Director

A bloody orgy of vengeance has unfolded. Orest has slain his mother and her lover. Manfred Trojahn's opera Orest picks up precisely where Richard Strauss' Elektra concludes – at the very moment when the awareness of guilt emerges ...

Orest

The Royal Playhouse and The Old Stage

In the heat of the moment, the notorious Don Giovanni (aka Don Juan) murders the father of one of his conquests, unwittingly unleashing an ominous force from beyond the grave that can’t be stopped. Accustomed to getting away with anything and everything, he must now face the music as years of cruelty and debauchery come due.

Grammy Award-winning baritone Lucas Meachem returns as the ill-fated playboy, leading a dazzling ensemble of singers including Craig Colclough, Guanqun Yu and Isabel Leonard. James Conlon, renowned for his astonishing command of Mozart, conducts what many consider to be the greatest of all operas in a visually spectacular production by director Kasper Holten, with scenery by stage designer extraordinaire Es Devlin, known for innovative stage designs for Beyoncé, Adele, U2 and others.

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Don Giovanni

Los Angeles Music Center

King Henry I, “the Fowler”, is in Brabant to hold the Assizes and assert the nobles’ duty to provide militias to assist in military campaigns. Since the death of the Duke of Brabant, however, the succession has been a source of conflict. His children, Gottfried and Elsa, are wards of Count Telramund, but Gottfried has vanished and Telramund suspects Elsa of having killed him. A duel between her accuser and Elsa’s champion is organised to decide the issue. At the last moment a knight appears in a boat drawn by a swan, ready to defend Elsa’s honour. He is also prepared to take her as his wife on condition that she never ask him his name or where he hails from. Elsa agrees and the knight defeats Telramund.

Lohengrin

Deutsche Oper Berlin

Lehár's operetta Die lustige Witwe features timeless hits reimagined in a modern and humorous style by Adam Price, with dazzling staging by Kasper Holten.

Kasper Holten

Director

Events

Upcoming events

6 - 20 Apr, 2025

Lohengrin · Deutsche Oper Berlin

Apr 12 - May 30, 2025

Die lustige Witwe 2.0 · Royal Danish Opera

Past events

Sep 19 - Oct 5, 2024

Orest · Royal Danish Opera

Sep 23 - Oct 15, 2023

Don Giovanni · LA Opera

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