In 1921, German composer Paul Hindemith sought to debut his one-act opera Sancta Susanna, which explores a nunnery's descent into sexual frenzy, at the prestigious Stuttgart Opera. But outrage over ...
Unlike most countries, Germany has a network of minor but generously subsidized theaters whose vitality is remarkable, and unmatched. By Jeffrey Arlo Brown Jeffrey Arlo Brown spent the season visiting ...
MUNICH, Germany — A night at the opera conjures images of elegant outfits and spectacular vocals. But at one German opera house, 18 audience members required medical treatment after watching recent ...
The stereotype with opera is that productions are sung in Italian and are tragic. Well, that's not so with every opera. "Die Fledermaus," aka "The Bat," is a hilarious German comedy that is delivered ...