Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe – Seen and Heard International

Anna Netrebko triumphs as Aida in Zeffirelli’s legendary Verona production

07/09/202606/09/2026 by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe

United Kingdom 103rd Arena di Verona Opera Festival 2026 [4] – Verdi, Aida: Soloists, Ballet, Chorus and Orchestra of Fondazione Arena di Verona / Francesco Ommassini (conductor). Verona Arena, 30.8.2026. (DM-D)

Ludovic Tézier (Amonasro), Yusif Eyvazov (Radamès) and Anna Netrebko (Aida) © Ennevi Foto/Fondazione Arena di Verona

Paul Curran’s new Verona production La traviata has intimate moments and crowd exuberance

08/09/202606/09/2026 by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe

Italy 103rd Arena di Verona Opera Festival 2026 [3] – Verdi, La traviata: Soloists, Ballet, Chorus and Orchestra of Fondazione Arena di Verona / Francesco Ivan Ciampa (conductor), Verona Arena, 29.8.2026. (DM-D)

Adam Smith (Alfredo) and Rosa Feola (Violetta) © Ennevi Foto/Fondazione Arena di Verona

Stefano Poda’s concept is consistent for the 2026 revival of Nabucco in the Verona Arena

08/09/202606/09/2026 by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe

Italy 103rd Arena di Verona Opera Festival 2026 [2] – Verdi, Nabucco: Soloists, Ballet, Chorus and Orchestra of Fondazione Arena di Verona / Sebastiano Rolli (conductor), Verona Arena, 28.8.2026. (DM-D)

*Nabucco* at the Verona Arena © Ennevi Foto/Fondazione Arena di Verona

The ninth revival of Zeffirelli’s 2010 Turandot is still impressive in the Verona Arena

08/09/202605/09/2026 by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe

Italy 103rd Arena di Verona Opera Festival 2026 [1] – Puccini, Turandot: Soloists, Ballet, Chorus and Orchestra of Fondazione Arena di Verona / Francesco Ivan Ciampa (conductor), Verona Arena, 27.8.2026. (DM-D)

Lise Lindstrom (Turandot) and Yusif Eyvazov (Calaf) © Ennevi Foto/Fondazione Arena di Verona

Playful musical battles in Alan Gilbert’s Wagner and Stenhammar in Hamburg

26/08/202624/08/2026 by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe

Germany Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival 2026 – Royal Swedish Orchestra: Catherine Foster (soprano) / Alan Gilbert (conductor). Hamburg, Elbphilharmonie, 18.8.2026. (DM-D)

Thoughtfully beautiful staging of La bohème in Krefeld

27/07/202626/07/2026 by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe

Germany Puccini, La bohème: Soloists, Children’s chorus and Chorus of Theater Krefeld Mönchengladbach. Niederrheinische Sinfoniker / Mihkel Kütson (conductor). Theater Krefeld, 19.7.2026. (DM-D)

[l-r] Rafael Bruck, Jeconiah Retulla, Sophie Witte, Sofia Poulopoulou, Woongyi Lee, Matthias Wippich in the final scene © Matthias Stutte

Singing at its best in visually exuberant Bremen Magic Flute

10/07/202609/07/2026 by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe

Germany Mozart, The Magic Flute: Soloists, Chorus of Bremen Theatre, Bremen Philharmonic / Lukas Ziesché (conductor). Bremen Theatre, 2.7.2026. (DM-D)

Sarah-Jane Brandon, Nadine Lehner and Nathalie Mittelbach (flying, Three Ladies) © Jörg Landsberg

Rare production of Manfred Gurlitt’s Wozzeck in Oldenburg

28/06/202627/06/2026 by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe

Germany Gurlitt, Wozzeck: Soloists, Chorus of Oldenburg State Theatre, Oldenburg State Orchestra / Vito Cristofaro (conductor). Oldenburg State Theatre, 23.6.2026. (DM-D)

Marie (Stephanie Hershaw) with her child © Stephan Walzl

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