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LeedsDon Giovanni

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Mozart: Don Giovanni
Chloe Rooke; Alessandro Talevi; Opera North; Madeleine Boyd; Matthew Haskins; Orchestra of Opera North

SalfordDon Giovanni

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Mozart: Don Giovanni
Chloe Rooke; Alessandro Talevi; Opera North; Madeleine Boyd; Matthew Haskins; Orchestra of Opera North

Newcastle upon TyneDon Giovanni

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Mozart: Don Giovanni
Chloe Rooke; Alessandro Talevi; Opera North; Madeleine Boyd; Matthew Haskins; Orchestra of Opera North

NottinghamDon Giovanni

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Mozart: Don Giovanni
Chloe Rooke; Alessandro Talevi; Opera North; Madeleine Boyd; Matthew Haskins; Orchestra of Opera North

HullDon Giovanni

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Mozart: Don Giovanni
Chloe Rooke; Alessandro Talevi; Opera North; Madeleine Boyd; Matthew Haskins; Orchestra of Opera North

LondonParsifalNeuinszenierung

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Wagner: Parsifal
Jakub Hrůša; Evgeny Titov; The Royal Opera; Étienne Pluss; Esther Bialas; DM Wood; Covent Garden Orchester des Royal Opera House
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Paradise Deferred: Shelley takes on Schumann’s Paradies und die Peri

Nardus Williams and Alexander Shelley © Mark Stedman
Alexander Shelley tackles Schumann’s sprawling Das Paradies und die Peri with conviction, shaping real momentum and drama, even if balance issues and Thomas Moore’s cloying libretto sometimes distract.
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Canadian Opera Company opens season with Roméo et Juliette

Stephen Costello (Roméo) and Kseniia Proshina (Juliette) © Michael Cooper
Amy Lane’s production of Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette at the COC is eye-catching and enjoyable but doesn’t offer the same level of insight as her Faust last season. 
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The metamorphosis of M. Butterfly: UK premiere for Huang Ruo’s opera

Kangmin Justin Kim (Song Liling) © BBC | Mark Allan
From the chrysalis of a Broadway play and then to film, David Henry Hwang's M. Butterfly turns full cycle into an opera by composer Huang Ruo. 
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Les Carmina Burana théâtrales d’Orozco-Estrada à la Philharmonie

Andrés Orozco-Estrada © Jeff Fit
À la tête de l'Orchestre de Paris, le chef colombien propose une lecture énergique de l'œuvre de Carl Orff, au détriment des subtilités de la partition. Les solistes se distinguent.
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Awe-inspiring Vaughan Williams from Slatkin in Dublin

Mark Stone and Elizabeth Watts © Aisling McCarthy
The National Symphony Orchestra's nautical theme includes merry Mendelssohn, the spiteful storminess of Britten’s Four Sea Interludes and the yearning of Vaughan Williams' A Sea Symphony
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Fearlessly heroic: Siegfried gets the Longborough Ring back on track

 Longborough Festival Opera’s ongoing Ring cycle returns to its fully staged form with a triumphant new Siegfried.
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