Michael Volle is unsurpassable again as Wotan in David McVicar’s mostly traditional La Scala Die Walküre

ItalyItaly Wagner, Die Walküre: Soloists, Teatro alla Scala Orchestra / Simone Young (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Ella Gallieni) from La Scala, Milan, 12.2.2025 and available on demand until 19.2.2025. (JPr)

Michael Volle (centre front, Wotan), Camilla Nylund (front right, Brünnhilde), and Okka von der Damerau (rear, Fricka) © Teatro alla Scala/Brescia e Amisano

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Lübeck’s new Tristan und Isolde is a resounding success

GermanyGermany Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Chorus and Extras of Theater Lübeck, Philharmonic Orchestra of Hansestadt Lübeck / Stefan Vladar (conductor). Theater Lübeck, 2.2.2025. (DM-D)

[l-r] Lena Kutzner (Isolde), Marlene Lichtenberg (Brangäne), and Ric Furman (Tristan) © Jochen Quast

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