International Opera

All opera reviews from sources other that the UK

Bremerhaven’s Hänsel und Gretel has the children escaping into their own dreamworld

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GermanyGermany Humperdinck, Hänsel und Gretel: Soloists, Ladies of the Chorus, Children’s chorus of Stadttheater Bremerhaven, Philharmonic Orchestra Bremerhaven / Hartmut Brüsch (conductor). Bremerhaven, 28.12.2024. (DM-D)

Marcin Hutek (Peter), Kristín Anna Guðmundsdóttir (Gertrud), Boshana Milkov (Hänsel), and Victoria Kunze (Gretel) © Heiko Sandelmann

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Xabier Anduaga triumphs in Munich’s new production of La fille du régiment

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GermanyGermany Donizetti, La fille du régiment: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Bayerische Staatsoper / Stefano Montanari (conductor). Nationaltheater, Munich, 31.12.2024. (ALL)

Bayerische Staatsoper’s La fille du régiment – Sunnyi Melles (centre, La Duchesse de Crakentorp) © Geoffrey Schied

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Exciting singing and imaginative staging in Hamburg’s vintage La bohème

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GermanyGermany Puccini, La bohème: Staatsoper Soloists, Chorus, Extra Chorus and Alsterspatzen of Staatsoper Hamburg. Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg / Ramón Tebar (conductor). Staatsoper Hamburg, 17.12.2024. (DM-D)

First scene of the 2006 La bohème © Hans Jörg Michel

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Pfitzner’s Palestrina is conducted by Thielemann, the opera’s tireless advocate, and triumphs in Vienna

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AustriaAustria Hans Pfitzner’s Palestrina: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Vienna State Opera / Christian Thielemann (conductor). Livestreamed (directed by Ella Gallieni) from the Vienna State Opera, 12.12.2024. (JPr)

Michael Laurenz (Bernardo Novagerio) and Wolfgang Koch (Cardinal Borromeo) © Wiener Staatsoper / Michael Pöhn

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