New Otello premiered in Berlin: Kriegenburg and Harteros rocked -- Cura and Lucic were great too!

Otello, Deutsche Oper Berlin, May 30 2010

Conductor Patrick Summers

Director Andreas Kriegenburg

Otello José Cura

Iago Zeljko Lucic

Cassio Yosep Kang

Roderigo Gregory Warren

Lodovico Hyung-Wook Lee

Montano Jörn Schümann

Desdemona Anja Harteros

Emilia Liane Keegan

Opera Directors (and Conductors) in 2009

This was a great year, marked by some outstanding theatrical Opera productions. The stage directors made this art alive by providing a different or entirely new view on the works they directed. The theatrical brilliance, wittiness and ability to take us "beyond"... those guys deserve a huge THANKS from us, the operagoers and fans. I know that a top-5 list is petty, but hey! :)
The Top-5 opera directors who really made me love this art more or in a different way are:


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