Operas

The central dramatic and musical weight in Antonio Salieri’s Les Danaïdes rests upon the shoulders of Judith Van Wanroij in the harrowing role of Hypermnestre. By the time of this 2013 performance at the Opéra Royal du Château de Versailles, she had evolved considerably from her early, lighter baroque assignments in Lully and Campra toward the weightier, psychologically frayed heroines of late eighteenth-century tragédie lyrique and French classical drama. She possesses an instinctive theatrical...

The architectural and expressive expanse of Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem, captured live on August 4, 1964, at the Royal Albert Hall during the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts, stands as an extraordinary historical monument to reconciliation, grief, and the devastating psychic wounds of the twentieth century. Performed just two years after its 1962 premiere at the consecrated ruins of Coventry Cathedral, this televised BBC performance marks the first time London audiences experienced the monumental work within the cavernous, resonant acoustic of the Royal Albert Hall...

The sprawling, verdant expanse of Hannover’s Maschpark, set against the monumental silhouette of the New Town Hall, provided an awe-inspiring natural canvas for the 2026 edition of the Hannover Klassik Open Air. Under the inclusive, egalitarian ethos of "Opera for All," this midsummer gathering was elevated into a momentous musical occasion, marked by the poignant farewell of Stanislav Kochanovsky in his final season as Chief Conductor of the NDR Radiophilharmonie. In an open-air environment, where...