Staatsoper Berlin
A chilling new Norma at Staatsoper Berlin sets Bellini’s classic in a fascist-era factory, exploring art, resistance, and power. With AI-generated imagery and bold visuals, Barkhatov’s staging draws urgent parallels between past authoritarianism and today’s crises.
Staatsoper Stuttgart
A bold reimagining of RUSALKA, this production transforms Dvořák’s opera into a dazzling celebration of drag and queer resilience. Blurring boundaries between worlds, it challenges norms, subverts tragedy, and reflects our own relationship with identity, beauty, and belonging.
Deutsche Oper Berlin
By stripping away the fairy tale, Kratzer reveals something far more human: the complexities of relationships, the weight of expectation, and the courage it takes to carve one’s own path.
Deutsche Oper Berlin
By placing TURANDOT within a rigidly controlled dystopia—where press is restricted, police surveil the public, and dissent is crushed—the opera’s otherwise fantastical premise gains a sense of political logic.
Staatsoper Berlin
Visually, the production is rich with unsettling imagery that redefines Rusalka’s nature. Though traces of her original water-nymph identity remain, here, she is something far more uncanny.
Deutsche Oper Berlin
This ZWERG is not just a tragic story—it is an uncompromising reflection on how society’s gaze destroys the vulnerable. The production is a theatrical and emotional tour de force that leaves the audience reeling.
Staatsoper Berlin
This production is a time capsule of 2010s Germany, brimming with the optimism and unity of a nation celebrating its post-reunification identity. Yet viewed through the lens of 2024, it also serves as a stark reminder of how fragile that optimism has proven.
Deutsche Oper Berlin
The production doesn’t shy away from brutality in its portrayal of the Macbeths’ relentless climb to power: the violence is disturbingly visceral.