Götz Friedrich’s well-considered production of Le nozze di Figaro still shines after forty-six years

GermanyGermany Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper / Giulio Cilona (conductor). Deutsche Oper Berlin, 20.2.2024. (MB)

Meechot Marrero (Cherubino), Maria Motolygina (Countess) and Thomas Lehman (Count) in Deutsche Oper Berlin’s Le nozze di Figaro © Bettina Stöss

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Theater Bremen’s Salome convinces with imaginative staging and impressive singing

GermanyGermany R. Strauss, Salome: Soloists and Chorus of Theater Bremen, Bremer Philharmoniker / Stefan Klingele (conductor). Theater Bremen, 14.2.2024. (DMD)

(l-r) Nadine Lehner (Herodias), Yannick-Muriel Noah (Salome), Christian-Andreas Engelhardt (Herod) and the Bremer Philharmoniker © Jörg Landsberg

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Barrie Kosky’s magic The Merry Widow in Zurich goes in search of lost time

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Lehár, Die Lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow): Soloists, Extras association and Chorus of Zurich opera, Philharmonia Zurich / Patrick Hahn (conductor). Zurich Opera, 11.2.2024. (MF)

(left front, l-r) Marlis Petersen (Hanna Glawari), Nathan Haller (Raoul de Saint-Brioche) and Omer Kobiljak (Vicomte Cascada) © Monika Rittershaus

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