Jochen Schmeckenbecher

Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung - Aus der Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin (2023)

Die Fledermaus (2020)

The plot of Die Fledermaus is woven around a ball given by Prince Orlofsky. ...

Das Rheingold - Wiener Staatsoper (2016)

Wagner's Ring of the Nibelungen is regarded as one of the most important milestones in the history of music. In the first part, the Rheingold, it begins with the chain of fateful entanglements that ultimately attracts the downfall of the race of the gods. ...

Richard Strauss - Ariadne Auf Naxos (2014)

Janáček: The Makropulos Affair (2011)

Premiered in 1926, Leoš Janáček's absorbing masterpiece Veˇc Makropulos reflects all the dominant musical styles of the early 20th century, from Bohemian tunefulness to big Straussian phrases, Berg-like jaggedness and primeval rhythms. With the "breath ...

Wozzeck (2006)

Calixto Bieito's controversial but visually stunning production of Wozzeck is set in a grisly, chaotic, post-industrial maze, giving a contemporary edge to the disturbing and hair-raising intensity of Alban Berg's expressionistic masterpiece. ...