| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 9-Mar-2013 Staatsoper at Schiller Theater | The progress of a rake in Berlin: Krzysztof Warlikowski's production with the Staatsoper |
It’s not often that operas in English get performed in Germany, and so I was somewhat surprised to see such a large and important company as the Berliner Staatsoper taking on Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress. This work is often regarded as problematic, because of its bizarre storyline and neo-classical style, and so it was with excitement, but also some trepidation, that I went to Berlin’s Schiller Theater to review the opera.
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