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BambergNew Year’s Eve Concert

© Nikolaj Lund
Beethoven: Symphony no. 9 in D minor "Choral", Op.125
Bamberg Symphony; Eva Ollikainen; Hedvig Haugerud; Noa Beinart; Johan Krogius; Äneas Humm

ParisDas RheingoldConcert performance

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Wagner: Das Rheingold
Gianandrea Noseda; Zurich Opera; Orchester der Oper Zürich; Michael Volle; Klaus Florian Vogt; Christopher Purves

ZurichTannhäuser

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Wagner: Tannhäuser
Markus Poschner; Thorleifur Örn Arnarsson; Zurich Opera; Florian Lösche; Teresa Vergho; Martin Gebhardt; Orchester der Oper Zürich

ZurichDie Fledermaus

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Strauss II: Die Fledermaus
Jonathan Bloxham; Anna Bernreitner; Zurich Opera; Hannah Oellinger; Arthur Arbesser; Martin Gebhardt; Orchester der Oper Zürich

ZurichAlice im Wunderland

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Valtinoni: Alice im Wunderland
Michael Richter; Nadja Loschky; Zurich Opera; Étienne Pluss; Irina Spreckelmeyer; Franck Evin; Orchester der Oper Zürich

ZurichDas Rheingold

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Wagner: Das Rheingold
Gianandrea Noseda; Andreas Homoki; Zurich Opera; Christian Schmidt; Franck Evin; Orchester der Oper Zürich
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A Rosenkavalier in vivid hues opens the Zurich Opera season

Günther Groissböck (Baron Ochs), Diana Damrau (Marschallin) and Angela Brower (Octavian) © Matthias Baus

Lydia Steier stages Strauss’ masterpiece to open Zurich Opera’s first premiere under the new artistic direction – a triumphant success. 

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King of the Castle: Verdi’s Macbeth in Savonlinna

Saioa Hernández (Lady Macbeth) and Gabriele Viviani (Macbeth) © Toni Härkänen
Olavinlinna, also known as St Olaf's Castle, provides an atmospheric setting for Verdi's take on Shakespeare's “Scottish play”. 
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Punk loves pink in Mariame Clément’s Berlin Roméo et Juliette

Nicolas Testé (Frère Laurent) and Elsa Dreisig (Juliette) © Monika Rittershaus
The French director updates the action to the present day, underscoring the validity of the plot – feuding families and class differences are still relevant. 
***11
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An historical affair: Khovanshchina at the Staatsoper Berlin

George Gagnidze (Schaklovity) and Mika Kares (Prince Ivan Khovansky) © Monika Rittershaus
With Claus Guth directing and Simone Young on the podium, the Staatsoper Unter den Linden's new production of Mussorgsky's Khovanshchina proves that the past isn't really past. 
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No man is an island: Oscar Strasnoy's Robinson premieres in Berlin

Stephan Klemm (Robinson Crusoe) © Gianmarco Bresadola
Commissioned by the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Oscar Strasnoy and Sigrid Behrens' new chamber opera Robinson turns its source into an immersive meditation on modern isolation and loneliness.
*****
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Wagners Tannhäuser in Zürich: die Geliebte als Statue

Eric Cutler (Tannhäuser) © Herwig Prammer
Bei der letzten Saison-Premiere am Opernhaus Zürich wirken zwei Neulinge mit. Die Inszenierung von Thorleifur Örn Arnarsson und das Dirigat von Tugan Sokhiev lassen indes wenig Begeisterung aufkommen. 
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