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HamburgMacbethNew production
Verdi: Macbeth
Tomáš Hanus; Tobias Kratzer; Staatsoper Hamburg; Daniele Squeo; Rainer Sellmaier; Michael Bauer
HamburgDon Giovanni
Mozart: Don Giovanni
Omer Meir Wellber; Jan Bosse; Staatsoper Hamburg; Tohar Gil; Stéphane Laimé; Kathrin Plath; Kevin Sock
HamburgLucia di Lammermoor
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Daniele Squeo; Amélie Niermeyer; Staatsoper Hamburg; Christian Schmidt; Kirsten Dephoff; Jan Speckenbach; Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
HamburgDie Walküre
Wagner: Die Walküre
Omer Meir Wellber; Claus Guth; Staatsoper Hamburg; Christian Schmidt; Michael Bauer; Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
HamburgPetruschka / L’Enfant et les sortilègesNew production
Ravel, Stravinsky
Vitali Alekseenok; Suzanne Andrade; Staatsoper Hamburg; TBC; Pia Leong; Katrin Kath; Diego Leetz
HamburgDornröschenNew production
Humperdinck: Dornröschen
Markus Poschner; Anna Bergmann; Staatsoper Hamburg; Jo Schramm; Lane Schäfer; Henning Streck; Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
HamburgIl turco in Italia
Rossini: Il turco in Italia
Francesco Lanzillotta; Christof Loy; Staatsoper Hamburg; Herbert Murauer; Reinhard Traub; Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
HamburgRuslan and Lyudmila
Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila
Azim Karimov; Alexandra Szemerédy; Staatsoper Hamburg; Bernd Gallasch; Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
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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.
Fast Forward: Hamburg Ballet’s mixed bill proves a mixed success
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
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
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
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
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
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
John Neumeier's Sylvia is a ballet that, like Greek theatre, speaks for all time and is a joy to watch.