Norwegian Opera Director Stefan Herheim Stages ‘Die Walküre’ at Deutsche Oper Berlin

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(Credits: Kristen Hoebermann / ©Neda Navaee / Ray Burmiston/Decca Classics/ Deutsche Oper Berlin official website / Annika Schlicht official website) In times of massive uncertainty and heightened risks, the Deutsche Oper Berlin is taking on the gargantuan effort of staging the second opera of the cycle, “Die Walküre,” directed by Stefan Herheim. Herheim’s production of the iconic Wagner’s opera is {…}

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Ring Award 2025 Announces Open Call

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The applications are open for the 10th anniversary Ring Award competition. The international music theatre competition is designed for young artists in the field of direction as well as stage and costume design. Teams are tasked with creating a new production of Claudio Monteverdi’s “L’Orfeo.” They will be assessed by a jury of experts consisting of Jossi Wieler (chair), Jan {…}

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Deutsche Oper Berlin 2023-24 Review: Das Rheingold

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(Fotos von Bernd Uhlig, Kontakt: [email protected]) It does seem that the 2021 Deutsche Oper Berlin’s Ring has been somewhat of a success over the last few years. And this is good for opera. A major achievement, this as other cycles, after the centennial Patrice Chéreau staging have created negative stirrings, indeed vivid contestations largely due to mistaken stage-director conceptions ingrained {…}

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Lisenka Heijboer Castañón Wins Götz Friedrich Prize

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Dutch-Peruvian director Lisenka Heijboer Castañón has won the Götz Friedrich Prize for the 2023-4 season. The director won for her production of John Adams’s “The Gospel According to the Other Mary” at the Volksoper Wien. The prize is one of the most important recognitions for promoting outstanding talent in the field of music theatre directing. Past winners have included Stefan {…}

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Deutsche Oper Berlin 2023-24 Review: Der Ring des Nibelungen

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(Photo credit: Bernd Uhlig) The man who gave the opera world its most dazzling 21st century “Parsifal,” Stefan Herheim, continues his quest to interrogate the Romantic text that is Richard Wagner’s “Ring of the Nibelungen.” Inspired refreshing of a 150-year-old work of art can provide new insights and flashes of illumination. But conceptual pyrotechnics can just as easily destroy its {…}

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Saioa Hernández, Anja Kampe, Pumeza Matshikiza Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. This week there will be two choices of Ring Cycles and a debut album by one of the greatest opera singers in the world. Carlos Simon: Songs of Separation The National Symphony Orchestra led by Music Director Gianandrea Noseda releases “Songs of Separation,” {…}

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Deutsche Oper Berlin 2024 Review: Der Ring des Nibelungen

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(Photo by Bernd Uhlig) I’m back in Berlin, a city I favor and enjoy so much, ready for yet another Ring cycle at Deutsche Oper, a large, comfortable 1850-seat theatre boldly designed in the Modernist style and simply ideal for large-scale productions. And none comes much larger than those penned by Giacomo Meyerbeer, Richard Strauss and Richard Wagner Therefore, with {…}

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Olga Peretyatko, Nina Stemme, Alessandro Corbelli & Kate Aldrich Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. This week audiences will get a taste of rare works by French and Italian composers. Here is a look at this week’s new releases. Kozłowski Requiem The Singapore Symphony Orchestra and its Music Director Hans Graf present a recording of Józef Kozłowski’s Requiem, {…}

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Asmik Grigorian, Freddie De Tommaso, Elsa Dreisig, & Attilio Glaser Lead Theater an Der Wien’s 2024-25 Season

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The Theater an der Wien has announced its 2024-25 season. Monteverdi’s “Combattimenti” will star Ferran Albrich, Johanna Rosa Falkinger, Luciana Mancini, Ambra Biaggi, and Ilyà Dovnar. David Bergmüller conducts the production by Olivier Fredj. Performance Dates: Sept. 27-Oct. 18, 2024 David Bates conducts Mozart’s “Idomeneo” in a new production by Stefan Herheim. The cast includes Attilio Glaser, Emily Sierra, Jeanine De Bique, Elena Tsallagova, Ya-Chung Huang, and Levente {…}

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Norwegian Opera Director Stefan Herheim Stages ‘Die Walküre’ at Deutsche Oper Berlin

Ring Award 2025 Announces Open Call

Deutsche Oper Berlin 2023-24 Review: Das Rheingold

Lisenka Heijboer Castañón Wins Götz Friedrich Prize

Deutsche Oper Berlin 2023-24 Review: Der Ring des Nibelungen

Saioa Hernández, Anja Kampe, Pumeza Matshikiza Lead New CD/DVD Releases

Deutsche Oper Berlin 2024 Review: Der Ring des Nibelungen

Olga Peretyatko, Nina Stemme, Alessandro Corbelli & Kate Aldrich Lead New CD/DVD Releases

Asmik Grigorian, Freddie De Tommaso, Elsa Dreisig, & Attilio Glaser Lead Theater an Der Wien’s 2024-25 Season