Performer: Jessica Niles

MunichSemele

Nationaltheater, Sep 25, 28, Oct 02, 04, 07

Handel: Semele

Leonardo García-Alarcón; Claus Guth; Bavarian State Opera; Michael Levine; Gesine Völlm; Michael Bauer; Bayerisches Staatsorchester

Nationaltheater, Oct 12, 16, 19, 23

Strauss R.: Ariadne auf Naxos

Robin Ticciati; Robert Carsen; Bavarian State Opera; Peter Pabst; Falk Bauer; Manfred Voss; Bayerisches Staatsorchester

Dutch National Opera and Ballet, Nov 10, 12, 14, 18, 20, 22 mat

Bach: St John Passion, BWV245

Leonardo García-Alarcón; Sasha Waltz; Dutch National Opera; Heike Schuppelius; Bernd Skodzig; David Finn; Netherlands Bach Society Orchestra

Dutch National Opera and Ballet, 2027 Mar 19, 21 mat, 23, 25

Mendonça: Hedda Gabler

Corinna Niemeyer; Nina Spijkers; Dutch National Opera; Studio Dennis Vanderbroeck; Jorine van Beek; Tim van 't Hof; Het Muziek (formerly Asko|Schönberg)

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Semele at Dutch National Opera: myth, desire and fantasy

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Mengguang Huang, 23 Jan

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.

****1

Mixed messages lost in the medium: Foccroulle's Cassandra

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Eleanor Knight, 10 Sep

Foccroulle’s limited score imitates environmental catastrophe while Jocelyn’s libretto tries – unevenly – to understand why we might ignore it.

**111

Splendid performance of Parsifal amid Audi's bleakness in Munich

Ako Imamura, 14 Apr

The Bayerische Staatsoper's revival of a controversial production containing Georg Baselitz’s artwork succeeds with strong musical performances led by veterans of Wagnerian operas.

****1

Der Idiot: Highlight des Salzburger Festspielsommers

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Isabella Steppan, 23 Aug

Krzysztof Warlikowsi inszeniert Weinbergs Oper ebenso klar wie packend, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla inspiriert die Wiener Philharmoniker zur Höchstleistung und auch das Sängerensemble bietet Topqualität.

*****