Lübeck’s new Tristan und Isolde is a resounding success

GermanyGermany Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Chorus and Extras of Theater Lübeck, Philharmonic Orchestra of Hansestadt Lübeck / Stefan Vladar (conductor). Theater Lübeck, 2.2.2025. (DM-D)

[l-r] Lena Kutzner (Isolde), Marlene Lichtenberg (Brangäne), and Ric Furman (Tristan) © Jochen Quast

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Lise Davidsen is delightfully diva-ish in Sven-Eric Bechtolf’s ironic Vienna Ariadne auf Naxos

AustriaAustria Richard Strauss, Ariadne auf Naxos: Soloists, Orchestra of Vienna State Opera / Cornelius Meister (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Jasmina Eleta) from the Vienna State Opera, 28.1.2025. (JPr)

Ariadne (Lise Davidsen) and the Nymphs © Wiener Staatsoper/Michael Pöhn

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In the week marking Auschwitz’s liberation, Pavel Haas’s The Charlatan gets a memorable Ostrava staging

Czech RepublicCzech Republic Pavel Haas, Šarlatán (The Charlatan): Soloists, Chorus, Ballet and Orchestra of the National Moravian-Silesian Theatre/ Jiří Habart (conductor). Antonin Dvořák Theatre, Ostrava, 24.1.2025. (GT)

Pavel Haas’s  Šarlatán (The Charlatan) © Martin Popelář

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