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Bellini: Norma
Giacomo Sagripanti; Jürgen Rose; Bavarian State Opera; Michael Bauer; Bayerisches Staatsorchester
MunichSemele
Handel: Semele
Leonardo García-Alarcón; Claus Guth; Bavarian State Opera; Michael Levine; Gesine Völlm; Michael Bauer; Bayerisches Staatsorchester
MunichOf One Blood
Dean: Of One Blood
Markus Stenz; Claus Guth; Bavarian State Opera; Étienne Pluss; Ursula Kudrna; Michael Bauer; Bayerisches Staatsorchester
ParisLe Crépuscule des dieux (Götterdämmerung)New production
Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Ching-Lien Wu; Calixto Bieito; Opéra national de Paris; Rebecca Ringst; Ingo Krügler; Michael Bauer; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris
MunichSiegfriedNew production
Wagner: Siegfried
Vladimir Jurowski; Tobias Kratzer; Bavarian State Opera; Rainer Sellmaier; Michael Bauer; Bayerisches Staatsorchester
ParisL'Or du Rhin
Wagner: Das Rheingold
Pablo Heras-Casado; Calixto Bieito; Opéra national de Paris; Rebecca Ringst; Ingo Krügler; Michael Bauer; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris
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Weinberg’s The Passenger at Dutch National Opera
Tobias Kratzer's 2024 Munich production makes its way to Amsterdam, proving that Weinberg's opera has the power to transfix.
Frauenliebe und -sterben: Kratzer’s triple bill at Staatsoper Hamburg
Director Tobias Kratzer engineers a haunting pasticcio of Schumann, Bartók and Zemlinsky, tracing the domestic sphere’s shift from romantic surrender to the blood-soaked secrets of a century-spanning house.
Vampires, Disney and Donald Trump: Monster’s Paradise in Hamburg
Olga Neuwirth and Elfriede Jelinek take on Donald Trump in their latest operatic collaboration.
Semele at Dutch National Opera: myth, desire and fantasy
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.
Jones’ wicked Hänsel und Gretel returns to the Bayerische Staatsoper
Even without a gingerbread house, there’s enough wickedness in Richard Jones’ staging of Humperdinck’s opera for sweet tooths to savour.
Calixto Bieito’s Zelmira opens the Rossini Opera Festival
A production where vocal brilliance battles directorial gimmicks in Pesaro, with a superb cast led by Anastasia Bartoli and Lawrence Brownlee.
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ParisFaust
Gounod: Faust
Lorenzo Viotti; Tobias Kratzer; Opéra national de Paris; Rainer Sellmaier; Michael Bauer; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris
ParisSimon Boccanegra
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Fabio Luisi; Calixto Bieito; Opéra national de Paris; Susanne Gschwender; Ingo Krügler; Michael Bauer; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris
ParisL'Or du Rhin
Wagner: Das Rheingold
Pablo Heras-Casado; Calixto Bieito; Opéra national de Paris; Rebecca Ringst; Ingo Krügler; Michael Bauer; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris