Staging & Choreography: John Neumeier • Sets & Costumes: Jürgen Rose • Musical Direction: Azim Karimov There are Nutcrackers that simply serve tradition, and others that reshape it to rediscover its meaning. John Neumeier’s…
AKADEMIEKONZERT | Bayerische Staatsoper
Conductor: Vladimir JurowskiSoloist: Francesco Piemontesi An ambitious programme spanning three distinct worlds: the brooding intensity of Rachmaninov, the crystalline elegance of Ravel, and the monumental sweep of Strauss. Jurowski approached…
TRISTAN UND ISOLDE | Gran Teatre del Liceu
A glittering evening, as beguiling as it was enchanting. The première of a superb production in which the avowed minimalism, guided by a stagecraft as incisive as it was assured,…
WOZZECK | Staatsoper Berlin
Wozzeck, Alban Berg’s masterpiece, turns 100. The first performance took place on December 14, 1925, at the Berlin Staatsoper, under the baton of the legendary Erich Kleiber. It was Kleiber’s…
GSTAAD NEW YEAR MUSIC FESTIVAL
Quel plaisir… Hope, Eternity, Talent, and Sublime. These are the four words that define the four evenings I spent in the Swiss mountains for the Gstaad New Year Music Festival….
DIE FLEDERMAUS | Deutsche Oper Berlin
A vibrant sense of ensemble spirit radiated from the stage of the Deutsche Oper Berlin on this 31 December. As for the Vienna of Emperor Franz Joseph’s era, Rolando Villazón’s…
ELEKTRA | Wiener Staatsoper
It was not the rising of the curtains but their sudden fall, like the proclamation of an Old Testament prophecy, that summoned tragedy onto the stage. Centred upon Agamemnon’s tomb…
STIFFELIO | Teatro di Piacenza
For me, coming to Piacenza every year to see my very last opera of the season is always more than a joy — it is a deeply personal and emotional…
LADY MACBETH OF MTSENSK | Teatro Alla Scala
La Scala’s brave decision to open the new season with Shostakovich’s masterpiece is a courageous choice: the audiences who fill the theater on St. Ambrose’s Day in evening gowns and…