Let’s sublimate the metamorphosis into a stylistic kaleidoscope! Ariadne auf Naxos is one of the happiest collaborations between Hugo von Hofmannsthal and Richard Strauss. Halfway between Der Rosenkavalier and Die Frau ohne Schatten, between mythological…
VĚC MAKROPULOS | Staatsoper Unter den Linden
Co tedy stojí za to? – Nic! Zhola nic! (“- So what is it worth? – Nothing! Absolutely nothing!”) It is with these words that, in Act II, Emilia Marty (or/and Eugenia…
HEROÏNE | Opéra National de Lorraine
First and foremost, you have to disobey: that’s the first duty when the order is threatening and cannot be explained. (Ariane et Barbe Bleue or La Délivrance inutile, act 1.)…
LE DOMINO NOIR (The Black Domino) | Opéra Comique
A typical example of the opéra-comique style of the first half of the 19th century, The Black Domino (Le Domino Noir) is the ninth most performed opera at the Opéra Comique…
SALOME | Wiener Staatsoper
Strauss’s first masterpiece premiered in 1905, Salome (op. 54) is an opera of rare power, unfolding continuously in one act, a pure fin de siècle product, the first step towards expressionism, eminently…