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LenoxThe Marriage of Figaro

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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (Die Hochzeit des Figaro)
Andris Nelsons; James Darrah Black; Boston Symphony Orchestra; Joshua Hopkins; Hanna-Elisabeth Müller; Michael Sumuel

ManchesterBBC Philharmonic - Brahms Requiem

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Boulanger, Brahms
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Anja Bihlmaier; Julia Grüter; Joshua Hopkins; Audi Young Persons' Choral Academy

BrusselsLoved / Lost

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Schumann, Heggie
Joshua Hopkins; Niamh O'Sullivan; Alessandro Praticò

MünchenWertherNeuinszenierung

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Massenet: Werther
Karina Canellakis; Marie-Ève Signeyrole; Bayerische Staatsoper; Fabien Teigné; Yashi; Sascha Zauner; Bayerisches Staatsorchester

TorontoMessiah

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Händel: Messias
Toronto Symphony Orchestra; Ivor Bolton; Louise Alder; Deepa Johnny; Paul Appleby; Joshua Hopkins

TorontoL'elisir d'amore

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Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore
Lorenzo Passerini; James Robinson; Canadian Opera Company; Allen Moyer; Martin Pakledinaz; Paul Palazzo; Canadian Opera Company Orchestra
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Glänzendes Met-Debüt von Joana Mallwitz

Michael Sumuel (Figaro) und Olga Kulchynska (Susanna) © Evan Zimmerman | Met Opera
Eine aufstrebende deutsche Dirigentin entlockt dem Orchester in der fünften Wiederaufnahme der witzigen Inszenierung von Richard Eyre aus dem Jahr 2014 an der Met ein hervorragendes Spiel.
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Songs of love and loss from the Philadelphia Orchestra

Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the Philadelphia Orchestra © Jessica Griffin
Yannick Nézet-Séguin pairs Mahler's weighty Ninth Symphony with Jake Heggie's Songs for Murdered Sisters, which considers the scourge of domestic violence against women.
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Mendelssohn Choir shines in Pittsburgh Symphony’s choral program

Jeanine De Bique and Manfred Honeck © Josh Milteer | Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony perform five diverse works, culminating in an affecting reading of Fauré’s pensive Requiem.
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Malin Byström stars in a radiant Capriccio to close the EIF

Malin Byström and Bo Skovhus © Andrew Perry

Capriccio proves a fitting end to the Philharmonia’s EIF residency, with Alexander Soddy conducting a fine cast headed by Swedish soprano Malin Byström. 

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Madcap comedy from Verdi: Un giorno di regno at Garsington

Joshua Hopkins (Il cavaliere di Belfiore) © Julian Guidera
Christopher Alden, Chris Hopkins and an excellent cast send us a comic roller coaster ride with Verdi’s ultra-rarely performed second opera.
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COC’s Don Pasquale gets a one-note Dolce Vita treatment

Joshua Hopkins (Malatesta), Misha Kiria (Don Pasquale) and Simone Osborne (Norina) © Michael Cooper
Canadian Opera Company's Don Pasquale offers a stylish Italian 1960s Fellini-inspired concept that delivers  comedy but omits the pathos. 
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