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© Karen Almond | Met Opera
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© Didier Philispart
Atlanta Ballet shines in a mixed contemporary program
© Shoccara Marcus
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© Photography by ASH
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© Frol Podlesnyi
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© Ed Maitland Smith
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© Chris Lee
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© Michelle Reid
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© Monika Rittershaus
Sad shanties from Manchester Collective and Sean Shibe
© Pete Woodhead
Eyes wide shut for Berlin’s new Ballo in maschera
© Stephan Rabold
Young stars shine in the Staatsoper Berlin’s Rosenkavalier
© Ruth Walz (2020)
José Martínez unveils his latest Don Quichotte in Palermo
© Rosallina Garbo
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© Jan Windszus
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© Magali Dougados
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© Singapore Symphony Orchestra | Clive Choo
Freudian slip: Handel’s Tamerlano recast at London Handel Festival
© Craig Fuller
Alessio Bax’s inaugural London Festival of Chamber Music sets off to a flying start
© Sophie Oliver | Sinfonia Smith Square
Parsifal reconsidered: A provocative improvisation in Prague
© Serghei Gherciu
Dutch National Ballet's reimagined La Bayadère triumphs
© Altin Kaftira
A simple but richly detailed Cunning Little Vixen at the Royal Northern College of Music
© Robin Clewley
Mark Morris’ luminous, whimsical Moon lands in Brooklyn
© Julieta Cervantes
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© RBO 2026 | Marc Brenner
Billy Budd, or the Triumph of Beauty at the Opéra de Lyon
© Jean-Louis Fernandez
Irish National Opera’s new Rusalka intrigues more than it convinces
© Ruth Medjber
© Karen Almond | Met Opera
© Didier Philispart
© Photography by ASH
© Frol Podlesnyi
© Ed Maitland Smith
© Chris Lee
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© Stephan Rabold
© Ruth Walz (2020)
© Rosallina Garbo
© Jan Windszus
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© Singapore Symphony Orchestra | Clive Choo
© Craig Fuller
© Sophie Oliver | Sinfonia Smith Square
© Serghei Gherciu
© Altin Kaftira
© Robin Clewley
© Julieta Cervantes
© RBO 2026 | Marc Brenner
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© Ruth Medjber
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