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Gothic psychodrama: Chicago Opera Theater La hija de Rappaccini
Daniel Catán's operatic adaptation of Nathaniel Hawthorne's tale of evil scientist and poisoned plants is compellingly set in Chicago's Field Museum.
Reform romcom: Odyssey Opera’s Paride ed Elena
Helen of Troy is the theme for this half of Odyssey’s season, launched with Gluck's rarity.
Disconnected dégustation: Pinchgut Opera's Rameau
Historically informed rarities from Rameau and Vinci aim to recreate the world of 18th-century opera-going in Paris. But a misaligned production distracts from this specialised experience.
Haydn's Armida in Sydney
Confusion has such lovely music! Sydney's pioneering Baroque and early classical opera specialists, Pinchgut Opera offered Haydn's Armida as its 16th production.
Psychologically powerful Werther in Boston
A complex portrait of obsessive and destructive passion.