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BerlinLa CalistoNew production
Cavalli: La Calisto
Christina Pluhar; Stefan Herheim; Staatsoper Berlin; Silke Bauer; Yashi; Karl Wiedemann; L'Arpeggiata
BerlinKonzerthaus Kammerorchester
Warlock, Britten, Purcell
Konzerthaus Kammerorchester Berlin; Sayako Kusaka; Vera-Lotte Boecker
MunichDon Giovanni
Mozart: Don Giovanni
Vladimir Jurowski; David Hermann; Bavarian State Opera; Jo Schramm; Sibylle Wallum; Felice Ross; Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Baden-BadenBeethoven: Fidelio
Beethoven: Fidelio
Joana Mallwitz; Krzysztof Warlikowski; Festspielhaus Baden-Baden; Małgorzata Szczęśniak; Felice Ross; Mahler Chamber Orchestra
BerlinLiederabend mit Vera-Lotte Boecker
Holst, Barber, Schubert, Schumann C., Messiaen, Mahler, Brahms, Korngold, Ives, Dutilleux, Crumb
Vera-Lotte Boecker; Sarah Tysman
BerlinKonzerthausorchester Berlin / Iván Fischer
Strauss R., Rachmaninov
Konzerthausorchester Berlin; Iván Fischer; Vera-Lotte Boecker
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Herheim’s new La Calisto premieres at the Staatsoper Berlin
In a co-production with MusikTheater an der Wien, the Staatsoper Unter den Linden presents Cavalli's La Calisto in a quirky, vibrant new vest tailored by conductor Christina Pluhar and director Stefan Herheim.
Frauenliebe und -sterben: Kratzer’s triple bill at Staatsoper Hamburg
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.
Love is in the hare: a new Cunning Little Vixen opens in Berlin
The Staatsoper's new production of Janáček's opera buzzes with life thanks to Sir Simon Rattle's conducting and an excellent cast led by Vera-Lotte Boecker and Magdalena Kožená.
Deconstructed within an inch of its life: a new Lulu in Vienna
Marlene Monteiro Freitas directs her first opera, in which Lulu, if not buried alive, is certainly left completely unrecognizable.
Straussian pastoral: Daphne at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden
Romeo Castellucci's new production of Daphne for the Staatsoper reflects on our relationship with nature, subverting the perspective of Richard Strauss' opera.
An extraordinary Stoyanova elevates Vienna’s Rosenkavalier
Stoyanova’s extraordinary performance as the Feldmarschallin made 394th revival of Otto Schenk’s 1968 production of Der Rosenkavalier an occasion to savor.
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HamburgDas Paradies und die PeriNew production
Schumann: Das Paradies und die Peri (Paradise and the Peri)
Omer Meir Wellber; Tobias Kratzer; Staatsoper Hamburg; Felix Hornbachner; Rainer Sellmaier; Michael Bauer
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Kith and kin: Brett Dean and family prepare Of One Blood
Brett Dean, Heather Betts and Lotte Betts-Dean sit down to discuss their work on Of One Blood, a new opera dramatising the lives of Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots – affairs of the family all round.