Christian Thielemann

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Wagner in Dresden while waiting for Strauss

Since 21 January 2024, the Semperoper in Dresden has been staging a revival of Richard Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde under the musical direction of Christian Thielemann, marking an eagerly awaited debut for Klaus Florian Vogt in the role of Tristan. After an absence of more than ten years, Marco Arturo Marelli‘s production, first performed in […]

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A Viennese honour for Thielemann

Following a performance of Richard Strauss‘s Die Frau ohne Schatten at the Wiener Staatsoper on 14 October 2023, conductor Christian Thielemann (who is particularly in the news after being appointed to replace Daniel Barenboim at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin) has been made an Honorary Member of the Vienna State Opera. Since his […]