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© Stan Hema
Hofmannsthal wrote to Strauss in 1911 that the new opera was to ZAUBERFLÖTE as the ROSENKAVALIER was to FIGARO. And indeed, much in this work is reminiscent of Mozart's "grand opera": the encounter between different social classes, the fairytale-like... moreabout: Die Frau ohne Schatten
© Bettina Stöß
Claus Guth banishes all orientalism and looks at his title heroine with a dissecting, psychoanalytical eye. moreabout: Salome
© Bettina Stöß
A historicised staging forms the backdrop for Lucia's tragedy, which is negotiated as a pledge of military alliances. Her heart belongs to Edgardo, the mortal enemy of her brother Enrico, who has other plans for his sister. With its nostalgic atmosphere,... moreabout: Lucia di Lammermoor
© Bettina Stöß
The Deutsche Oper Berlin presents this new production of the famous Verdi opera. moreabout: Aida
© Caroline Mackintosh
Ballet and dance companies worldwide collaborate with Ohad Naharin. The Israeli choreographer has been a prominent figure in the dance world for many years. He developed a new approach to movement with his company, the Batsheva Dance Company in Tel Aviv.... moreabout: Minus 16
© 2012 Bettina Stöß
This cheerful, melancholy work about a cunning vixen is not called a "Czech Midsummer Night's Dream" for nothing. The figures of the animal and human worlds are closely interwoven here to create an allegory about the cycle of life and death. In this late... moreabout: The Cunning Little Vixen
© Monika Rittershaus
Zemlinsky's DER ZWERG tells the double drama of a man of small stature: his disability makes him the object of ridicule and contempt by society, and the fact that he himself is unaware of his disability makes him the victim of a perfidious game. In his... moreabout: Der Zwerg (The Dwarf)
© Rahi Rezvani
The Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT) is making a guest appearance at the Staatsballett Berlin with an extraordinary project: Figures in Extinction , a trilogy about climate change that choreographer Crystal Pite and director Simon McBurney are developping... moreabout: Nederlands Dans Theater & Complicité
© Promo
Gustave Flaubert’s novel Madame Bovary is a masterpiece of world literature that paved the way for modernism. When it was published in 1856, a scandal ensued. Flaubert was accused of «glorifying adultery and charged with violating public and religious... moreabout: Bovary
© Bettina Stöß
Tamino falls in love with Pamina, whom he is only allowed to marry if they pass difficult tests. Through the "fair sound" of the Magic Flute, they both succeed in overcoming fire and water. Papageno and Papagena also find each other through the magic... moreabout: The Fairy Tale of the Magic Fute
© Marcus Lieberenz
In setting »La Dame aux Camélias« to music, Verdi explored, in a shockingly direct way, two big themes of the 19th century: prostitution and consumption. Götz Friedrich’s production stresses the futility of Violetta Valéry’s attempt to escape her fate... moreabout: La traviata
© Stan Hema
Conductor: Enrique Mazzola; Staging: Marie-Ève Signeyrole; With Roman Burdenko / Thomas Lehman, Marko Mimica / Byung Gil Kim, Anastasia Bartoli / Felicia Moore, Attilio Glaser / Andrei Danilov and others. About the work Macbeth was the first of Shakespeare’s... moreabout: Macbeth
© Stan Hema
Impressive songs and colossal tableaux accompany a story of intrigue, power struggles and an affair between stepmother and son in Ottorino Respighi's last great opera. Surrounded by political battles, the characters become entangled in personal conflicts... moreabout: La fiamma
© Marcus Lieberenz
The rebellion of Sicily against its French occupiers in 1282, known as the "Sicilian Vespers", could easily be linked to Verdi's present and the conquest and colonisation of Algeria that began in 1830. This reference forms the starting point for the production... moreabout: Les Vêpres Siciliennes
© Bettina Stöß
In his opera about the hunchbacked court jester, Verdi took the tension between the improbabilities of the plot and the emotional overwhelming power of musical theatre to extremes. Jan Bosse's production tells the tragedy of a man who fails to separate... moreabout: Rigoletto
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