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BayreuthDas RheingoldNew production
Wagner: Das Rheingold
Christian Thielemann; Marcus Lobbes; Wolf Gutjahr; Pia Maria Mackert; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Nils Corte
BayreuthGötterdämmerungNew production
Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Christian Thielemann; Marcus Lobbes; Wolf Gutjahr; Pia Maria Mackert; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Bayreuth Festival Chorus
BayreuthParsifal
Wagner: Parsifal
Pablo Heras-Casado; Jay Scheib; Mimi Lien; Meentje Nielsen; Rainer Casper; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
BerlinLe nozze di Figaro
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)
Marc Minkowski; Jürgen Flimm; Staatsoper Berlin; Magdalena Gut; Ursula Kudrna; Olaf Freese; Staatskapelle Berlin
BerlinDido and Aeneas
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
Christopher Moulds; Sasha Waltz; Staatsoper Berlin; Thomas Schenk; Christine Birkle; Thilo Reuther; Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
BerlinLa traviata
Verdi: La traviata
Giuseppe Mentuccia; Dieter Dorn; Staatsoper Berlin; Joanna Piestrzyńska; Moidele Bickel; Tobias Löffler; Staatskapelle Berlin
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To the Moon and back: Janáček’s Mr Brouček visits Berlin
Robert Carsen's new production of Janáček’s The Excursions of Mr Brouček for the Staatsoper Unter den Linden scores a well-deserved success thanks to a stellar – or rather, lunar – conducted by Sir Simon Rattle.
Straussian pastoral: Daphne at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden
Romeo Castellucci's new production of Daphne for the Staatsoper reflects on our relationship with nature, subverting the perspective of Richard Strauss' opera.
Experiment Rheingold: Tcherniakov’s new Ring at the Staatsoper Berlin
Thielemann and Tcherniakov forge a new Ring at the Berlin Staatsoper and raise great cheer.
Claus Guth presents The Makropulos Case as tragicomedy in Berlin
Director Claus Guth's new production for the Staatsoper Berlin is a bit of a mixed bag but the evening succeeds more on its musical merits, with a splendid ensemble of singers and orchestra conducted by Sir Simon Rattle.
Hearts of gold: a gritty La fanciulla at Staatsoper Berlin
A superb musical foundation under Antonio Pappano forms the basis for a satisfying new Fanciulla del West at the Staatoper in Berlin.
Rattle conducts a Jenůfa to sear the soul at the Staatsoper Berlin
Although Damiano Michieletto's new production resembles an expensive drama workshop, it’s the marvellous performances that make this such a moving Jenůfa.