Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe

Much to celebrate in the ‘timeless’ revival of Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci in Hamburg

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GermanyGermany Mascagni, Cavalleria rusticana, Leoncavallo, Pagliacci: Soloists, Chorus, Extra Chorus, Alsterspatzen (children and youth chorus) of Hamburg State Opera, Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra / Daniele Callegari (conductor). Hamburg State Opera, 29.3.2024. (DMD)

Hamburg State Opera’s Cavalleria rusticana © Hans Jörg Michel

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Wagner Gala with the Berlin Philharmonic in Baden-Baden: variations on a theme of excellence

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GermanyGermany Wagner: Vida Miknevičiūtė (soprano), Klaus Florian Vogt (tenor), Kwangchul Youn (bass), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Kirill Petrenko (conductor). Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, 25.3.2024. (DMD)

Kirill Petrenko conducts the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra © Monika Ritterhaus

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

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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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Two last-minute replacements save and make the day for La bohème in Kiel

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GermanyGermany Puccini, La bohème: Soloists, Chorus and Children’s Chorus of Kiel Opera, Kiel Philharmonic Orchestra / Benjamin Reiners (conductor). Kiel Opera House, 4.2.2024. (DMD)

Matteo Maria Ferretti (Schaunard), Oleksandr Kharlamov (Colline), Andrzej Bernagiewicz (Benoît), Tigran Hakobyan (Rodolfo), Samuel Chan (Marcello) © Olaf Struck

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