Andreas Bücker – Seen and Heard International

Not heartwarming: World premiere of Matthias Pintscher’s Das kalte Herz at the Staatsoper Berlin

14/01/2026 by Andreas Bücker

Germany Matthias Pintscher, Das kalte Herz: Soloists, Staatskapelle Berlin / Matthias Pintscher (conductor), Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin, 11.1.2026. (AB)

An unmitigated triumph: Bieto’s and Sagripanti’s Zelmira at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro

17/08/202517/08/2025 by Andreas Bücker

Italy Rossini Opera Festival 2025 [1] – Rossini, Zelmira: Soloists, Coro del Teatro Ventidio basso (choir leader: Pasquale Veleno), Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna / Giacomo Sagripanti (conductor). Auditorium Scavolini, Pesaro, 10.8.2024. (AB)

Anastasia Bartoli (Zelmira), Edoardo Maria D’Angelo (Zelmira’s son) and Marina Viotti (Emma) in *Zelmira*

After 300 years: Innsbruck sees a musically brilliant return to the stage of Caldara’s Ifigenia in Aulide

15/08/202514/08/2025 by Andreas Bücker

Austria Innsbruck Festival for Early Music – Antonio Caldara, Ifigenia in Aulide: Soloists, Accademia Bizantina / Ottavio Dantone (conductor), Tiroler Landestheater, 10.8.2025. (AB)

*Ifigenia in Aulide* at the Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Music © Birgit Gufler

Berlin revival of Respighi’s La fiamma after 90 years leaves no one untouched

26/10/202403/10/2024 by Andreas Bücker

Germany Respighi, La fiamma: Soloists, Chorus, Extra Chorus and Children’s Chorus of Deutsche Oper Berlin, Orchestra of Deutsche Oper Berlin / Carlo Rizzi (conductor). Deutsche Oper Berlin, 29.9.2024. (AB)

Deutsche Oper Berlin’s *La fiamma* © Monika Rittershaus

Porpora’s Ifigenia in Aulide is yet another triumph for the Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival

11/09/2024 by Andreas Bücker

Germany Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival 2024 [2] – Nicola Antonio Porpora’s Ifigenia in Aulide: Soloists, Actors, Les Talens Lyriques / Christophe Rousset (conductor). Markgräfliches Opernhaus, Bayreuth, 7.9.2024. (AB)

Porpora’s *Ifigenia in Aulide* Act I © Clemens Manser Photography

Rossini’s Ermione receives a visually overwhelming production in Pesaro

23/08/202422/08/2024 by Andreas Bücker

Italy Rossini Opera Festival 2024 [2] – Rossini, Ermione: Soloists, Coro del teatro ventidio basso, Orchestra sinfonica nazionale della RAI / Michele Mariotti (conductor). Vitrifrigo Arena, Pesaro, 9.8.2024. (AB)

Anastasia Bartoli (Ermione) and Juan Diego Flórez (Oreste) © Amati Biaccardi

Exceptional music making in a rather static production of Bianca e Falliero in Pesaro

18/08/2024 by Andreas Bücker

Italy Rossini Opera Festival 2024 [1] – Rossini, Bianca e Falliero: Soloists, Coro del teatro ventidio basso, Orchestra sinfonica nazionale della RAI, Roberto Abbado (conductor). Auditorium Scavolini, Pesaro, 7.8.2024. (AB)