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BerlinHänsel und Gretel

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Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel
James Gaffigan; Dagmar Manzel; Komische Oper Berlin; Korbinian Schmidt; Victoria Behr; Olaf Freese; Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin

BerlinLady Macbeth of the Mtsensk DistrictNew production

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Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District
James Gaffigan; Barrie Kosky; Komische Oper Berlin; Rufus Didwiszus; Victoria Behr; Olaf Freese; Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin

BerlinBelshazzarNew production

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Handel: Belshazzar
George Petrou; Herbert Fritsch; Komische Oper Berlin; Olaf Freese; Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin
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Barrie Kosky directs a ferocious new Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

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Shostakovich's opera is laid bare in Berlin, to devastating effect, with a distinguished cast led by Ambur Braid. 
****1
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Happy 100th birthday, Wozzeck! Thielemann leads Berlin revival

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The Staatsoper Unter den Linden celebrates the 100th birthday of Alban Berg's masterpiece with a stellar cast in Andrea Breth’s revived production. 
***11
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Claus Guth directs a tormented, harrowing new Salome at the Met

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Claus Guth's new production at the Metropolitan Opera, originally seen at the Bolshoi in 2021, moves the action from biblical Judea to the era of the opera's composition. 
*****
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ParisSalomé

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Strauss R.: Salome
Simone Young; Lydia Steier; Opéra national de Paris; Momme Hinrichs; Andy Besuch; Olaf Freese; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris