Andreas Wolf

Cosi Fan Tutte

Michael Haneke

Sylvain Cambreling, Anett Fritsch

Who loves whom in Così fan tutte, Mozart’s and Da Ponte’s cruelly comic reflection on desire, fidelity and betrayal? Or have the confusions to which the main characters subject one another ensured that in spite of the heartfelt love duets and superficially fleetfooted comedy nothing will work any longer and that a sense of emotional erosion has replaced true feelings? Così fan tutte is a timeless work full of questions that affect us all. The Academy Award-winning director Michael Haneke once said that he was merely being precise and did not want to distort reality. In only his second opera production after Don Giovanni in 2006, he presents what ARTE described as a “disillusioned vision of love in an ice-cold, realistic interpretation”.

Sweethearts

Karoline Herfurth

Hannah Herzsprung, Karoline Herfurth

It's double trouble when fate and an ill-executed diamond robbery throw Mel and Franny together in a race and chase against time.

St John Passion

Calixto Bieito

Benjamin Appl, Joshua Ellicott

Bach's seminal work of sacred art paints a monumental fresco of life's journey to redemption. Calixto Bieito, one of the most exciting directors of his generation, directs this dramatised oratorio. With the help of an excellent cast, the period orchestra Les Talens Lyriques and a group of amateur singers which form the chorus at the heart of the narrative, he leads us into dialogue with this work today to confront pain and death.

Thamos, König in Ägypten

Isabelle Soulard

Sandrine Piau, Aline Martin

Mozart solennel

Renata Pokupić, Sandrine Piau