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CopenhagenL'incoronazione di Poppea, SV 308
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Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea, SV 308
Lars Ulrik Mortensen; Christoph Marthaler; Royal Danish Opera; Anna Viebrock; Cornelius Hunziker; Concerto Copenhagen
CopenhagenIdomeneo, re di Creta
Mozart: Idomeneo, re di Creta
Julia Jones; Robert Carsen; Royal Danish Opera; Luis F Carvalho; The Royal Danish Orchestra
CopenhagenDer RosenkavalierNew production
Strauss R.: Der Rosenkavalier
Marie Jacquot; Elisabeth Linton; Royal Danish Opera; Julia Hansen; Anja Vang Kragh; Ulrik Gad; The Royal Danish Orchestra
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Chiaroscuro extinguished: a self-indulgent Poppea in Copenhagen
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Christoph Marthaler’s staging of Monteverdi’s Poppea for the Royal Danish Opera is a study in boredom.
Britten’s The Turn of the Screw in Copenhagen
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Anthony Almeida and Rosanna Vize's deconstructed ghostly country house provides plenty of tension; fine vocal qualities are marred by poor intelligibility.
The other Lulu: a Danish rarity in Copenhagen
Dénise Beck shines as the Princess Sidi in the Royal Danish Opera's production of Friedrich Kuhlau's Lulu, receiving its first performances in 180 years.
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Political force and psychological trouble: opera world premieres
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Contemporary opera has bounced back from the disruptions of the pandemic with significant gusto. We look ahead to several major operatic world premieres in the 2023–24 season.
State of the (operatic) union: notes from Opera Europa
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Audiences, energy prices, politics, sustainability... With nearly 400 opera executives assembled in Copenhagen, the Opera Europa autumn conference was the ideal venue to take the temperature of the opera industry.
The helicopter view: Opera Europa’s Nicholas Payne
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Opera Europa counts 220 opera companies and festivals amongst its members. Its Director discusses how the opera world is – or isn't – changing.