dance to the Music of Time: Der Rosenkavalier returns to DNO

Maria Bengtsson (Marschallin) © Clärchen & Matthias Baus | Dutch National Opera
Jan Philipp Gloger's production returns to Amsterdam with a superb cast led by Maria Bengtsson and Angela Brower. 
****1
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Cherubino steals the show in Zurich’s Le nozze di Figaro

Morgan Pearse (Figaro) © Herwig Prammer

The Opernhaus Zurich revives Jan Philipp Gloger’s production, for a performance with mixed results: a solid cast of singers under Christoph König’s heavy baton.

**111
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Die Csárdásfürstin in Zürich: acerbic wit and winning music

Kálmán's operetta brilliantly updated to the super-rich of today, with starry singing from Annette Dasch and Pavol Breslik.
****1
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