Gerhard Siegel – operaexplorer

Salome in between mysteries of love and death: Stundyte, Neuenfels in Staatsoper Berlin.

Opening season for Deutsche Staatsoper Unter den Linden has a high visibility and interest among opera lovers, thus the season ticket sales opening night did not surprise: the demand was high, and many performances were sold out in minutes. I was lucky enough to secure two consecutive days with prominent directors – Tristan un Isolde […]

Getting to know Wozzeck. Kentridge stages “Wozzeck” with Goerne, Grigorian, Daszak in Salzburg.

Need to admit a gap in my opera education: it was my first Alban Berg opera live, – since MetHD does not count, and first Wozzeck ever. Probably, each opera comes to the exploration path in its right time, so I have not built any specific expectations except general knowledge and some excerpts seen and […]

When love for gold disappears: Die Liebe der Danae in Salzburger Festspiele, August 12th, 2016

Unfortunately the performance I have been waiting most impatiently to see left me disappointed and a bit confused. After long weekend in April, devoted to Richard Strauss, as part of Straus-Wochen in Berlin, where Danae did not fit my travel schedule, I was quite eager to get to know the opera, and had high hopes […]