On the island of Ceylon, two pearl fishermen and childhood friends are torn apart by their love for the same woman, the young priestess Leïla. In this opera, which marks his debut, Bizet delivers luminous, tender music with a subtle Oriental flavour…

Richard Strauss’s Elektra was the sensation that ushered in modernity by at the same time popularizing it. Heroes on the verge of madness, just what the audience loves! The world comes tumbling down upon us, specifically here: the Straussian…

With a brilliant performance from the magnificent and humorously witty New Yorker, Cory Wong, at the jazzopen 2023 in Stuttgart on Schlossplatz, another outstanding musician with a fantastic band takes the stage at the venerable festival. Cory Wong…

The Cuban trumpet legend Arturo Sandoval in the magical courtyard of the Old Castle at the jazzopen stuttgart. A colorful potpourri of brilliant music, charmingly cheeky remarks, and entertaining magic in an atmosphere that can only be found in…

Can there be a more charming ambassador for Scotland than Amy Macdonald? On the other hand: On stage, there is an approachable and likable artist who has evidently found her voice, and furthermore— transforms Stuttgart's historic Schlossplatz into a…

Conducted by the brilliantly tousled maestro at his space console, the ensemble injects its inescapable pulse into the dance-hungry audience in the city center of Stuttgart on the renowned Schlossplatz of the New Castle at the jazzopen stuttgart. The…

Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier is the Old Testament of music, a work that summarizes and synthesizes three centuries of musical creation, and against which the entire musical production of the following three centuries can be measured. It is the…

The Danish National Symphony Orchestra and the DR Big Band meet in a unique musical tribute to the 100th anniversary of Thad Jones. Leading the celebration is DR Big Band's chief conductor Miho Hazama, who has arranged several Jones' best numbers for…

Christian Zacharias is set to bid farewell to his piano, marking the occasion with a remarkable solo recital at the Pierre Gianadda Foundation in Martigny (Switzerland) Zacharias's repertoire for the evening features Franz Schubert's enchanting…

At her wedding reception, the beautiful but depressed Justine spots a red star in the sky. It is the planet Melancholia, which is on a collision course with Earth. The bridegroom Michael tries to calm her down with his love, her mother Gaby poisons…