This is one of Tchaikovsky's seldom played operas, although the composer praised it as one of his best. An initial rather poor acceptance by the audience and a demanding performing effort with 14 soloists and big choir has left this oeuvre off the programme of the opera houses. So it is a real honorable move of the small but high quality Vienese opera house, the Theater an der Wien, to contribute to the revival of this elegant romantic opera, showing well the development of...

It is a wild west style barn, even it should play on an Russian or Kasachstan oilfield. Sieglinde is feeding turkeys, when Siegmund comes into her houses looking for shelter and comfort. Hunding is an elegant gentleman dressed more as a knight. There was a lot of discussion about this new production of the Ring by Frank Castorf last year in Bayreuth, even more as it was the bicentennial anniverary of the composer. Now one year later a lot of the original disgust has evaporated and people...

It is one of million jewish fates during the German Nazi Regime. The heritage of Charlotte Salomon comprised of 1325 gouaches and several textsheets and music pieces. She called the total package Leben? oder Theater? Ein Singspiel - Live? or theatre? a Singspiel. Her father, who survived the troubled years hidden in the Netherlands received it 1947. Later it was dedicated to the Jewish Historical Museum in Amsterdam. It is a stunning documentary of a shocking touching boigraphy. Charlotte...

Jose Carreras is back on the opera stage He was once one of the best tenors, one of the successful 3 tenors worldwide celebrated. His fight against his illness in 1988 and his humanitarian engeagement afterwards made him a symbolic figure of the classical music society. Now after a long abstinence of the opera stage he is back in the world premiere of the new opera El Juez by the Austrian composer Christian Kolonovits. Kolonovits is known as a composer and music producer, for his...

It is once more a try to reactivate this opera by the famous Lied Composer Franz Schubert. Fierrabras is a romantic opera of medieval heroes and love based on a French medieval heroic epic of the same name. Franz Schubert composed it in 1823 during the period of growing nationalism and the political outcome of the post Napoleon time. The plot takes place in the time of the Frankenking Karl and his fight against the Arabic occupation in Europe. It is the happy...

The prosperous town of Menton, close to the border to Italy at the French Côte d'Azur has built up a reputation for her festival and products a really high quality music one. Since 65 years, well known national and international musicians are invited to perform at the stunning location in front of the baroque Saint Michael Church. Embedded in this little square, growing up the stairs of the lovely medieval city this open air concert hall offers a very good accoustic and an...