He left an indelible mark on the world of opera with his remarkable productions, which have been performed across the global opera stage. The Met Opera in New York fondly remembers his grand Wagner productions, just as the Wiener Staatsoper continues to preserve his legacy.

This season, in addition to the recordings made freely available on the Austrian opera’s website, audiences can experience his stagings of Fidelio by Beethoven in February 2025 (featuring Michael Spyres and Bryn Terfel), L’elisir d’amore by Donizetti in March (with Nadine Sierra and Xabier Anduaga), Andrea Chénier by Giordano in April (starring Michael Fabiano, Sonya Yoncheva, and Luca Salsi), and finally, arguably his greatest masterpiece, Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss in June (with Lise Davidsen, Emily D’Angelo, and Sabine Devieilhe). Another iconic production, J. Strauss II’s Die Fledermaus, has returned annually every December since 1979.

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Der Rosenkavalier – c – Wiener Staatsoper / Michael Poehn

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Begun last week in Barcelona, a tour brings together soprano Sondra Radvanovsky and tenor Piotr Beczała that takes them to Seville, Madrid and Valencia before Germany as in Baden Baden where they are expected on 29 November 2024.

With arias and duets, the great belcantist and the sublime tenor have chosen to pay tribute to Puccini on the occasion of this anniversary season, but also to Giordano with extracts from Andrea Chénier.

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Sondra Radvanovsky and Piotr Beczała at Theatre Liceu © Antoni Bofil

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