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Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes is a nuanced, gripping tale that should pack an emotional punch. Despite fine moments, Oper Köln's production didn't serve the work. 

On attendait beaucoup de cette production du Roi Arthus de Chausson à l'Opéra de Paris mais force est de reconnaître que cette redécouverte ne fut qu’un demi-succès ou plutôt même un demi-échec.

Earnest singing and dramatic insight made Das Rheingold with the Hong Kong Philharmonic a remarkable evening. 

Death in Venice makes its première in Madrid with a rational and symbolic production by Willy Decker. 

For those who view Wagner’s Ring Cycle in symphonic terms, Siegfried is often described as the third movement Scherzo: an episode of comedy in between the existential musings of Die Walküre and the action-packed, apocalyptic Götterdämerung. Last night’s performance at the Opéra Bastille in Paris gave us plenty of high comedy and much more besides.