Carmen - Bizet - Copenhagen

Carmen - Bizet - Copenhagen

David Buchler
Copenhagen Opera House

The wonderful new Copenhagen Opera House, now amongst the most modern opera houses in the world, is located in central Copenhagen on the river.  It is also one of the most expensive opera houses ever built, with a construction cost of over USD 500m donated by the Moller Foundation, which was the co-founder of the shipping company now known as Maersk.  It opened in 2005 and can seat up to 1,700 people with a large orchestra pit that can fit 110 musicians. 

Werther – Massenet – Royal Opera House

Werther – Massenet – Royal Opera House

David Buchler
Royal Opera House

Jules Massenet took a novel from Goethe to compose a lyrical 4 act opera from a French libretto by Eduard Blau.  It was meant to have its premiere at the Paris Opera Comique in 1887, but due to a fire at the Opera House this did not happen and it did not take place until 1892 in a German language translation in Vienna.  The French language premiere followed that year in Geneva.  

Einstein on the Beach – Glass – Grand Theatre Geneva

Einstein on the Beach – Glass – Grand Theatre Geneva

David Buchler
Grand Theatre Geneva

Aviel Cahn has arrived at the newly opened Geneva Opera House and in the first production under his control has taken the City and opera scene by storm.  This is a man of incredible pedigree having taken the Vlaanderen Opera – he was in charge for 10 years – to its peak in 2019 by obtaining the International Opera Award for Best Opera Company.  Instead of starting his new tenure in Geneva with a Puccini/Verdi/Strauss banker, his first opera is out of left field, Philip Glass’s Einstein on the Beach.