In this interpretation, Sleeping Beauty lives isolated in a world shaped by hedonism, created as a social panorama in a kind of chamber play. Only after a major drop from this fake world, she lands on the ground of facts. She falls into a deep sleep…

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…

For his new creation, Thierry Malandain brings together Vivaldi's Four Seasons and the Four Seasons composed by Giovanni Antonio Guido. Bringing these two compositions together in the same programme is a daring gamble. Because apart from being…

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…

A dance story about Tchaikovsky, illuminating the long-hidden moments of his life. Through his compositions, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky influenced and shaped classical ballet like few other composers. The myth of his music remains unbroken to this day…

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…

Philippe Herreweghe, one of today's most profound and erudite Bach interpreters, and his Collegium Vocale Gent present their new vision of a musical work for which nobody can say the ultimate word. This concert film of Bach's Missa in h-moll was…