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Gianandrea Noseda; Orchester der Oper Zürich; Klaus Florian Vogt; Mika Kares; Michael Volle
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Wagner: Götterdämmerung
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Great performances cannot rescue the Norwegian director's superficial treatment of a classic ghost story.
Strong cast lifts constrained staging in Glyndebourne's Fidelio
A vast panopticon cages strong musical performances in Wake-Walker's Fidelio at Glyndebourne, with Dorothea Herbert and Adam Smith standing out vocally and emotionally as Leonore and Florestan.
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Leoncavallo's opera is a rare example of a tragic, verismo opera where not a soul dies... neither by natural causes nor foul play.
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Dutch National Opera revives Pierre Audi's acclaimed Die Walküre for the very last time.