DIALOGUES DES CARMÉLITES | Opéra de Marseille
A new production of Dialogues des Carmélites always raises the same fundamental question: how to reconcile the work’s metaphysical density...
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LES CONTES D’HOFFMANN | Staatsoper Unter den Linden
Few works demand such a precarious equilibrium between fantasy and coherence as Les contes d’Hoffmann. Too much caricature, and the...
IL TROVATORE | Hamburgische Staatsoper
Il trovatore is, perhaps more than any other Verdi opera, a work of extremes: structurally fragmented, dramatically implausible at times,...
RIGOLETTO | Bayerische Staatsoper
New Rigoletto at the Bayerische Staatsoper. Should we go? And if so, why? For the story? Not really, as it...
ONEGIN | Bayerische Staatsoper
Created in 1965 by John Cranko and part of the repertoire of the Bayerisches Staatsballett since 1972, Onegin remains one...
FIDELIO | Bayerische Staatsoper
What a magnificent production of Fidelio by Calixto Bieito. A director whose work can sometimes feel conceptually overbearing here finds...
HOSOKAWA · BEETHOVEN · BRAHMS | Münchner Philharmoniker
A Symphonic Narrative, Built from the Inside OutSome concerts tell stories without words, and this evening was one of them....
FAUST | Bayerische Staatsoper
A new production of Faust at the Bayerische Staatsoper, staged by Lotte de Beer, offers a reading that is clear,...
LA SYLPHIDE | Bayerische Staatsoper
What makes La Sylphide especially meaningful for opera lovers is how recognisable its emotional grammar is. You don’t need to be deeply...
LUISA MILLER | Wiener Staatsoper
There are evenings when Verdi’s Luisa Miller feels less like a prelude to the later tragedies and more like a fully mature,...
DIE VERKAUFTE BRAUT | Bayerische Staatsoper
The lightness of an opera sometimes becomes its greatest strength — evenings where the joy onstage mirrors the joy in...
FAURÉ · SAINT‑SAËNS · PROKOFIEV | Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Symphonic & Theatric — A Natural Rhyme Some programmes barely need a stage: they play in images, and this one...
MADAMA BUTTERFLY | Bayerische Staatsoper
There are evenings when the drama onstage doesn’t so much begin as unfold from the breath of its singers —...
NABUCCO | Bayerische Staatsoper
Opening nights of Nabucco often hinge on the ability of the conductor to grip Verdi’s early and volcanic writing with both discipline...
Mozart 38 & Bruckner 4 | Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Originally announced with Gustavo Dudamel, the programme ultimately fell to Paavo Järvi — and what a stroke of luck. His conducting, as...
THE NUTCRACKER | Bayerische Staatsoper
Staging & Choreography: John Neumeier • Sets & Costumes: Jürgen Rose • Musical Direction: Azim Karimov There are Nutcrackers that simply serve tradition, and...
AKADEMIEKONZERT | Bayerische Staatsoper
Conductor: Vladimir JurowskiSoloist: Francesco Piemontesi An ambitious programme spanning three distinct worlds: the brooding intensity of Rachmaninov, the crystalline elegance...
HĂ„NSEL & GRETEL | Bayerische Staatsoper
Some performances remind us that opera is, above all, an art of sharing — and this matinée was a perfect...
CHRISTMAS EVE | Bayerische Staatsoper
Some works seem tailor‑made to ignite a theatre’s imagination, and Rimsky‑Korsakov’s Christmas Eve is certainly one of them. The Bayerische Staatsoper presents...
LOHENGRIN | Teatro Dell’Opera di Roma
Opening a season in Rome is never a trivial gesture. In Italy more than anywhere else, a first night carries...
