“Nureyev” in Berlin
Diva: Kirill Serebrennikov and Yuri Possokhov are staging their production – banned from Moscow – about the star dancer Rudolf[…]
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Author: Andreas Berger
“Pentheselia” in Hanover
Kisses, bites, dissected passions: German premiere of Pascal Dusapin’s ‘Penthesilea’ at the Hanover State Opera. Pascal Dusapin’s music at the[…]
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“Violanta” in Berlin
On the spiral of pleasure to self-awareness: The Deutsche Oper Berlin has made a name for itself with works from[…]
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“Ruslan and Ljudmila” in Hamburg
A whole new fairy tale: the future Bayreuth Rienzi directors Alexandra Szemerédy and Magdolna Parditka tell Glinka’s Ruslan and Lyudmila[…]
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“Paradise and the Peri” in Hamburg
You must pass through three crises: Tobias Kratzer presents Robert Schumann’s angelic Peri on a most dedicated mission towards paradise[…]
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“Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg” in Bayreuth
Nuremberg beach party: Matthias Davids delivers Wagner’s ‘Meistersinger von Nürnberg’ to the Musikantenstadl in Bayreuth. The final image hits home.[…]
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“Louise” in Aix-en-Provence
In the waiting room for happiness: At the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Christof Loy is once again staging a cleverly psychologised 20th[…]
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“Eine Frau von Format” in Cologne
Feminist-queer operetta wonder: Christian von Götz revitalises Michael Krasznay-Krausz’s ‘Eine Frau von Format’ at the Cologne Opera – with contemporary[…]
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“Christmas Eve“ in Frankfurt
Let us be merry and bright: Christof Loy‘s fantastic rediscovery of Rimsky-Korsakov’s ‘Christmas Eve’ is back on the programme at[…]
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“Rheingold” in Munich
The restored power of the gods: Tobias Kratzer has Wagner’s ‘Rheingold’ set in a church in Munich and lies in[…]
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