When the much-loved ‘old’ production from the Munich State Opera was first shown, most of the present cast of this new one had not been born. It’s appropriate then, that Time is a central image of the ...

The life-saver would seem to have been Eberhard Kloke’s reduced orchestration of the 100-plus-players original, briefly annoying in places where a piano substitutes for instruments still available, ...

It’s not the last word on a baroque confection with depth – which production is? - but it creates anew without losing sight of the essential themes. The context could hardly be classier. Was it for ...