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Miami BeachStrange Magic: Ravel + Stravinsky

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Strawinsky, Ravel
New World Symphony; Stéphane Denève; Isabel Leonard

MadridEl barbero de SevillaNeuinszenierung

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Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia (Der Barbier von Sevilla)
Giacomo Sagripanti; Damiano Michieletto; Teatro Real; Paolo Fantin; Silvia Aymonino; Fabio Barettin; Orquesta Titular del Teatro Real

New York CityDiamond Jubilee: 60 Years at Lincoln Center

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The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Yannick Nézet-Séguin; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Aigul Akhmetshina; Roberto Alagna; Xabier Anduaga
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Eine Cinderella mit viel Komik (und einem Selfie)

In einer sehr komischen Produktion von Rossinis La Cenerentola an der Staatsoper brauchen die Musiker etwas Zeit, um warmzuwerden, sind in Bestform aber unwiderstehlich charmant.
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The Met’s Frida y Diego proves visually stunning, musically thrilling

Carlos Álvarez (Diego) and Isabel Leonard (Frida) © Marty Sohl | Met Opera
Deborah Colker and her design team create visually vibrant worlds for the Met’s new production of El último sueño de Frida y Diego, by Pulitzer Prize winner Gabriela Lena Frank. 
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Met Orchestra brings a long neglected symphony back to life

Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the Met Orchestra © Jennifer Taylor

William Levi Dawson’s Negro Folk Symphony, overlooked for decades, heads an all-American program of 20th-century works in New York. 

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West Side Story de Gustavo Dudamel en el Liceu

Gustavo Dudamel al frente de la Gran Orquestra Sinfónica del Liceu © David Ruano | Gran Teatre del Liceu
La Orquestra Sinfónica del Liceu contó con un reparto y una dirección en la que brilló, aunando ritmos y estilos en una noche más musical que nunca.
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Energetic cast brightens up the Met’s tired-looking Barbiere

Davide Luciano (Figaro) © Marty Sohl | Met Opera

Bartlett Sher’s 2006 production of Rossini’s tuneful masterpiece is showing its age, but a superb cast and conductor keep the comedy moving. 

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A French feast for the ears from Denève and the New World Symphony

Isabel Leonard and the New World Symphony © Alex Markow
In Miami, Isabel Leonard bewitches in Ravel’s Shéhérazade, while Stéphane Denève and the New World Symphony conjure up atmospherics galore in Roussel and Schmitt ballet scores. 
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