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Weinberg’s The Passenger at Dutch National Opera

The Passenger © Dutch National Opera | Monika Rittershaus

Tobias Kratzer's 2024 Munich production makes its way to Amsterdam, proving that Weinberg's opera has the power to transfix. 

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Magnifying Glass: a magnificent Les Enfants terribles in Lille

Sergio Villegas Galvain (Paul) and Marie Smolka (Élisabeth) © Simon Gosselin
A new production of Les Enfants terribles at the Opéra de Lille drags the audience into a terribly marvelous labyrinth, courtesy of conductor Virginie Déjos and directors Matthias Piro and Lisa Moro.
*****
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Vampires, Disney and Donald Trump: Monster’s Paradise in Hamburg

Monster's Paradise at Staatsoper Hamburg © Tanja Dorendorf
Olga Neuwirth and Elfriede Jelinek take on Donald Trump in their latest operatic collaboration. 
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Upstairs, downstairs: Die Frau ohne Schatten at Deutsche Oper

Die Frau ohne Schatten © Matthias Baus
Tobias Kratzer gives his third Strauss production in three seasons at Deutsche Oper Berlin another contemporary spin. 
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And they were the most divine gods: Das Rheingold in Munich

Markus Brück (Alberich), Yajie Zhang, Verity Wingate and Sarah Brady (Rhinemaidens) © Wilfried Hösl
Tobias Kratzer's prelude to this new Ring cycle exceeds all expectations and scores a musical-theatrical success.
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Die Walküre an der Bayerischen Staatsoper: leben und sterben lassen

Ain Anger (Hunding), Irene Roberts (Sieglinde) und Joachim Bäckström (Siegmund) © Monika Rittershaus
Tobias Kratzer spinnt seine Lesart des Ring-Zyklus weiter; sowohl mit spektakulären Bildern, aber auch einer psychologisch menschlichen Deutung.
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