Contemporary operas (18)

Berg's Lulu

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

• Bavarian State Opera (Munich, Germany)

Berg's Wozzeck

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

• Zürich Opera House (Zurich, Switzerland)

Frank Zappa's 200 Motels – The Suites

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

Samuel Barber's Vanessa

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

Philip Glass's The Perfect American

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

Brett Dean's Hamlet

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

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)...

World premiere of 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

Lawrence Renes, Peter Sellars – Gerald Finley (J. Robert Oppenheimer), Thomas Glenn (Robert Wilson), Jessica Rivera (Kitty Oppenheimer) – 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)...

Messiaen's Saint François d'Assise

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

• De Nationale Opera (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Unsuk Chin's Alice in Wonderland (world premiere)

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

• Nationaltheater München (Munich, Germany)

Doctor Atomic by Adams

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

Berg's Wozzeck

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

Louie's Mulroney, The Opera

A comedy imagined by Dan Redican and Larry Weinstein

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)