Tcherniakov, Dmitri

The Composer Who Changed Opera With ‘a Beautiful Simplicity’

In the mid-1700s, Christoph Willibald Gluck overthrew the musical excesses around him. A marathon double bill in France shows the vibrancy of his vision.

By Zachary Woolfe

Gerhaher, Christian Gerstein, Kirill Grigorian, Asmik Gruber, H K Hengelbrock, Thomas Huffman, Ted (Theater Director) Makela, Klaus McBurney, Simon Opera Orchestre de Paris Ostermeier, Thomas Rattle, Simon Tcherniakov, Dmitri Venables, Philip

The Ups and Downs of the Aix-en-Provence Festival

Not everything was an artistic or audience success at the 75th Aix-en-Provence Festival in France. But everything was worth discussing.

By Joshua Barone

Bavaria (Germany) Bavarian State Opera Classical Music Dorny, Serge Jurowski, Vladimir Opera Prokofiev, Sergei Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022) Tcherniakov, Dmitri War and Peace (Opera)

Review: The Time for Prokofiev’s ‘War and Peace’ Is Now

After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, this opera adaptation of Tolstoy seemed unperformable. But in Munich, it has become an urgent antiwar cry.

By Joshua Barone

Berlin State Opera Der Ring des Nibelungen (Opera) Kampe, Anja Kranzle, Johannes Martin Mahnke, Claudia Opera Schager, Andreas Tcherniakov, Dmitri Thielemann, Christian Villazon, Rolando Volle, Michael Wagner, Richard

Review: Berlin Takes Wagner’s Approach to Staging the ‘Ring’

All four parts of Wagner’s epic were presented within a week, in a new production by Dmitri Tcherniakov inspired by the work’s experimental roots.

By Joshua Barone