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Verdi: Macbeth
Andrea Battistoni; Martin Kušej; Bayerische Staatsoper; Martin Zehetgruber; Werner Fritz; Reinhard Traub; Bayerisches Staatsorchester
VeronaAida Ed. Franco Zeffirelli
Verdi: Aida
Francesco Ommassini; Franco Zeffirelli; Arena di Verona Corps de Ballet; Anna Anni; Arena di Verona Orchestra; Arena di Verona Chorus
BerlinTurandot
Puccini: Turandot
Daniel Carter; Lorenzo Fioroni; Deutsche Oper Berlin; Paul Zoller; Katharina Gault; Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin; Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin
AmsterdamPagliacci / Cavalleria rusticana
Leoncavallo, Mascagni
Andrea Battistoni; Robert Carsen; Niederländische Oper; Radu Boruzescu; Annemarie Woods; Peter van Praet; Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra
New York CityTosca
Puccini: Tosca
Oksana Lyniv; Sir David McVicar; Metropolitan Opera; John Macfarlane; David Finn; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
New York CityLa fanciulla del WestNeuinszenierung
Puccini: La fanciulla del West
Keri-Lynn Wilson; Richard Jones; Metropolitan Opera; Miriam Buether; Nicky Gillibrand; Mimi Jordan Sherin; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
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Richard Jones’ clunky Samson et Dalila returns to Covent Garden
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With Aigul Akhmetshina and Seokjong Baek in the title roles, there are reasons to be optimistic, but The Royal Opera’s revival of Richard Jones’ production is a mixed bag.
Dudamel and Catalan choirs dazzle in Beethoven’s Missa solemnis
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In Los Angeles, Gustavo Dudamel conducts Beethoven's Missa solemnis for the first time... and it proves worth the wait.
Ailyn Pérez is the perfect Butterfly in the Met’s revival
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Good Butterflys are not that difficult to come by but great ones are very very rare. Ailyn Pérez fits the bill in this revival of Anthony Minghella’s classic staging.
Dodging the executioner’s axe: Șerban’s Turandot returns
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Andrei Șerban’s 1984 staging of Turandot may the oldest production left in The Royal Opera’s stable, but there's life in the old horse yet.
“Taffia Tosca” burns with Welsh fire
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Led by Bryn Terfel's Scarpia and Natalya Romaniw's Tosca – not forgetting Aled Hall's scene-stealing Spoletta – this revival of Jonathan Kent's 2006 staging is urgently paced.
A choral treat to savour: Verdi’s Requiem at the BBC Proms
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An outstanding choral performance by nearly 300 singers of the BBC National Chorus of Wales and the Crouch End Festival Chorus lights up Verdi’s hybrid of opera and devotional music.