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

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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Stundyte stands in for the indisposed Stemme and has an entirely different take on Elektra at Covent Garden

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Richard Strauss, Elektra: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 15.1.2024. (JR)

A scene from Christof Loy’s Elektra: Charles Workman (Ägisth) Łukasz Goliński (Orest) Michael Mofidian (Orest’s Companion) © Tristram Kenton

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

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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