Sven-Eric Bechtolf

The lecherous Falstaff, with his infamous roving eye, finally meets his match when his underhand plans to solve money troubles have the three ...

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 ...

The Salzburg Festival presents one of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s masterpieces: the opera Le Nozze di Figaro, in a new production staged by ...

Director Sven-Eric Bechtolf pulls off a brilliant coup with the high aesthetics of his intrigue, a masterful parody of the “everything is ...

Starring Jonas Kaufmann as Bacchus and featuring Emily Magee with Daniel Harding conducting the Vienna Philharmonic, Ariadne auf Naxos was filmed ...

Features a great cast: Ambrogio Maestri is one of the finest Falstaffs of our time. The Italian baritone brings a powerful, versatile voice to ...

Since its premiere on 2 June 1937 in Zurich, Alban Berg’s second opera “Lulu” has the reputation of being surrounded by ...