(Photo: Nikolai Wolff) Franz Joseph Haydn’s “L’isola disabitata” (1779) runs for just eighty minutes, making it a uniquely compact chamber opera. The Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century production at Oldenburg State Theater fully embraced this inherent brevity by adopting a minimal stage design. During the overture, a simple grey backdrop was manually raised, coming alive as lighting cues cast shifting {…}
Wuppertal Opera’s 2026-27 season is announced. Premieres Yorgos Ziavras directs Verdi’s “Otello” directed by Katharina Kastening. Charne Rochford, Zurab Nakeuri, Milan de Korte , Zicong Han, Sergio Augusto, Oliver Weidinger, David Jerusalem Schnitzler, Andreas Heichlinger, Francesca Chiejina, Edith Grossman, and Rosamond Thomas make up the cast. Set design is by Matthias Kronfuss, with costumes by Devi Saha. Performance Dates: Oct. {…}
(Photo: DNOA, Amare, Renout Bos) The Hague’s state-of-the-art Amare Arts complex recently hosted the Dutch National Opera Academy’s imaginative triple bill performed by its final-year students of the Conservatorium van Amsterdam in partnership with the Royal Conservatoire The Hague. The main opera, Hadyn’s “L’Isola Disabitata,” was preceded by two short works: Krenek’s chamber opera “What Price Confidence?“ and “Arianna a Naxos,” {…}