Parsifal Bayreuth 2019 Tony Cooper 18/08/2019 Specifically written for the Bayreuth Festspielhaus, Wagner described Parsifal as ‘ein Bühnenweihfestspiel’ (A Festival Play for the Consecration of t...
Lohengrin Bayreuth Festival 2019 Tony Cooper 15/08/2019 This production of Wagner’s Lohengrin by Yuval Sharon - born in Chicago in 1979 to Israeli parents and Bayreuth’s first American director - first saw ...
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Bayreuther Festspiele Tony Cooper 13/08/2019 Flamboyant and a wonderfully quirky director Barrie Kosky’s innovative production of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg was first seen at Bayreuth in 2017...
L’incoronazione di Poppea Katherine Syer 22/07/2018 Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea, one of the first operas to open in the freshly renovated Staatsoper unter den Linden last winter, closes the s...
Ti Vedo, Ti Sento, Mi Perdo Katherine Syer 16/07/2018 The life of Alessandro Stradella, the 17th-century composer whose colourful affairs paved the way to his contracted murder, inspired several nineteent...
Macbeth Katherine Syer 24/06/2018 Harry Kupfer’s new production of Macbeth at Berlin’s Staatsoper opens with a digital backdrop of a smoking landscape unsettled by occasional explosion...
Der Rosenkavalier (The Rose-Bearer) Alina Bottez 10/03/2018 Otto Schenk’s production is by now a classic. Having premiered in 1972, it is one of the longest-running opera productions in the world. No wonder, th...
Un ballo in maschera (A Masked Ball) Alina Bottez 05/03/2018 It seems that the tumultuous fate of Somma’s libretto, moved to three different settings, was not enough. Director Erath makes the whole action of the...
Eine Stunde Ruhe Becca Kaplan 15/09/2017 What one wouldn’t give for just an hour’s peace and quiet? Of course, maybe one doesn’t deserve an hour’s peace and quiet.
The Hound of the Baskervilles Becca Kaplan 30/05/2017 In line with The 39 Steps and any of the Abridged series, The Hound of the Baskervilles follows the recent tradition of combining...
