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This summer Barrie Kosky will stage Offenbach’s Orphée aux enfers at the 2019 Salzburger Festspiele, the sixth new production for the director in this season alone, which has also included Bernstein Candide, Puccini La Boheme and Moritz Eggert M – Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder based on Fritz Lang’s famous crime film of 1931 (all for Komische Oper Berlin) as...

Barrie Kosky returns to the Royal Opera, Covent Garden with a new production of Handel Agrippina, conducted by Maxim Emelyanychev, opening on 23 September; Mark Padmore takes the stage as Gustav von Aschenbach in David McVicar’s new production of Britten Death in Venice, conducted by Mark Elder, opening on 21 November; and Hilary Summers returns to the Royal Opera as...

Artistic Director Douglas Boyd continues to take Garsington Opera from strength to strength, reflected in their nomination in the Festival category. The nominees for Best Recording (Complete Opera) include Barrie Kosky’s brilliantly contentious production of  Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg from the Bayreuth festival. Last season Edgaras Montvidas enjoyed great success as Anatol in Glyndebourne’s Vanessa, which is nominated for...

After the triumph of Bernstein’s Candide in November, conductor Jordan de Souza joins forces again with director Barrie Kosky for his second new production this season at the Komische Oper, Berlin with Puccini La Boheme, opening on 27 January. In the Spring he will tour Australia and New Zealand with Die Zauberflöte, conducting the Auckland Philharmonic, West Australian Symphony and...