Contemporary operas (20)

Berg's Wozzeck

William Kentridge (stage director), Vladimir Jurowski (conductor) – Avec Matthias Goerne, John Daszak, Mauro Peter...

Stravinsky's Œdipus rex

Julie Taymor (stage director), Seiji Ozawa (conductor) – With Jessye Norman (Yocasta), Bryn Terfel (Creon), Philip Langridge (Oedipus)...

• Saito Kinen Festival Matsumoto (Matsumoto)

Philip Glass's The Perfect American

Phelim McDermott (stage director), Dennis Russell Davies (conductor) – With Christopher Purves (Walt Disney), David Pittsinger (Roy Disney)...

Brett Dean's Hamlet

Neil Armfield (director), Vladimir Jurowski (conductor) – With Allan Clayton, Sarah Connolly, Barbara Hannigan, Rod Gilfry...

Samuel Barber's Vanessa

Keith Warner (stage director), Jakub Hrůša (conductor), London Philharmonic Orchestra – Virginie Verrez (Erika), Emma Bell (Vanessa), Edgaras Montvidas (An...

Berg's Lulu

Dmitri Tcherniakov (stage director), Kirill Petrenko (music director) – Bayerische Staatsoper – With Marlis Petersen (Lulu)

• Bavarian State Opera (Munich, Germany)

Frank Zappa's 200 Motels – The Suites

An impressive musical-theatrical saga, performed for the first time in France

Berg's Wozzeck

Andreas Homoki (stage director), Fabio Luisi (music director) – With Christian Gerhaher (Wozzeck), Gun-Brit Barkmin (Marie)...

• Zürich Opera House (Zurich, Switzerland)

George Benjamin's Lessons in Love and Violence

George Benjamin (music), Martin Crimp (text) – With Stéphane Degout (King), Barbara Hannigan (Isabel), Gyula Orendt (Gaveston/Stranger)...

George Benjamin's Written on Skin

George Benjamin (conductor), Katie Mitchell (stage director) – With Christopher Purves (The Protector), Barbara Hannigan (Agnès)...

Wuorinen's Brokeback Mountain

Tribute: work commissioned by Gérard Mortier (1943-2014)

Michel Tabachnik's Benjamin, dernière nuit

John Fulljames (stage director), Bernhard Kontarsky (conductor) – With Jean-Noël Briend, Sava Lolov, Michaela Kustekova...

Adams' Doctor Atomic

Peter Sellars (stage director), Lawrence Renes (music director) – With Gerald Finley (J. Robert Oppenheimer), Thomas Glenn (Robert Wilson), Jessica Rivera ...

• De Nationale Opera (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Messiaen's Saint François d'Assise

Pierre Audi (stage director), Ingo Metzmacher (conductor) – WIth Rod Gilfry (Saint François), Camilla Tilling (The Angel) – De Nederlandse Opera

• De Nationale Opera (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Thierry Escaich's Claude

Olivier Py (stage director), Jérémie Rhorer (conductor) – With Jean-Sébastien Bou (Claude), Jean-Philippe Lafont (The Director), Rodrigo Ferreira (Albin)...

Doctor Atomic by Adams

Lucinda Childs (stage director), Patrick Davin (conductor) – With Dietrich Henschel (J. Robert Oppenheimer), Robert Bork (Edward Teller)...

Unsuk Chin's Alice in Wonderland (world premiere)

Achim Freyer (stage director), Kent Nagano (conductor) – With Sally Matthews, Dietrich Henschel...

• Nationaltheater München (Munich, Germany)

Zhu Shaoyu's You And Me

Zhang Yimou (stage director) – National Center for the Performing Arts, Beijing

• National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) (Beijing, China)

Louie's Mulroney, The Opera

A comedy imagined by Dan Redican and Larry Weinstein

Berg's Wozzeck

Peter Mussbach (stage director), Sylvain Cambreling (conductor) — With Kristine Ciesinski (Marie), Dale Duesing (Wozzeck), Ronald Hamilton (Drum Major)