Witty production enhances beautiful singing in Hamburg’s Le nozze di Figaro revival

GermanyGermany Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists and Chorus of the Staatsoper Hamburg. Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg / Nicholas Carter (conductor). Staatsoper Hamburg, 29.6.2025. (DM-D)

Hamburg State Opera’s Le nozze di Figaro (2015) © Karl Forster

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The Cunning Little Vixen in Münster – musically convincing but a production which fails to coalesce

GermanyGermany Janáĉek, The Cunning Little Vixen: Soloists, Chorus and Extra chorus of Theater Münster, Children’s chorus of Gymnasium Paulinum. Münster Sinfonieorchester / Golo Berg (conductor). Theater Münster, 28.6.2025. (DM-D)

Wioletta Hebrowska (Fox and Adriana Kučerová (Vixen) © Bettina Stöss

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Hamburg’s Così fan tutte revival is exuberant fun

GermanyGermany Mozart, Così fan tutte: Soloists and Chorus of Hamburg State Opera, Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra / Alexander Joel (conductor). Hamburg State Opera, 22.6.2025. (DM-D)

Hamburg State Opera’s Così fan tutte (2018 cast) – [l-r] Dorabella, Despina, Guglielmo, Ferrando, Don Alfonso and Fiordiligi © Hans Jörg Michel

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Kent Nagano’s superb Tristan und Isolde crowns his last appearance as Hamburg’s General Music Director

GermanyGermany Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists and Chorus of Hamburg State Opera, Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra / Kent Nagano (conductor). Hamburg, 15.6.2025. (DM-D)

Hamburg State Opera’s Tristan und Isolde Act III (2005) © Brinkhoff/Mögenburg

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Oldenburg State Theatre in 2025-26

Oldenburg’s new 2025-26 season Looking back on two thirds of his first season in office, Oldenburg State Theatre’s artistic manager Georg Heckel was full of praise for the openness of Oldenburg’s audiences towards a new administration. This boost of confidence, not necessarily the norm for incoming leadership teams, influenced decisions for the second, 2025/26 season … Read more

Fine singing and a convincing production for Oldenburg’s Les contes d’Hoffmann

GermanyGermany Offenbach, Les contes d’Hoffmann: Soloists, Chorus, Extra Chorus, Oldenburgisches Staatsorchester / Vito Cristofaro (conductor). Oldenburgisches Staatstheater, 6.5.2025. (DM-D)

Dorothee Bienert (Nicklausse/Muse) and Jason Kim (Hoffmann) © Stephan Walzl

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