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PhiladelphiaJustin Austin / Howard Watkins

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society
Weill, Ravel, Wolf, Gordon, Owens
Justin Austin; Howard Watkins

New York CitySilent NightNeuinszenierung

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Mazzoli’s The Galloping Cure gets eye-catching premiere in Edinburgh

Justin Austin (Lucky Mack) © Andrew Perry

Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek provide an intriguing allegory for the opioid crisis, performed blisteringly at the Edinburgh International Festival.

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Washington National Opera marches onward with a joyous Treemonisha

Viviana Goodwin (Treemonisha) and Jonathan Pierce Rhodes (Zodzetrick) © Elman Studio
A vibrant new production of Scott Joplin’s Treemonisha at Washington National Opera underscores the opera’s enduring message of education, community and social justice.
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Mozart meets Gatsby in LA Opera’s new Così fan tutte

Ana María Martínez (Despina), Rihab Chaieb (Dorabella) and Erica Petrocelli (Fiordiligi) © Cory Weaver
 Michael Cavanagh's sleek new production, designed by Erhard Rom and conducted by James Conlon, transforms the 18th-century opera into a Broadway musical, score by Mozart.
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Allan Clayton dazzles in Brett Dean’s Hamlet at the Met

Brett Dean’s Hamlet at the Met is a worthy addition to the operatic canon, and the production is a treat. 

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Chausson's rarely heard Le Roi Arthus well served at Bard

The first fully staged American production of Chausson's sole opera features remarkable singing, fine storytelling and plush orchestral playing.
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Threepenny Opera suffers under the weight of its own ambitions

The live-streamed production of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill’s The Threepenny Opera sought to reinvent for online presentation but ended up uneven and overly busy.

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