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ViennaSalome
Strauss R.: Salome
Alexander Soddy; Boleslaw Barlog; Vienna State Opera; Jürgen Rose; Malin Byström; Tanja Ariane Baumgartner
GenevaParsifal
Wagner: Parsifal
Jonathan Nott; Michael Thalheimer; Grand Théâtre de Genève; Henrik Ahr; Michaela Barth; Josef Wagner; Tómas Tómasson
ViennaLohengrin
Wagner: Lohengrin
Cornelius Meister; Andreas Homoki; Vienna State Opera; Wolfgang Gussmann; Klaus Florian Vogt; Tanja Ariane Baumgartner
MunichDer fliegende Holländer
Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman)
Asher Fisch; Peter Konwitschny; Bavarian State Opera; Johannes Leiacker; Sir Bryn Terfel; Anja Kampe
SalzburgORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien · Nagano
Bernstein, Mahler
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra; Gerald Wirth; Nicole Chevalier; Tanja Ariane Baumgartner; Piotr Beczała; Wiener Sängerknaben
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There will be blood: Elektra in Salzburg
An Elektra conducted like Mendelssohnian fairy music, sung not shouted, just as Strauss required.
Nocturnal orgies versus controlled reason
Sophisticated interpretation of The Bassarids by Hans Werner Henze at the Komische Oper Berlin
Words or music? Collaboration or resistance? A new Capriccio in Frankfurt
Camilla Nylund’s rich, ample voice bloomed in the glorious setting of the sonnet, cosseted by burnished horn playing, in Strauss' unsurpassed operatic farewell to the soprano voice.
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.
A gloriously sung Rheingold at Lyric Opera
In spite of some questionable staging, Lyric Opera of Chicago opened its Ring cycle on a strong note with a stellar cast, notably featuring Eric Owens’ role debut as Wotan.
