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Frankfurt am MainZaideNew production

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Mozart: Zaide, K344 (K336b)
George Petrou; David Hermann; Oper Frankfurt; Jo Schramm; Sibylle Wallum; Joachim Klein; Opera Frankfurt Orchestra

Frankfurt am MainHänsel und Gretel

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Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel
Alden Gatt; Keith Warner; Oper Frankfurt; Thomas Guggeis; Jason Southgate; Julia Müer; John Bishop

Frankfurt am MainDie Nacht vor Weihnachten

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Rimsky-Korsakov: Christmas Eve
Takeshi Moriuchi; Christof Loy; Oper Frankfurt; Johannes Leiacker; Ursula Renzenbrink; Olaf Winter; Opera Frankfurt Orchestra

Frankfurt am MainSalome

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Strauss R.: Salome
Lothar Koenigs; Barrie Kosky; Oper Frankfurt; Katrin Lea Tag; Joachim Klein; Opera Frankfurt Orchestra

Frankfurt am MainThe Greek PassionNew production

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Martinů: The Greek Passion
Thomas Guggeis; Matthew Wild; Oper Frankfurt; Herbert Murauer; Raphaela Rose; Jan Hartmann; Opera Frankfurt Orchestra
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A striking Carmen in Bregenz

This summer’s production of Bizet’s Carmen on the Seebühne stage in Bregenz offers a great spectacle. 
****1
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On the Rake: Stravinsky at Oper Frankfurt

A largely newly cast revival of The Rake's Progress takes a while to catch fire, but when it does the results are devilishly good.
****1
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A magnificent scherzo: Siegfried in Frankfurt

The third installament of the Ring in Frankfurt took full advantage of the architecturally ingenius set to complement great music making by the orchestra and singers.
****1
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Opera of utmost truthfulness

Mieczysław Weinberg's opera The Passenger tells a story that retains a strong grip on the audience - an impressive experience at Frankfurt Opera.
*****
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Edinburgh International Festival: Dido and Aeneas and Bluebeard's Castle

Twenty-eight immobile cast members faced the audience from the long white bench which comprised the totality of Katrin Lea Tag’s bare set. Meanwhile, a floor-level, period instrument orchestra delivered the attention-grabbing, minor key Overture to Purcell's 1688 Dido and Aeneas.
*****
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Boris Godunow an der Oper Frankfurt: im Panoptikum der Unterdrückung

Alexander Tsymbalyuk (Boris Godunow) © Barbara Aumüller
Die Oper Frankfurt präsentiert Boris Godunow in der Schostakowitsch-Fassung – szenisch und musikalisch aufwendig wird die Inszenierung zu einer überwältigenden Ensemble-Leistung.
****1
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