Germany Jeremy Bock and Sheldon Harnick, The Apple Tree: Soloists and chorus of Stadttheater Bremerhaven, Philharmonic Orchestra Bremerhaven / Davide Perniceni (conductor). Stadttheater Bremerhaven, 22.3.2024. (DMD)
Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe
Andrea Eckert’s towering performance brings Maria Callas to life in Hamburg
Germany Terence McNally, Master Class: Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg, 20.3.2024. (DMD)
Was potentially excellent singing marred by ‘smoking’ in Bremen’s Macbeth?
Germany Verdi, Macbeth: Soloists, Chorus, Extra chorus and Extras of Theater Bremen, Bremer Philharmoniker / Stefan Klingele (conductor). Theater Bremen, 15.3.2024. (DMD)
Theater Bremen’s Salome convinces with imaginative staging and impressive singing
Germany R. Strauss, Salome: Soloists and Chorus of Theater Bremen, Bremer Philharmoniker / Stefan Klingele (conductor). Theater Bremen, 14.2.2024. (DMD)
(l-r) Nadine Lehner (Herodias), Yannick-Muriel Noah (Salome), Christian-Andreas Engelhardt (Herod) and the Bremer Philharmoniker © Jörg Landsberg
Two last-minute replacements save and make the day for La bohème in Kiel
Germany Puccini, La bohème: Soloists, Chorus and Children’s Chorus of Kiel Opera, Kiel Philharmonic Orchestra / Benjamin Reiners (conductor). Kiel Opera House, 4.2.2024. (DMD)
Deeply felt love for Lehár’s music shapes Bremerhaven’s The Merry Widow
Germany Lehár, The Merry Widow: Soloists, Ballet and Chorus of Stadttheater Bremerhaven, Philharmonic Orchestra Bremerhaven / Hartmut Brüsch (conductor). Stadttheater Bremerhaven, 3.2.2024. (DMD)
Dresden’s Tristan und Isolde takes Wagner to a new level of excellence
Germany Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden, Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden / Christian Thielemann (conductor). Semperoper Dresden, 21.1.2024. (DMD)
Oldenburg’s Die Walküre is a major artistic achievement
Germany Wagner, Die Walküre: Soloists, Chorus and Extras of Oldenburgisches Staatstheater, Oldenburgisches Staatsorchester / Vito Cristofaro (conductor). “Oldenburgisches Staatstheater, 17.1.2024. (DMD)
