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TallinnDie Fledermaus
Strauß Sohn: Die Fledermaus
Arvo Volmer; Andrus Vaarik; Estonian National Opera; Kristjan Suits; Priidu Adlas; Estonian National Opera Orchestra; Estonian National Opera Choir
TallinnPelléas et Mélisande
Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande
Arvo Volmer; Albert-André Lheureux; Estonian National Opera; Liina Keevallik; Rasmus Rembel; Estonian National Opera Orchestra; Estonian National Opera Choir
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Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande
Arvo Volmer; Albert-André Lheureux; Estonian National Opera; Liina Keevallik; Rasmus Rembel; Estonian National Opera Orchestra; Estonian National Opera Choir
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A dramatic Roméo et Juliette at Estonian National Opera
Stephen Barlow's intelligent production makes Gounod's grand opéra as dramatic as it is tuneful.
Murdering the customers, murdering the score
At the Estonian National Opera, Vilppu Kiljunen's staging of Hindemith's crime opera Cardillac is wonderfully eerie. Unfortunately, conductor Vello Pähn's reading of the score doesn't do it justice.