Sweden Puccini, Madama Butterfly: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Gothenburg Opera / Martyna Szymczak (conductor). Gothenburg Opera main stage, 27.4.2025. (NS)
A compelling revival of Gothenburg’s beautiful Madama Butterfly
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The dark world of Parsifal is a visual spectacle in Hamburg
Germany Wagner, Parsifal: Soloists and Chorus of Hamburg State Opera, Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra / Patrick Hahn (conductor). Hamburg State Opera, 21.4.2025. (DM-D)
A fine cast in Serebrennikov’s important, thought-provoking Vienna State Opera Parsifal
Austria Wagner, Parsifal: Soloists, Actors, Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna State Opera Orchestra / Axel Kober (conductor). Vienna State Opera, 23.4.2025. (MB)
New York’s Experiments in Opera premieres Aaron Siegel’s probing Rainbird
United States Aaron Siegel, Rainbird: Soloists, Sugar Vendil (keyboards), Andie Tanning (strings), Jess Tsang (percussion). Experiments in Opera, Mabou Mines, New York, 17.4.2025. (RP)
A much-revived Arabella continues to delight at the Vienna State Opera
Austria R. Strauss, Arabella: Soloists, Vienna State Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Christian Thielemann (conductor). Vienna State Opera, Vienna, 22.4.2025. (MB)
Tcherniakov’s Die tote Stadt has Paul as an abusive recluse at Zurich Opera
Switzerland Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Die tote Stadt: Soloists, Additional Chorus, SoprAlti of the Zurich Opera, Extras at the Zurich Opera House, Children’s choir, Philharmonia Zurich / Lorenzo Viotti (conductor). Zurich Opera, 21.4.2025. (MF)
Petrenko and the Berlin Philharmonic elevate Madama Butterfly in Baden-Baden
Germany Puccini, Madama Butterfly: Soloists, Tschechischer Philharmonischer Chor Brünn, Berliner Philharmoniker / Kirill Petrenko (conductor). Festpielhaus Baden-Baden, 20.4.2025. (AL-L)
Spellbinding Siegfried in Wotan’s Saarbrücken laboratory
Germany Wagner, Siegfried: Soloists and Movement Chorus of Saarländisches Staatstheater, Saarländisches Staatsorchester / Stefan Neubert (conductor), Saarbrücken, Germany, 18.4.2025. (DM-D)
