Posts - Opera

EASTER FESTIVAL BADEN-BADEN 2023

EASTER FESTIVAL BADEN-BADEN 2023 – BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER Program 2023: Berliner Philharmoniker, Kirill Petrenko and Richard Strauss’s Die Frau Ohne Schatten. Together with the Berliner Philharmoniker and chief conductor Kirill Petrenko, the 2023 Baden-Baden…

(7) Regietheater attracts young people, without youth the opera is doomed

Much has been written about the historical backgrounds of the Regietheater in opera, also in Opera Gazet. We can deal with historical explanations exhaustively as much as we like, but in the…

IOLANTA – eine Blume erblüht

IOLANTA Iolanta von Pjotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky. Lyrische Oper in einem Akt. 1891. Libretto von Modest Il'yich Tchaikovsky, nach dem Theaterstück Kong Renes Datter (König Renés Tochter) von Henrik Hertz. Uraufführung am 18.…

(6) “So boring !”

Much has been written about the historical backgrounds of the Regietheater in opera, also in Opera Gazet. We can deal with historical explanations exhaustively as much as we like, but in the…

TOSCA bij DNO – expliciet en graphic

Muzikale leiding Lorenzo Viotti; Floria Tosca Malin Byström; Mario Cavaradossi Joshua Guerrero; Il barone Scarpia Gevorg Hakobyan; Cesare Angelotti Martijn Sanders; Il Sagrestano Federico De Michelis; Spoletta Lucas van Lierop; Sciarrone Maksym…

ELEKTRA at the MET – greatest singing in a generation

Elektra (Electra) by Richard Strauss. Tragödie in one act. 1908. Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, after the Electra of Sophocles. First performance at the Hofoper, Dresden, on 25th January 1909. Seen: 12…

Der Vetter aus Dingsda

Der Vetter aus Dingsda is een operette in drie bedrijven van de Duitse componist Eduard Künneke (1885-1953); het is verreweg zijn meest succesvolle stuk. Het libretto is geschreven door Herman Haller en…

(5) “Opera should be understood by modern people by modern means.”

Much has been written about the historical backgrounds of the Regietheater in opera, also in Opera Gazet. We can deal with historical explanations exhaustively as much as we like, but in the…

(4) “The way you want it… that cannot be done these days! That is ridiculous!”

Much has been written about the historical backgrounds of the Regietheater in opera, also in Opera Gazet. We can deal with historical explanations exhaustively as much as we like, but in the…

DNO seizoen 22-23

DNO seizoen 22-23: "voor elk wat wils" and other B.S. “De Nationale Opera moet een operahuis zijn voor iedereen”, aldus DNO-basserool Sophie de Lint. “We willen ook toeschouwers bereiken die nog nooit…