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VilniusUpside DownWorld premiere
Martinaitytė: Upside Down
Robertas Šervenikas; Nicola Panzer; Lithuanian National Opera; Stephanie Engeln; Sarah Mittenbühler; Marcello Lumaca; Lithuanian National Opera Orchestra
VilniusUpside Down
Martinaitytė: Upside Down
Robertas Šervenikas; Nicola Panzer; Lithuanian National Opera; Modestas Pitrenas; Raimonda Skabeikaitė; Stephanie Engeln; Sarah Mittenbühler
Frankfurt am MainTancredi
Rossini: Tancredi
Giuliano Carella; Manuel Schmitt; Oper Frankfurt; Bernhard Siegl; Raphaela Rose; Joachim Klein; Opera Frankfurt Orchestra
Frankfurt am MainLe Roi ArthusNew production
Chausson: Le Roi Arthus
Thomas Guggeis; Manuel Schmitt; Oper Frankfurt; Bernhard Siegl; Raphaela Rose; Joachim Klein; Opera Frankfurt Orchestra
ViennaTurandot
Puccini: Turandot
Henrik Nánási; Claus Guth; Vienna State Opera; Étienne Pluss; Ursula Kudrna; Olaf Freese; Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera
Frankfurt am MainBattaglia oder Die Frauen von PalermoWorld premiere
Ronchetti: Battaglia oder Die Frauen von Palermo
Michael Wendeberg; Claus Guth; Oper Frankfurt; Heike Vollmer; Ursula Kudrna; Olaf Winter; Opera Frankfurt Orchestra
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Season finale: a disappointing ending to Bayreuth's Götterdämmerung
Despite many perceptive details, Bayreuth's new Ring culminates in a rather damp squib of an ending.
Drunk on ambition: Siegfried takes us deeper into a forest of ideas
Will Siegfried get his girl? Will she turn out to be his sister? And has the ultimate prize already got into the wrong hands? More posers from Bayreuth's intriguing new Ring.
From birth to death: Die Walküre gets some interesting plot twists
The plot thickens as "episode two" of Bayreuth's new Ring muddies the waters of Siegfried’s paternity and Wotan comes to regret his actions.
Family saga: Bayreuth's new Rheingold presents a story of today
The Bayreuth Festival's new Ring gets off to a promising start with a tautly directed Rheingold, but will we find out what it all means?
It's party time onstage: Carl Nielsen's Maskarade at Oper Frankfurt
Carl Nielsen's Maskarade makes a welcome rare appearance, with a great time had by everyone onstage and off.
Tobias Kratzer's provocative Tannhäuser opens at Bayreuth
Yesterday, the Bayreuth Festspielhaus, where devotees of Richard Wagner converge annually from all over the world, opened its doors again for this year’s festival. Traditionally presented on the first evening, the new production for this season was Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg (to use the opera’s full name), presented to a capacity audience.