Take a work that carries a message of hope, unfolding across the world – thus speaking to each and every one – in a timeless era. Introduce singers of unparalleled…
THE QUEEN OF SPADES | Oper Leipzig
The première of The Queen of Spades (Pique Dame in German) took place in the warmly inviting setting of the Oper Leipzig auditorium, elegantly adorned with understated wooden panelling and…
DER FLIEGENDE HOLLĂ„NDER | Staatsoper Berlin
A tout Seigneur, tout honneur ! In The Flying Dutchman, it is with ample means that the score and libretto summon the enchanting power of the myth inspired by Heine’s…
IL NOME DELLA ROSA | Teatro alla Scala
The challenge was significant: to transpose Umberto Eco’s most well-known and popular work to opera, with all its narrative and historical particularities. Francesco Filidei did not want to make the…
LOHENGRIN | Deutsche Oper Berlin
Countless criteria can be considered to judge whether an operatic performance has been successful (or not). One of the most important – and most rarely achieved – is the ability…
DER ROSENKAVALIER | Oper Frankfurt
Strauss/Hofmanntsthal’s best opera? Some will say so outright. Others will be more cautious, and think of the masterpieces Die Frau ohne Schatten and Elektra. We have no ambition to decide;…
KATA KABANOVA | Bayerische Staatsoper
Zázrak! Vskutku tĹ™eba Ĺ™Ăci, Ĺľe zázrak! (Wonderful! You’ve got to admit, it’s wonderful!) That’s how Kudrjáš (James Ley) begins Leoš Janáček’s 6th (of 9) opera, thrilled by the majesty of…
THE GAMBLER | Staatsoper Stuttgart
In an extra-planetary Roulettenbourg, resembling the Sierra Nevada, a semi-circle with illuminated contours emerges, sinking into the uneven ground and revealing a crater from where the characters – extravagant, bare-legged,…
SALOME | Deutsche Oper Berlin
At first sight, the parallel between Salome and the fashion world might seem fairly intuitive, but someone had to try and translate it in a credible work. Claus Guth had…