Hamburg explores brave new Mozart worlds in The Great Silence

GermanyGermany The Great Silence: In Faraway Places – Rediscovering Mozart’s Music: Music theatre project by Christopher Rüping, Omer Meir Wellber and Malte Ubenauf with music by Mozart. Soloists, Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra / Tohar Gil (conductor). Hamburg State Opera, 2.4.2026. (DM-D)

Ana Durlovski and Gregory Kunde in Die grosse Stille © Tanja Dorendorf

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Attention to detail makes Baden-Baden Lohengrin a festive occasion

GermanyGermany 2026 Baden-Baden Easter Festival – Wagner, Lohengrin:  Soloists; Czech Philharmonic Choir of Brno, Vienna Philharmonia Chorus, Mahler Chamber Orchestra / Joanna Mallwitz (conductor). Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, 31.3.2026. (DM-D)

Lohengrin Act III: Rachel Willis-Sørensen (Elsa) and Piotr Beczała (Lohengrin) © Martin Sigmund

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Wuorinen’s Brokeback Mountain ‘breathes, speaks and moans’ in an amazingly moving Erfurt production

GermanyGermany Charles Wuorinen, Brokeback Mountain: Soloists, Opernchor des Theaters Erfurt, Philharmonisches Orchester Erfurt / Hermes Helfricht (conductor). Theater Erfurt, 28.3.2026. (AB)

Daniela Gerstenmayer (Alma) and Máté Sólyom-Nagy (Ennis) © Lutz Edelhoff

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Berlin Festtage’s new Verdi Un ballo fails to ignite. Blame the director (partly)

GermanyGermany Berlin Festtage 2026 [3] – Verdi, Un ballo in maschera: Soloists, Staatsopernchor Berlin, Staatskapelle Berlin / Enrique Mazzola (conductor). Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 1.4.2026. (SRT)

Charles Castronovo (Riccardo) and Anna Netrebko (Amelia) © Stephan Rabold

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