Strictures and bigotry, tradition and control… rural life in a Moravian village smouldering under a burning glass. We follow the fortunes of the characters through the changing of the seasons, are witness to a sweltering summer followed by a brutal winter. In early spring we are presented with a happy occasion that is soon soured ... With Renate Behle, Robert Watson, Ladislav Elgr, Evelyn Herlitzius, Rachel Harnisch et al.

The main protagonist, the poet André Chénier has been cast true to the historical character, and the atmosphere of the French Revolution with its alterations between terror and pathos has been very effectively recreated for theatre. The story in which the poet, Gérard and Madeleine find themselves entangled is rendered all the more poignant against this backdrop ... With Martin Muehle, Roman Burdenko und Anja Harteros et al.

The Chief of Police Scarpia, the singer Floria Tosca and the artist Cavaradossi in their different ways, all insist on their personal freedom to act as they please - Scarpia as a condition of his claim to power, Cavaradossi in his rebellious urge to bring about change and Tosca as an expression of a plain, unlimited love ... With Saioa Hernandez, Jorge de León and Ludovic Tézier.

Benjamin Britten set Shakespeare's masterpiece to music, playing it lightly and wittily with reminiscences of opera history. With James Hall, Siobhan Stagg, Jami Reid-Quarrell, Padraic Rowan, Annika Schlicht, Gideon Poppe, Samuel Dale Johnson, Karis Tucker, Jeanine De Bique, James Platt et al.

Ingeborg Bachmann's EIN GESCHÄFT MIT TRÄUMEN is still highly topical seventy years after the Second World War. Director Anna von Gehren and composer Alexandra Filonenko have reworked the material for the Deutsche Oper Berlin.

In its linking of the fate of the two lovers Raoul and Valentine with the major historical event that was the St Bartholomew’s Day massacre, LES HUGUENOTS became the archetypal work of the new grand opéra sub-genre and one of the most influential operas in history … With Liv Redpath, Seth Carico / Derek Welton, Dimitris Tiliakos, Olesya Golovneva, Irene Roberts, Anton Rositskiy, Andrew Harris / Ante Jerkunica et al

This production by the Argentinian Rodrigo García reveals a Mozart full of contradictions. The songs assume comic-strip form and the abduction becomes a journey to a witty, anarchical world ... With Annabelle Mandeng, Flurina Stucki, Alexandra Hutton, Matthew Newlin, Ya-Chung Huang, Patrick Guetti et al.

Mozart's MAGIC FLUTE is the most frequently performed opera in the German-speaking world. This variegated masterpiece straddling Viennese popular theatre, fairytale, myth and the mystery of freemasonry is a puzzle even today ... With Ante Jerkunica, Andrei Danilov, Aleksandra Jovanovic, Siobhan Stagg, Simon Pauly, Meechot Marrero et al.

Meyerbeer’s grand opéra depicting the real-life Anabaptist ‘king’ Jean de Leyde is at once meticulously thought-through theatre of ideas and an historical panorama wise to the psychology of crowds, a tale of political radicalisation as private and public catastrophe ... With Gregory Kunde, Clémentine Margaine, Elena Tsallagova, Derek Welton, Gideon Poppe, Thomas Lehman, Seth Carico et al.