John Daszak

In the words of the prestigious German weekly 'Die Zeit,' the stage production of Wagner's 'Rheingold' and 'Walküre' by La Fura dels Baus 'quite...

Genre: Music

Cast: Juha Uusitalo

Based on Oscar Wilde's lurid play, it is an intense exploration of the Salome story. Its sumptuous vocal and orchestral writing seethes and pulsates...

Genre: Music

Cast: John Daszak

Of Shostakovich’s initial undertaking – a trilogy on the tragic destinies of Russian women through the ages – only one opera was...

Genre: Music

Cast: Aušrinė Stundytė

Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk is a powerful work of raw emotional intensity. With themes of adultery and murder, the story follows the downfall of a bored...

Genre: Music

Cast: Aušrinė Stundytė

Opera lies at the heart of Rimsky-Korsakov's colourful idiom, but performances are few and far between; this realisation of his penultimate and...

Genre: Music

Cast: Vladimir Vaneev

A study of a man's physical and mental limitations. In the 24 quite harsh and grueling fragments of the unfinished drama, a body and a mind are...

Genre: Music

Cast: Matthias Goerne

Kent Nagano superbly masters the challenges presented by this score, shapes the dynamics with subtle intensity, and casts the score in a mellow glow....

Genre: Music

Cast: Paata Burchuladze

Moses relies on his eloquent brother’s help to translate the abstract idea of God into understandable images. But don't his persuasive words...

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Cast: Robert Hayward

Britten's last opera, in two acts, presented by Teatro Real.

Genre: Music

Cast: John Daszak

Opera in four acts by Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 - 1975) Libretto by Dmitri Shostakovich and Alexander Preis after 'Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk...

Genre: Music

Cast: Nadja Michael

One of Modest Mussorgsky's great talents was his unique ability to transpose words, psychological states, and even physical movements, into music....

Genre: Music

Cast: Paata Burchuladze

Requiring 38 soloists, chorus, and large orchestra, Hans Pfitzner's "Palestrina" is a challenging opera to stage. In Munich, the city in which it was...

Genre: Music

Cast: Christopher Ventris

Genre: Drama

Cast: Asmik Grigorian