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A garden of musical delights: La clemenza di Tito at the Mozartwoche
While the semi-staging falters, Hanna-Elisabeth Müller and Magdalena Kožená prove a thrilling pair in Mozart's final opera seria.
Salzburg Barbiere is an exuberant celebration of old movies
Despite some forgivable excesses, Nicola Alaimo and Cecilia Bartoli led a dream cast for a fun, engaging performance of Rossini's classic.
Quiet tragedy: Robert Wilson's Otello in Baden-Baden
Zubin Mehta conducts Verdi's Otello in an iconic Robert Wilson production of stylized theater where less is more. The effect was mesmerizing.
Camels and comic capers in Algiers: Italiana in Salzburg
Cecilia Bartoli is joined by frequent collaborators Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier in a fun-filled Rossini farce full of Italian sunshine. Big grins all round.
Dieter Dorn’s Parsifal brings the full Monty to Monsalvat
Dieter Dorn’s staging robbed Wagner’s final masterwork of magic and mystery while Simon Rattle set new speed records.
Don Giovanni escapes the flames in Salzburg
According to director Sven-Eric Bechtolf, Don Giovanni’s divine retribution for a life of pure evil and insatiable fornication is just more of the same.