Oldenburg’s The Cunning Little Vixen is an excellent ensemble effort

GermanyGermany Janáĉek, The Cunning Little Vixen: Soloists, Chorus, Extra chorus, and Youth and Children’s chorus of Oldenburg State Theatre, Oldenburgisches Staatsorchester / Vito Cristofaro (conductor). Oldenburg State Theatre, 2.7.2025. (DM-D)

Arthur Bruce (Forester), Paul Brady (Harashta), Seumas Begg (Schoolmaster), Seungweon Lee (Parson) and Seung Jin Park (Innkeeper) © Stephan Walzl

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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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