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Florentina Holzinger Brings Roller-Skating Nuns to the Opera House
The choreographer Florentina Holzinger’s shows feature circus performers and abundant nudity. Now, she’s bringing her experimental approach to opera.
After Nearly Five Decades, Waltraud Meier Takes Her Final Opera Bow
The famed singer, known for her captivating presence, intellectual approach and distinctive sound, is retiring from the stage with “Elektra.”
Komische Oper Gets Nomadic, in a Pool and an Airport Hangar
In Berlin, the Komische Oper is experimenting with its performance venues while its theater undergoes a multiyear renovation.
An Orchestra’s ‘Ode to Joy’ Calls for Ukrainian Freedom
As war in Ukraine continues, so does the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra, with a version of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony tailored to the moment.
A Queer Revolutionary Classic Book, Now Onstage With Music
Philip Venables and Ted Huffman’s latest work adapts a utopian, fantasy cult favorite by Larry Mitchell.
Renée Fleming Adds a New Role to Her Repertoire: Pat Nixon
The superstar soprano discusses her debut in John Adams’s “Nixon in China” at the Paris Opera. For starters, she spends the second act with a...
‘A Stone in the Mosaic’: A Director Enters the House of Wagner
At 33, Valentin Schwarz is taking on the monumental “Ring” cycle at the theater Wagner built for it in Bayreuth, Germany.
Exhibit at German History Museum Reckons With Wagner’s Legacy
A new exhibition at the country’s national history museum examines the strong feelings stirred by its most famous 19th-century composer.