Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe

Kreisler’s operetta Sissy provides great entertainment in Bremen

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GermanyGermany Fritz Kreisler, Sissy: Soloists and Children’s chorus of Theater Bremen, Students of Davenport ballet school, Bremen Philharmonic / Stefan Klingele (conductor). Theater Bremen, 23.12.2025. (DM-D)

Christoph Heinrich (Ludovica) and Stefan Klingele (piano) © Jörg Landsberg

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Exuberantly nuanced Die Csárdásfürstin in Bremerhaven

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GermanyGermany Kálmán, Die Csárdásfürstin: Soloists, Ballet and Chorus of Bremerhaven Municipal Theatre, Bremerhaven Philharmonic Orchestra / Hartmut Brüsch (conductor). Bremerhaven Municipal Theatre, 4.12.2025. (DM-D)

[l-r] Róbert Tóth (von Rohnsdorff), Meredith Hoffmann-Thomson (Sylva), Andrew Irwin (Boni), Alexander Geller (Edwin), James Bobby (Leopold Maria), Iris Wemme-Baranowski (Anhilte), Viktoria Kunze (Stasi) © Heiko Sandelmann

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Visually striking Tristan und Isolde powerfully sung in Münster

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GermanyGermany Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Chorus of Theater Münster, Münster Symphony Orchestra / Golo Berg (conductor). Theater Münster, 22.11.2025. (DM-D)

Tristan und Isolde Act II: Kristiane Kaiser (front, Isolde), Brad Cooper (front, Tristan), Wioletta Hebrowska (rear, Brangäne with chorus) © Thilo Beu

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Disappointing new Lohengrin in Hannover redeemed by some of the singing

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GermanyGermany Wagner, Lohengrin: Soloists and Chorus of Hannover State Opera. Niedersächsisches Staatsorchester Hannover / Stephan Zilias (conductor). Hannover State Opera, 12.10.2025. (DM-D)

Elsa (Viktorija Kaminskaite) and Lohengrin (Maximilian Schmitt) in Act III (Bridal Chamber scene) © Bettina Stöss

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Three Cio-Cio-Sans in Bremen’s intriguing new Madama Butterfly

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GermanyGermany Puccini, Madama Butterfly: Soloists, Chorus and Extra Chorus of Bremen Theatre, Bremen Philharmonic / Sasha Yankevych (conductor). Bremen Theatre, 11.10.2025. (DM-D)

[l-r] Michal Partyka (Sharpless), Sarah-Jane Brandon (Cio-Cio-San II), Oliver Sewell (Pinkerton) and Brigitte Hahn (Cio-Cio-San III) © Jörg Landsberg

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