That Trump opera at the Staatsoper Hamburg is lazy activism at its finest, we fear.
Vincent Lombardo pays poetic tribute to the 60-year-long career of Robert Wilson.
A live video broadcast from Zurich starring Saimir Pirgu in the title role
“Once upon a time / Lived a foolish king. / Mocking Death, his crime, / Pure chaos he bring.”
The Paris Opera assembled an all-French cast to stage arguably the most well-known example of opéra-ballet, Jean-Philippe Rameau’s Les Indes Galantes.
Töt erst sein Weib!” shrieks Anja Kampe as Leonore during the very first moments of Andreas Homoki’s ingenious production of Beethoven’s only opera, Fidelio, at Opernhaus Zürich.
At the Opernhaus Zürich, the coat check is not optional.
Newton’s Third Law of Motion states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
Cubes and Macbeth seem to have been a successful pairing in the recent Regietheater. Graham Vick’s production of Macbeth at the Teatro alla Scala in the 1997/98 season had become famous, or infamous, for centering its spirit and energies on a big cube dominating both sets and singers. David Pountney exploited the same idea of…
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
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