The Colony

That was the first opera I saw when I arrived in Hamburg. It was a round stage, the devil was tall and bald, and characters entered and exited hell via a pneumatic column. Gretchen disappeared in a cloud of fog up in the rafters.
Marriage of Figaro was the second thing I saw here. More than a decade later, they are still staging the same version.

Is that Ildegrando d'Arcangelo? If so, you are very fortunate.

Omg, typing! Ildebrando.

No, it's Erwin Schrott