Beyond the valley of the gods Beyond the valley of the gods

The Bayerische Staatsoper’s Ring cycle scores another triumph with Tobias Kratzer’s take on Die Walküre.

Settling scores Settling scores

Tobias Kratzer digs beneath the surface of Strauss‘s Intermezzo in an excellent new DVD from Deutsche Oper Berlin.

Gonna build a heaven from a little hell Gonna build a heaven from a little hell

Tobias Kratzer‘s Das Rheingold in Munich kicks off a Ring for the post-secular age

Geschmack ist king Geschmack ist king

At the heart of Tobias Kratzer’s incisively rollicking production of Tannhäuser lies a metanarrative that maps Wagner’s early political and artistic challenges onto its hero’s philosophical struggles.