Venue: Nationaltheater: Opernhaus, Mannheim

The 1957 production of Parsifal, with its traditional staging and dreamy imageries, was a perfect backdrop to showcase Wagner's celebration of stage play with music on Good Friday.

A modern Mahagonny rises and falls in Mannheim, brought to life by a great cast of singer-actors and a conductor (Benjamin Reiners) and orchestra who celebrate Weill's catchy score.

Nationaltheater Mannheim's new production of Brecht and Weill's collaboration is a true company achievement and a thrilling evening of music and theatre.

A classic production of Strauss' searing operatic depiction of the House of Atreus is revived with a particularly accomplished cast and musical direction.

The première of Bernhard Langs *Der Golem* leads through a frenzied night of occult stories.

The singing proves the main draw in Mannheim National Theatre's new production of Rossini's first great opera seria.

Henze's operatic magnum opus is thrillingly brought to life in the National Theatre's new production.

In Mannheim wurde Franz Schrekers selten gespielte Oper temporeich, bunt und mit Witz unterhaltsam auf die Bühne gebracht. Störend war nur die penetrante Überschreibung mit dem Problem des belgischen Kolonialismus, was für die Interpretation des Stücks wenig hergibt.