Tristan und Isolde at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, which premiered on November 1, 2025, is not entirely new since it is a coproduction with the Grand Théâtre of Geneva and was premiered there in September 2024. Reviews of that premiere were mixed, especially about the production. This reviewer holds that the Berlin production by director Michael Thalheimer is very finely crafted, with the help of an extraordinary[...]
San Francisco Opera recently presented six performances of Lohengrin (Oct. 15 – Nov. 1) that left an indelible mark on its audience. Eun Sun Kim, the company’s Music Director, ventured […]