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ENO’s Mahagonny: biting, bleak, brilliantly executed satire
Never has Brecht and Weill’s satire on the inhumanity of man to man been render with such utter darkness; Simon O’Neill heads up a superb cast.
Beneath the ice: a triumphant revival of ENO's Jenůfa
David Alden's production is a vivid telling of Janáček's devastating village drama. With a terrific cast and a splendid performance from the pit, this revival is an unalloyed artistic success.
Davidsen and Stemme anchor an extraordinary Jenůfa in Chicago
Claus Guth's production foregrounds the regimented, repressive world that drives the plot of Janáček’s tragic masterpiece.
Quinn Kelsey triumphs in Opera Philadelphia's Simon Boccanegra
In his role debut as the Genoan Doge, the American baritone continues to burnish his bona fides as the premier Verdi baritone of his generation.
François Girard’s Holländer returns to the Met
Tomasz Konieczny, as the enigmatic mariner condemned to sail the seas forever, heads a superb cast in this Met Opera revival of François Girard’s murky production of Wagner’s early masterpiece.
A delightful, updated Hansel and Gretel in Houston for young and old
Houston Grand Opera's new production is fully digital combining live singing with animated backgrounds.