Month: January 2025

Bremerhaven’s Hänsel und Gretel has the children escaping into their own dreamworld

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GermanyGermany Humperdinck, Hänsel und Gretel: Soloists, Ladies of the Chorus, Children’s chorus of Stadttheater Bremerhaven, Philharmonic Orchestra Bremerhaven / Hartmut Brüsch (conductor). Bremerhaven, 28.12.2024. (DM-D)

Marcin Hutek (Peter), Kristín Anna Guðmundsdóttir (Gertrud), Boshana Milkov (Hänsel), and Victoria Kunze (Gretel) © Heiko Sandelmann

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Andris Nelsons commands a memorable performance of Bruckner’s Eighth in Berlin

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GermanyGermany Bruckner: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Andris Nelsons (conductor). Livestreamed from the Berlin Philharmonie on 14.12.2024 and available on the Digital Concert Hall. (GT)

Andris Nelsons conducts the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra © Lena Laine

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Simone Young directs masterfully a terrific performance of Bruckner’s Second Symphony in Berlin

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GermanyGermany Rihm, Bruckner: Vida Miknevičūite (soprano), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Simone Young (conductor). Livestreamed from the Berlin Philharmonie on 7.12.2024 and available on the Digital Concert Hall. (GT)

Simone Young conducts the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra © Monika Rittershaus

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Xabier Anduaga triumphs in Munich’s new production of La fille du régiment

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GermanyGermany Donizetti, La fille du régiment: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Bayerische Staatsoper / Stefano Montanari (conductor). Nationaltheater, Munich, 31.12.2024. (ALL)

Bayerische Staatsoper’s La fille du régiment – Sunnyi Melles (centre, La Duchesse de Crakentorp) © Geoffrey Schied

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