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MunichDie WalküreNew production

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Wagner: Die Walküre
Vladimir Jurowski; Tobias Kratzer; Bavarian State Opera; Rainer Sellmaier; Michael Bauer; Bayerisches Staatsorchester

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Wagner: Siegfried
Vladimir Jurowski; Tobias Kratzer; Bavarian State Opera; Rainer Sellmaier; Michael Bauer; Bayerisches Staatsorchester

BarcelonaDas Rheingold

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Jonathan Nott; Tobias Kratzer; Gran Teatre del Liceu; Rainer Sellmaier; Michael Bauer; Orquesta Sinfónica del Gran Teatre del Liceu

MunichGötterdämmerungNew production

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Vladimir Jurowski; Tobias Kratzer; Bavarian State Opera; Rainer Sellmaier; Michael Bauer; Bayerisches Staatsorchester

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Vladimir Jurowski; Tobias Kratzer; Bavarian State Opera; Rainer Sellmaier; Michael Bauer; Bayerisches Staatsorchester

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Vladimir Jurowski; Tobias Kratzer; Bavarian State Opera; Rainer Sellmaier; Michael Bauer; Bayerisches Staatsorchester
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Weinberg’s The Passenger at Dutch National Opera

The Passenger © Dutch National Opera | Monika Rittershaus

Tobias Kratzer's 2024 Munich production makes its way to Amsterdam, proving that Weinberg's opera has the power to transfix. 

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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.

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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. 
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Upstairs, downstairs: Die Frau ohne Schatten at Deutsche Oper

Die Frau ohne Schatten © Matthias Baus
Tobias Kratzer gives his third Strauss production in three seasons at Deutsche Oper Berlin another contemporary spin. 
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And they were the most divine gods: Das Rheingold in Munich

Markus Brück (Alberich), Yajie Zhang, Verity Wingate and Sarah Brady (Rhinemaidens) © Wilfried Hösl
Tobias Kratzer's prelude to this new Ring cycle exceeds all expectations and scores a musical-theatrical success.
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Revolutionary zeal gives way to tyranny in The Royal Opera’s Fidelio

Jennifer Davis (Leonore) © Tristram Kenton, 2024
This revival of Kratzer’s production forces the audience to confront where personal responsibility starts and stops for acting under a tyrannical regime, while bringing Beethoven’s only opera to life – with a few twists.
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ParisFaust

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Gounod: Faust
Lorenzo Viotti; Tobias Kratzer; Opéra national de Paris; Rainer Sellmaier; Michael Bauer; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris

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Vladimir Jurowski; Tobias Kratzer; Bavarian State Opera; Rainer Sellmaier; Michael Bauer; Bayerisches Staatsorchester
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Maximum adaptability: Hungarian State Opera 2025–26

Parsifal at Hungarian State Opera © Valter Berecz | Hungarian State Opera
With over 300 performances of operas, ballets and concerts, the Hungarian State Opera and National Ballet are ever resourceful. We preview their expansive 2025–26 season.