it was Germany's "Venice of the North," Hamburg, that became home to the first privately-held German opera house in 1678. The Staatsoper Hamburg distinguishes itself by commissioning new operas ...

This Hamburg production – evidently the first ever in the city – takes a pleasantly non-literal attitude to the issues raised. Mozart wrote over three hours of music for the opera, whittled down here ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: If your Munich visit coincides with the opera’s annual summer festival and you’d like to attend a free live broadcast from the National Theatre/open-air concert at Max ...

Steel, glass and a whole new sort of Hyde Park Corner stay.

In the 18th century, Hamburg Opera broke free from the influence ... operatic life from the stage of the stunning Margravial Opera House in Bayreuth, accompanied by Christoph Rousset's Les Talens ...