International Opera

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Dresden’s Tristan und Isolde takes Wagner to a new level of excellence

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GermanyGermany Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden, Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden / Christian Thielemann (conductor). Semperoper Dresden, 21.1.2024. (DMD)

Klaus Florian Vogt (rear, Tristan), {l-r) Martin Gantner (Kurwenal), Tanja Ariane Baumgartner (Brangäne) and Camilla Nylund (Isolde) © Semperoper Dresden/Ludwig Olah

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Leipzig Opera’s eco-friendly staging of Musgrave’s Mary, Queen of Scots is a right royal success

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GermanyGermany Thea Musgrave, Mary, Queen of Scots: Soloists, Actors and Chorus of Leipzig Opera, Gewandhaus Orchestra / Matthias Foremny (conductor), Leipzig Opera, 12.1.2024. (GT)

Mary, Queen of Scots (Nicole Chevalier) and James Stewart, Earl of Moray (Franz Xaver Schlecht) © Tom Schulze

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Die Walküre in Leipzig – outstanding singers make up for odd moments

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GermanyGermany Wagner, Die Walküre: Leipzig Opera Soloists and Dancers, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig / Ulf Schirmer (conductor). Leipzig Opera, 13.1.2024. (DMD)

Brünnhilde and Wotan in the foreground, Valkyries and soldiers in the arches of the leaning tower (photo from the 2013 production) © Tom Schulze

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