Witty production enhances beautiful singing in Hamburg’s Le nozze di Figaro revival

GermanyGermany Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists and Chorus of the Staatsoper Hamburg. Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg / Nicholas Carter (conductor). Staatsoper Hamburg, 29.6.2025. (DM-D)

Hamburg State Opera’s Le nozze di Figaro (2015) © Karl Forster

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Hamburg’s Così fan tutte revival is exuberant fun

GermanyGermany Mozart, Così fan tutte: Soloists and Chorus of Hamburg State Opera, Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra / Alexander Joel (conductor). Hamburg State Opera, 22.6.2025. (DM-D)

Hamburg State Opera’s Così fan tutte (2018 cast) – [l-r] Dorabella, Despina, Guglielmo, Ferrando, Don Alfonso and Fiordiligi © Hans Jörg Michel

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Kent Nagano’s superb Tristan und Isolde crowns his last appearance as Hamburg’s General Music Director

GermanyGermany Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists and Chorus of Hamburg State Opera, Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra / Kent Nagano (conductor). Hamburg, 15.6.2025. (DM-D)

Hamburg State Opera’s Tristan und Isolde Act III (2005) © Brinkhoff/Mögenburg

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