Mark Berry

This Fliegende Holländer revival proves quite a tonic after the anti-human beginning to the ‘AI’-Ring

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GermanyGermany Bayreuth Festival 2026 [4] – Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer: Soloists, Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra / Oksana Lyniv (conductor). Bayreuth Festspielhaus, 29.7.2026. (MB)

Benjamin Bruns (Erik) and Elisabeth Teige (Senta) © BF/Enrico Nawrath

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A depressingly ill-conceived production of Die Entführung aus dem Serail in Berlin

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GermanyGermany Mozart, Die Entführung aus dem Serail: Soloists, Staatsopernchor Berlin (chorus director: Gerhard Polifka), Staatskapelle Berlin / Thomas Guggeis (conductor). Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 5.7.2026. (MB)

Staatsoper Unter den Linden’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail © Stephan Rabold

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Berlin’s Pelléas et Mélisande revival offers a highly moving and thought-provoking night in the theatre

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GermanyGermany Debussy, Pelléas et Mélisande: Soloists, Staatsopernchor Berlin (chorus director: Dani Juris), Staatskapelle Berlin / François-Xavier Roth (conductor). Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 3.7.2026. (MB)

Staatsoper Unter den Linden’s Pelléas et Mélisande (previous cast) © Tatjana Dachsel

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A semi-staged Turandot is yet more distinguished Puccini from Opera Holland Park

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Puccini, Turandot: Soloists, Opera Holland Park Youth Chorus (chorus master: Joe Cummings) and Chorus (chorus master: Richard Harker), City of London Sinfonia / Naomi Woo (conductor). Opera Holland Park, London, 23.6.2026. (MB)

Anne Sophie Duprels as Princess Turandot and Josè de Eça as Calaf Turandot © Pablo Strong

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