Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe

Forgotten gem Die Vögel by Walter Braunfels in Oldenburg

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GermanyGermany Braunfels, Die Vögel: Soloists and Chorus of Oldenburgisches Staatstheater, Oldenburgisches Staatsorchester / Henrik Vestmann (conductor). Oldenburgisches Staatstheater, 25.1.2025. (DM-D)

[l-r] Dorothee Bienert (First Thrush), Penelope Kendros (Nightingale), Arthur Bruce (Ratefreund), and Brianna Meese (Wren) © Stephan Walzl

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Essen’s inconsistent Die Zauberflöte is set in a laboratory

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GermanyGermany Mozart, Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute): Soloists and Chorus of Theater & Philharmonie Essen. Essener Philharmoniker / Christopher Moulds (conductor). Aalto Theater Essen, 11.1.2025. (DM-D)

[l-r] Sebastian Pilgrim (Sarastro), Lisa Wittig (Pamina), and Judith Spiesser (Queen of the Night) © Björn Hickmann

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Bremerhaven’s Hänsel und Gretel has the children escaping into their own dreamworld

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GermanyGermany Humperdinck, Hänsel und Gretel: Soloists, Ladies of the Chorus, Children’s chorus of Stadttheater Bremerhaven, Philharmonic Orchestra Bremerhaven / Hartmut Brüsch (conductor). Bremerhaven, 28.12.2024. (DM-D)

Marcin Hutek (Peter), Kristín Anna Guðmundsdóttir (Gertrud), Boshana Milkov (Hänsel), and Victoria Kunze (Gretel) © Heiko Sandelmann

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