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Liam Scarletts’ brilliant production Swan Lake, which is new in 2018, returns for the first awakening. While Scarletts remains faithful to the text by Marius Petipa / Lev Ivanov, the additional choreography and impressive models by John Macfarlanes breathe new life into the most famous and popular ballet. The entire company shines in this eternal story of damn love, a masterpiece filled with iconic moments. Tchaikovsky’s first ballet point rises with his symphonic swing and fits perfectly into the fine choreography of Prince Siegfried and Odiles Grand Pas de Deux to the swans on the lake. A daily mix of glasses and intimate passion. The overall effect is irresistible.
Beethoven’s only opera is a masterpiece, an inspiring story of risk and reward. In this new production, directed by Antonio Pappano, Jonas Kaufmann plays the political prisoners Florestan and Lise Davidsen with his wife Leonore (disguised as Fidelio), who is brave enough to save him. The opposite is true for the ingredients of domestic conspiracy, determined love, and the cruelty of a repressive system. The music is transcendent everywhere and includes the famous Act I quartet, the prison chorus and Florestans’ excited Act II scream in darkness and hope. Tobias Kratzers’ new production combines the dark reality of French revolutionary terror and our own time to illuminate Fidelio’s inspiring message about divided humanity.