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HamburgDer Freischütz
Weber: Der Freischütz
Yoel Gamzou; Andreas Kriegenburg; Staatsoper Hamburg; Harald Thor; Andrea Schraad; Andreas Grüter; Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
HamburgMadama Butterfly
Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Alexander Joel; Vincent Boussard; Staatsoper Hamburg; Vincent Lemaire; Christian Lacroix; Guido Levi; Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
HamburgThe Times are Racing
Mahler, Various, Strauss R., Deacon
Pina Bausch; Hans van Manen; Demis Volpi; Justin Peck; Hamburg Ballet; Roc Fargas i Castells; Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
HamburgElektra
Strauss R.: Elektra
Anja Bihlmaier; Dmitri Tcherniakov; Staatsoper Hamburg; Elena Zaytseva; Gleb Filshtinsky; Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
HamburgFrauenliebe und -sterbenNew production
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Schumann, Bartók, Zemlinsky
Karina Canellakis; Tobias Kratzer; Staatsoper Hamburg; Rainer Sellmaier; Michael Bauer; Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
HamburgNijinsky
Various: Nijinsky
John Neumeier; Hamburg Ballet; Maria Seletskaja; Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
HamburgIl barbiere di SivigliaNew production
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Teresa Riveiro Bohm; Tatjana Gürbaca; Staatsoper Hamburg; Klaus Grünberg; Barbara Drosihn; Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
HamburgLuisa Miller
Verdi: Luisa Miller
Henrik Nánási; Andreas Homoki; Staatsoper Hamburg; Paul Zoller; Gideon Davey; Franck Evin; Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
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Frauenliebe und -sterben: Kratzer’s triple bill at Staatsoper Hamburg
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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.
Fast Forward: Hamburg Ballet’s mixed bill proves a mixed success
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All that glistens... the world premiere of Xie Xin’s The Moon in the Ocean is the highlight of a mixed bill programme spanning 90 years of choreography.
Vampires, Disney and Donald Trump: Monster’s Paradise in Hamburg
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Olga Neuwirth and Elfriede Jelinek take on Donald Trump in their latest operatic collaboration.
Unsuk Chin's opera Die dunkle Seite des Mondes premieres in Hamburg
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At Staatsoper Hamburg, Unsuk Chin’s new opera The Dark Side of the Moon immerses audiences in an hypnotic, introspective journey, where dreams, science and psyche collide in a rigorously crafted, thought-provoking spectacle.
Slow Burn marks a new era for Hamburg Ballet
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The rather imposing proposition of taking over the reigns from John Neumeier has fallen to Demis Volpi, who has brought fresh and explosive pieces into the repertoire at Hamburg.
Staatsoper Hamburg's new Boris Godunov traverses Russian history
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Opening the new opera season, Kent Nagano powerfully directs Mussorgsky's great psychodrama about a famous tsar, marred only by Frank Castorf's visually confusing and symbolically overweighted production.
Blistering good form: John Neumeier's Nijinsky Gala XLVIII
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In the 48th Nijinsky Gala of his 50-year tenure, John Neumeier curated a well-balanced and thrilling evening of dance with a most impressive roster of dancers.
Beautiful and full of complexity: Hamburg Ballet's Sylvia
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John Neumeier's Sylvia is a ballet that, like Greek theatre, speaks for all time and is a joy to watch.