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Porgy and Bess: Catfish Row arrives in Kansas City

Michelle Bradley (Bess) and Eric Greene (Porgy) © Andrew Schwartz
Francesca Zambello's magnificent production of the Gershwins’ American epic comes to the Lyric Opera of Kansas City. 
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Mozart meets Vaudeville in Seattle's silent movie Magic Flute

Brandie Sutton (Pamina) and Rodion Pogossov (Papageno) © Sunny Martini
Eye-popping, hand-drawn animation melds with Mozart's fantastical world and the silent film era to create a colorful and energetic new-to-Seattle production.  
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The fat knight sings in Bard Festival's Sir John in Love

Ann Toomey, Craig Colclough, Sarah Saturnino © Bard Music Festival | Stephanie Berger
A two-week Ralph Vaughan Williams retrospective closed with his gentle, folksy spin on Shakespeare's Merry Wives of Windsor.
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Faith and fortune: Opera Philadelphia presents Carmina Burana

Brandie Inez Sutton and the Opera Philadelphia Chorus and Orchestra © Dominic M Mercier
Carl Orff's bawdy choral work shares a program with the sweet and sincere Credo, a rediscovered work by the American composer and arranger Margaret Bonds.
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Seattle Opera's Porgy and Bess is a vocal and dramatic stunner

Seattle Opera's memorable Porgy and Bess excels with an exceptional cast who performed with utmost sympathy for their roles.
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Mostly Mozart opens in major key exuberance

Enlightenment indeed at Lincoln Center as the Mostly Mozart Festival opens with a gloriouds hodge-podge. 
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