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New York CityMadama Butterfly
Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Carlo Rizzi; Anthony Minghella; Metropolitan Opera; Michael Levine; Han Feng; Peter Mumford; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Los AngelesFalstaff
Verdi: Falstaff
James Conlon; Shawna Lucey; LA Opera; Adrian Linford; LA Opera Orchestra; LA Opera Chorus
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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (Die Hochzeit des Figaro)
James Conlon; James Gray; LA Opera; Santo Loquasto; Christian Lacroix; York Kennedy; LA Opera Orchestra
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Ailyn Pérez is the perfect Butterfly in the Met’s revival
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Good Butterflys are not that difficult to come by but great ones are very very rare. Ailyn Pérez fits the bill in this revival of Anthony Minghella’s classic staging.
Power and vulnerability: COC revives Madama Butterfly
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The Toronto revival of Michael Grandage’s straightforward but elegant production shields Puccini’s genius from contemporary critiques.
A Dream doesn't quite come true at San Francisco Opera
A new operatic adaptation of Dream of the Red Chamber by Bright Sheng and David Henry Hwang offers musical and visual delights but stumbles on the text.