He made his debut in Europe at Oper Frankfurt with Handel's Tamerlano in 2019, returning in 2021 for Cimarosa's L'Italiana in Londra and in 2022 for Puccini's Madama Butterfly.
Schlather directed Mozart's Don Giovanni again in Philadelphia, and Cosi fan tutte at the Santa Fe Opera.
[4] The reviewer from the FAZ noted that the production brought frequent laughter in the tradition of the commedia dell'arte; the opera had been played in Frankfurt in 1783, a few years after its premiere in Rome.
[4] In 2022, he directed there Puccini's Madama Butterfly, on an almost empty stage with two sliding walls and playing in a contemporary setting alluding to sex tourism, without historic exoticism.
[5] The reviewer from the FAZ noted that the brutal actions of the plot take place behind the walls and in the spectator's imagination, while what is visible is notable in its discretion and in its reliance on the music.