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MunichMacbeth
Verdi: Macbeth
Andrea Battistoni; Martin Kušej; Bavarian State Opera; Martin Zehetgruber; Werner Fritz; Reinhard Traub; Bayerisches Staatsorchester
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Beethoven: Fidelio
Yoel Gamzou; Calixto Bieito; Bavarian State Opera; Rebecca Ringst; Ingo Krügler; Reinhard Traub; Bayerisches Staatsorchester
MunichRusalka
Dvořák: Rusalka
Petr Popelka; Martin Kušej; Bavarian State Opera; Martin Zehetgruber; Heidi Hackl; Reinhard Traub; Bayerisches Staatsorchester
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Mozart: Idomeneo, re di Creta
Konrad Junghänel; Calixto Bieito; Prague National Theatre Opera; Richard Hein; Anna-Sofia Kirsch; Paula Klein; Reinhard Traub
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Adès: The Exterminating Angel
Thomas Adès; Calixto Bieito; Gran Teatre del Liceu; Anna-Sofia Kirsch; Ingo Krügler; Reinhard Traub; Orquesta Sinfónica del Gran Teatre del Liceu
MunichMacbeth
Verdi: Macbeth
Marco Armiliato; Martin Kušej; Bavarian State Opera; Martin Zehetgruber; Werner Fritz; Reinhard Traub; Bayerisches Staatsorchester
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Calixto Bieito’s Idomeneo runs out of time in Prague
At the Prague State Opera, Calixto Brieito relocates Mozart's opera seria to modern times, with disastrous results.
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Asmik Grigorian leads a searing performance in Martin Kušej’s 15-year-old, yet ever-fresh, outstanding production of Dvořák's opera.
Thomas Adès’ high-flying Exterminating Angel in Paris
The French premiere of the British composer's opera will be the undisputed high point of the Grande Boutique's season: a perfect confluence of music, staging and cast.
Julia Burbach delivers a potent Elixir in Prague
Donizetti's frothy romantic comedy takes on fresh appeal in this faithful rendering at the State Opera.
Season finale: a disappointing ending to Bayreuth's Götterdämmerung
Despite many perceptive details, Bayreuth's new Ring culminates in a rather damp squib of an ending.
Drunk on ambition: Siegfried takes us deeper into a forest of ideas
Will Siegfried get his girl? Will she turn out to be his sister? And has the ultimate prize already got into the wrong hands? More posers from Bayreuth's intriguing new Ring.
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Adès: The Exterminating Angel
Thomas Adès; Calixto Bieito; Opéra national de Paris; Courtney Lewis; Anna-Sofia Kirsch; Ingo Krügler; Reinhard Traub