FIVE OPERA MERGERS THAT SHAKE

The opera scene is always in motion, genres are mixed, and fusion works emerge.

SANCTA

Florentina Holzingers sensational opera performance has made headlines across Europe. Sancta is explicit sex, blood and violence – a feminist kick in the crotch of the Catholic Mass. The music is a fusion spectacle, ranging from classical choral pieces to brutal hard rock, with naked nuns on roller skates thrown in for good measure.

THE UNDOING OF CARMEN

The Copenhagen Opera Festival presented an original and effective dissection of Carmen, focusing on the anatomy of partner murder in a sharp opera hybrid with new interpretations of Bizet’s hits, accompanied by eerie sound effects and cool video graphics. The production was a well-crafted interweaving of science and opera staged by Anna Sofie Keller Brandsborg.

MESSA DA REQUIEM

An overwhelming hybrid of dance, concert, choir and costumed singers blows the audience away in Messa da Requiem. The groundbreaking choreographer Christian Spuck has created a sensational performance with his modern interpretation of Verdi’s requiem mass in an outstanding large-scale version for fifty dancers, a double choir of 110 singers and four soloists.

UNDER THE DEPTHS

A fabulous total experience of modern dance, fascinating mass choreography, captivating music, magnificent costumes and overwhelming scenography in exquisite lighting. Deeply original and superbly executed gesamtkunstwerk on an international level, which swept to the top of the critics’ ratings.

THE MAGIC FLUTE

With Fantasia, Disney showed that the fusion of classical music and animated films can work. Barrie Kosky takes the idea a step further and transforms Mozart into a hybrid show, where the singers can jump in and out of a wildly imaginative video animation that fills the entire stage with unheard-of precision.

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MOZART TOP 5

MOZART TOP 5

Mozart at his best – lively, fast and playful. An upstairs/downstairs farce with the best overture in opera history, featuring captivating orchestration and a feast of timpani. The ensemble finale with its iconic fifth leaps is a masterpiece of musical purity and...

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OPERETTA IN FIVE EASY STEPS

OPERETTA IN FIVE EASY STEPS

Operetta emerged in the 1850s as a kind of “opera light” with a focus on silly comedy plots and naughty staging that appealed to a wide audience. Light, popular entertainment with high spirits and fast pace, which serious opera aficionados tend to frown upon.French...

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THE FIVE BIGGEST TEARJERKERS IN OPERA

THE FIVE BIGGEST TEARJERKERS IN OPERA

The greatest tearjerker in opera history. Only the most hardened can resist when the poor bohemian artist Rodolfo realises that his beloved Mimi has succumbed to tuberculosis, and the death knell sounds in Puccini's poignant finale.For seven years, Angelica has...

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FIVE TIPS IF YOU WANT TO BE AN OPERA DIRECTOR

FIVE TIPS IF YOU WANT TO BE AN OPERA DIRECTOR

It takes forever to produce an opera production. Several years pass from the moment your idea is conceived to the moment the champagne is popped at the premiere. In your first years as an opera director, you will inherit your predecessor's repertoire. Your own best...

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