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HamburgHamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra / Fazil Say / Omer Meir Wellber

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Tchaikovsky, Say, Beethoven
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg; Omer Meir Wellber; Fazıl Say

HamburgMacbethNew production

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Verdi: Macbeth
Tomáš Hanus; Tobias Kratzer; Staatsoper Hamburg; Daniele Squeo; Rainer Sellmaier; Michael Bauer

HamburgDon Giovanni

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Mozart: Don Giovanni
Omer Meir Wellber; Jan Bosse; Staatsoper Hamburg; Tohar Gil; Stéphane Laimé; Kathrin Plath; Kevin Sock

HamburgLucia di Lammermoor

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Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Daniele Squeo; Amélie Niermeyer; Staatsoper Hamburg; Christian Schmidt; Kirsten Dephoff; Jan Speckenbach; Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg

HamburgHamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra / Truls Mørk / Bertrand de Billy

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Dvořák, Strauss R.
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg; Bertrand de Billy; Truls Mørk

HamburgDie Walküre

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Wagner: Die Walküre
Omer Meir Wellber; Claus Guth; Staatsoper Hamburg; Christian Schmidt; Michael Bauer; Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
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Hilary Hahn and Omer Meir Wellber offer electrifying finale in Hamburg

Omer Meir Wellber © Daniel Dittus
The Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg balances Barbara Assiginaak’s intimate modernism with a Dvořák Ninth of explosive, Mahlerian intensity.
****1
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Frauenliebe und -sterben: Kratzer’s triple bill at Staatsoper Hamburg

Annika Schlicht (Judith), Johan Reuter (Bluebeard) and Bluebeard's wives (including Kate Lindsey) © Matthias Baus

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.

****1
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Fast Forward: Hamburg Ballet’s mixed bill proves a mixed success

Hamburg Ballet ensemble in Xie Xin’s The Moon in the Ocean © Kiran West
All that glistens... the world premiere of Xie Xin’s The Moon in the Ocean is the highlight of a mixed bill programme spanning 90 years of choreography. 
***11
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Vampires, Disney and Donald Trump: Monster’s Paradise in Hamburg

Monster's Paradise at Staatsoper Hamburg © Tanja Dorendorf
Olga Neuwirth and Elfriede Jelinek take on Donald Trump in their latest operatic collaboration. 
****1
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Kent Nagano's farewell to Hamburg: Nante and Brahms in dialogue

Kent Nagano © Daniel Dittus
Kent Nagano’s farewell in Hamburg showcases a spiritual dialogue between tradition and innovation, pairing Brahms’ profound Fourth Symphony with the luminous world premiere of Alex Nante’s Anāhata
****1
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Unsuk Chin's opera Die dunkle Seite des Mondes premieres in Hamburg

Andrew Dickinson (Lichtwesen) and Thomas Lehman (Dr Kieron) © Bernd Uhlig
At Staatsoper Hamburg, Unsuk Chin’s new opera The Dark Side of the Moon immerses audiences in an hypnotic, introspective journey, where dreams, science and psyche collide in a rigorously crafted, thought-provoking spectacle.
****1
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