Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe

In Hamburg, Olga Neuwirth’s new opera Monster’s Paradise considers how art can deal with the present

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GermanyGermany Olga Neuwirth, Monster’s Paradise (world premiere): Soloists, Chorus, Alsterspatzen (children and youth chorus) of the Hamburg State Opera, Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra / Titus Engel (conductor). Hamburg State Opera, Hamburg, 11.2.2026. (DM-D)

Hamburg State Opera’s Monster’s Paradise © Tanja Dorendorf

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Conductor Warner and Serfling’s Senta stand out in Gelsenkirchen’s imaginative Flying Dutchman

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GermanyGermany Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer: Soloists and Chorus of Musiktheater im Revier, Neue Philharmonie Westfalen / John Warner (conductor). Musiktheater im Revier, Gelsenkirchen, 18.1.2026. (DM-D)

Susanne Serfling as Senta (centre) and chorus © Pedro Malinowski

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Noteworthy Bremerhaven concert performance of I Capuleti e i Montecchi

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GermanyGermany Bellini, I Capuleti e i Montecchi: Soloists and Chorus of Bremerhaven Municipal Theatre, Philharmonic Orchestra Bremerhaven / Davide Perniceni (conductor). Bremerhaven Municipal Theatre, 3.1.2026. (DM-D)

Marcin Hutek (Lorenzo), Timothy Edlin (Capellio), Alice Lackner (Romeo), Victoria Kunze (Giulietta), Weilian Wang (Tebaldo), Philharmonic Orchestra Bremerhaven and Davide Perniceni (conductor) © Heiko Sandelmann

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Gayle Tufts was the magnetic pivot in Bremen’s exuberant Hello Dolly

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GermanyGermany Jerry Herman, Hello Dolly: Soloists, Chorus and Extras of Bremen Theatre, Bremen Philharmonic / Lukas Ziesché (conductor). Bremen Theatre, 26.12.2025. (DM-D)

[l-r] Gayle Tufts (Dolly Levi), Christoph Heinrich (Horace Vandergelder), Ian Spinetti (Cornelius Hackl) and Ulrike Mayer (Irene Molloy) © Jörg Landsberg

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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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