Hamburg – Seen and Heard International

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

03/07/202502/07/2025 by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe

Germany 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

Hamburg’s Così fan tutte revival is exuberant fun

28/06/2025 by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe

Germany 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

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

25/06/202524/06/2025 by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe

Germany 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

Unsuk Chin’s new Hamburg opera is a puzzling and, in many ways, frustrating experience

23/05/202523/05/2025 by Mark Berry

Germany Unsuk Chin, Die dunkle Seite des Mondes: Soloists, Chorus of the Hamburg State Opera, Hamburg State Philharmonic Orchestra / Kent Nagano (conductor). Hamburg State Opera, 18.5.2025. (MB)

Hamburg State Opera’s *Die dunkle Seite des Mondes* © Bernd Uhlig

The dark world of Parsifal is a visual spectacle in Hamburg

28/04/2025 by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe

Germany Wagner, Parsifal: Soloists and Chorus of Hamburg State Opera, Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra / Patrick Hahn (conductor). Hamburg State Opera, 21.4.2025. (DM-D)

Hamburg State Opera’s *Parsifal* in 2017 © Hans Jörg Michel

Hamburg State Opera’s Falstaff revival in its ‘Italian Opera Weeks’ is the ‘Best of British’

07/04/2025 by Simon Thompson

Germany Verdi, Falstaff: Soloists, Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper, Philharmonishces Staatsorchester Hamburg / Finnegan Downie Dear (conductor). Staatsoper Hamburg, 6.4.2025. (SRT)

Hamburg State Opera’s *Falstaff* © 2020 Monika Rittershaus

Hamburg State Opera’s Il trovatore revival with a disappointing cast and contentious production

07/04/202506/04/2025 by Simon Thompson

Germany Verdi, Il trovatore: Soloists, Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper, Philharmonishces Staatsorchester Hamburg / Paolo Arrivabeni (conductor). Staatsoper Hamburg, 5.4.2025. (SRT)

Hamburg State Opera’s *Il trovatore* © 2024 Brinkhoff/Mögenburg

Hamburg State Opera shows how the uniqueness of La fanciulla in Puccini’s output makes it treasurable

05/04/202504/04/2025 by Simon Thompson

Germany Puccini, La fanciulla del West: Soloists, Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper, Philharmonishces Staatsorchester Hamburg / Antonino Fogliani (conductor). Staatsoper Hamburg, 4.4.2025. (SRT)

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