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From Brahms to Scriabin, from the epic to the sublime by Jansen and Petrenko

You can watch and listen to this concert on Digital Concert Hall : https://www.digitalconcerthall.com/en/concert/56390 At the end of January, Berlin is gripped by frost, with temperatures well…

Hamburg… Mahler… Marthaler… and us

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn_S42CIVSg Marthaler, the je ne sais quoi and the almost nothing Even today, after decades of a landmark career, Christoph Marthaler's universe challenges part of the…

In Hamburg, the Twilight of the humanity as Grand Guignol

Preliminary questions The first question that arises is that the work was undoubtedly conceived before the American election. Thus, what appeared to be fiction two…

Down and dirty : Barrie Kosky restores Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk to her true self at the Komische Oper Berlin

We see no need to revisit the turbulent history of this work, which we have already discussed at length in our previous article on…

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From Brahms to Scriabin, from the epic to the sublime by Jansen and Petrenko

You can watch and listen to this concert on Digital Concert Hall : https://www.digitalconcerthall.com/en/concert/56390 At the end of January, Berlin is gripped by frost, with temperatures well…

Mahler's Eighth by Petrenko in Berlin : Light in the darkness

  Contexts, from yesterday to today To avoid repeating ourselves (too much), we would prefer to refer curious readers to the two previous reviews (in French),…

Gatti and the Berliners : A wonderful encounter for a “counter-programme” .

Germany offers Daniele Gatti some sweet consolation for his recent disappointment in Milan : during this week in October 2025, he rehearsed in the morning…

Lucerne Festival 2022 : when Mahler sounds like Otto Dix painted

While some conductors announce a Mahler project that will embrace all the symphonies in chronological order, others start with the most popular or the…

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Hamburg… Mahler… Marthaler… and us

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn_S42CIVSg Marthaler, the je ne sais quoi and the almost nothing Even today, after decades of a landmark career, Christoph Marthaler's universe challenges part of the…

Hamlet by Frank Castorf : in our ruins

    Contexts At the heart of this production is the personality of Heiner Müller (who died in 1995), who, like Castorf, came from the former GDR…

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Vienna State Ballet : Kallirhoe, Antiquity as a Pretext for a (Formidable) Soviet-Style Soap Opera

  Rosy-fingred Dawn appeared once more, and Ulysses recognised his land. Daylight rose over the hills, and his heart was lifted with it.   Alessandra Ferri’s recruitment coup When the Vienna…