A somewhat Austro-German selection of highlights from the rest of the current operatic season, many of which I hope to see and review here, or for Bachtrack.com, Opera or The Wagner Journal.
Lulu (Oper Hamburg, February) – a new production by
Christoph Marthaler of Berg’s opera with Barbara Hannigan in
the title role.
Tristan und Isolde (Musiktheater am Revier, Gelsenkirchen,
March) – Catherine Foster, Bayreuth’s current Brünnhilde, sings
Isolde opposite Torsten Kerl’s Tristan (alternative cast takes over
from April).
Mathis der Maler (Staatstheater Mainz, March) – a new
production of Hindemith’s opera launches a bumper year for the
composer, with stagings to follow of Die Harmonie der Welt
(Linz, April) and Cardillac (Pforzheim, May).
Doktor Faust (Staatsoper Dresden, March, & Theater für Niedersachsen, Hildesheim, April) – Busoni’s masterpiece receives
two new productions.
Elegy for Young Lovers (Gütersloh/Detmold, April/May) –
Landestheater Detmold’s staging of Henze’s opera launches in the
composer’s birthplace, Gütersloh, before moving to Detmold itself.
Das Lied der Nacht (Osnabrück, April) – a belated revival
of an opera by Hans Gál from the 1930s.
Das Rheingold (Deutsche Oper
am Rhein, June) – Düsseldorf launches its new Ring
cycle directed by Dietrich Hilsdorf.
Der Ring des Polykrates
(Heidelberg, May) – a rare outing for Korngold’s early one-act
opera, coupled with Weinberg’s Wir Gratulieren.
Die Gezeichneten (Bayrische
Staatsoper, Munich, & Oper Köln, July) – two productions, one
new (dir. Warlikowski, for the Munich Opera Festival), one revived,
of Franz Schreker’s magnum opus running concurrently.
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