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Strauss R.: Ariadne auf Naxos
Robin Ticciati; Robert Carsen; Bavarian State Opera; Peter Pabst; Falk Bauer; Manfred Voss; Bayerisches Staatsorchester
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Musicians of Monsalvat: a new Parsifal opens Budapest’s Wagner Days
Birgit Kajtna-Wönig’s new semi-staging of Wagner's Bühnenweihfestspiel pays homage to Ádám Fischer's committed musical forces.
Deconstructed within an inch of its life: a new Lulu in Vienna
Marlene Monteiro Freitas directs her first opera, in which Lulu, if not buried alive, is certainly left completely unrecognizable.
Sublime singing in Scenes from Goethe's Faust
Soloists and choir, headed by a spellbinding Christian Gerhaher, brought real lustre to Schumann’s treatment of Goethe’s magnum opus.
Putting frippery before Freud
The current stage-setting of Arabella at the Wiener Staatsoper proves that “all that’s Glittenberg” is not gold.
Verdi’s family drama: Die Räuber at the Volksoper
In the city of Freud there is nothing like a bit of family drama to put one in the mood for a great season of opera!
An unforgettable Götterdämmerung
Iréne Théorin provides a spellbinding immolation scene, while Adam Fischer conjures a flawless orchestral performance to conclude Budapest's Der Ring des Nibelungen.