Michael Volle

Hungarian State Opera Unveils 142nd Season Featuring World Premieres and Classical Masterpieces
by Joshua Wright - May 8, 2025

The Hungarian State Opera's 2025/26 season will feature 385 performances, world premieres by contemporary Hungarian composers, and works by Beethoven, Mozart, and Wagner, with appearances by Anna Netrebko and Joseph Calleja.

Review: Strauss’s Powerhouse FRAU OHNE SCHATTEN Casts Big Shadow at the Met
by Richard Sasanow - Dec 7, 2024

Richard Strauss’s DIE FRAU OHNE SCHATTEN (THE WOMAN WITHOUT A SHADOW), with a libretto by his long-time collaborator, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, has made a triumphant return to the Met with a stellar cast and the Met Orchestra in peak form under Yannick Nezet-Seguin. It dazzled and glowed like few other evenings in recent memory, in a production by Herbert Wernicke, who died young, not long after its debut in 2001.

Video: First Look At DIE FRAU OHNE SCHATTEN At Metropolitan Opera
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 29, 2024

Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin takes the podium to lead Strauss’s grand mythological epic in Richard Strauss' Die Frau ohne Schatten. See video highlights from the production.  

Video: Watch an Excerpt from the Berlin State Opera Production of Wagner's DIE WALKÜRE on Carnegie Hall+
by Blair Ingenthron - Feb 4, 2024

Christian Thielemann conducts the second opera in Wagner‘s Ring cycle, “Die Walküre,” a moving epic about a family in conflict. The Berlin State Opera production features baritone Michael Volle as Wotan and soprano Anja Kampe as Brünnhilde. Watch the excerpt from Carnegie Hall+ here!

International Opera Awards 2023 Shortlist Revealed
by Stephi Wild - Oct 11, 2023

The International Opera Awards has announced the shortlist for this year's Awards, which will be held at Teatr Wielki, Polish National Opera, Warsaw on Thursday 9 November.

Daniele Rustioni Conducts DON CARLO at the Berlin Staatsoper Beginning This Month
by Stephi Wild - Jun 5, 2023

Daniele Rustioni will take over conducting duties for Daniel Barenboim at the Berlin Staatsoper in a revival of Giuseppe Verdi's Don Carlo for all performances.

Daniele Rustioni Conducts DON CARLO at the Berlin Staatsoper This Summer
by Stephi Wild - May 2, 2023

Daniele Rustioni will take over conducting duties for Daniel Barenboim at the Berlin Staatsoper in a revival of Giuseppe Verdi's Don Carlo for all performances. The production is set to run June 28 to July 14, 2023.

Met Opera Encore in HD's FALSTAFF Comes To The Ridgefield Playhouse
by Stephi Wild - Mar 31, 2023

On the big screen of the Ridgefield Playhouse from The Met Opera's 2022-2023 season comes Verdi's glorious Shakespearean comedy, Falfstaff. An Encore in HD screening will take place on Friday, April 7, 2023 at 6pm.

The Met: Live in HD Brings FALSTAFF to the Warner in April
by Stephi Wild - Mar 24, 2023

The Met: Live in HD, the Metropolitan Opera’s award-winning series of live high-definition cinema simulcasts, presents Giuseppe Verdi's FALSTAFF, Saturday, April 1 at 12:30 pm ET, in the Warner Theatre's Oneglia Auditorium (Main Stage). 

Daniele Rustioni Will Conduct DON CARLO at the Berlin Staatsoper
by Stephi Wild - Mar 24, 2023

Daniele Rustioni, will take over conducting duties for Daniel Barenboim at the Berlin Staatsoper in a revival of Giuseppe Verdi's Don Carlo for all performances. The production is set to run June 28 to July 14, 2023.

The Ridgefield Playhouse's Classical Series Continues With Verdi's FALSTAFF Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Mar 24, 2023

The Ridgefield Playhouse’s Classical Series continues on Friday, April 7, 2023 at 6pm with a Met Opera Encore in HD screening of Verdi’s Falstaff. A deeply human comedy full of humor and genuine emotion, Verdi’s last opera is a splendid finale to an unparalleled career in the theater.

Review: Shakespeare's Merry Wives Get the Best of a Grand Michael Volle in Verdi's FALSTAFF
by Richard Sasanow - Mar 21, 2023

Combine a supreme farceur with a stentorian voice that thrills and you get baritone Michael Volle’s portrayal of the title role in Verdi’s FALSTAFF, which breezed into town late last week for a limited run at the Met. While we’ve had dramatic singers in the role before, they were mostly from Italian repertoire; I don’t know when the last time a Wagnerian--a Wotan from the Ring, for instance--took on this role around here, but Volle did himself proud.

VIDEO: Get A First Look At The Met Opera's FALSTAFF
by Alan Henry - Mar 9, 2023

Watch highlights from the Met Opera's production of Falstaff, now on stage through April 1st. Verdi’s glorious Shakespearean comedy features a brilliant ensemble cast in Robert Carsen’s celebrated staging.

Verdi's FALSTAFF to Return to the Metropolitan Opera in March
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 14, 2023

Verdi’s exuberant final opera, Falstaff, will return to the Met for six performances, March 12–April 1.

Rustioni Takes Over For Barenboim in DON CARLO in Berlin This Summer
by Stephi Wild - Feb 8, 2023

 The Berlin Staatsoper has announced that Daniele Rustioni, 39, will take over conducting duties for Daniel Barenboim at the Berlin Staatsoper in a revival of Giuseppe Verdi's Don Carlo for all performances (June 28 to July 14, 2023).