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New York CityLincoln in the BardoUraufführung

Peter Mattei (Abraham Lincoln) und Everett Sobers (Willie Lincoln) © Karen Almond | Met Opera
Mazzoli: Lincoln in the Bardo
Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Lileana Blain-Cruz; Metropolitan Opera; Steven Osgood; Adam Rigg; Montana Levi Blanco; Yi Zhao
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Lincoln in the Bardo: spektakulär gruselige Uraufführung an der Met

Peter Mattei (Abraham Lincoln) und Everett Sobers (Willie Lincoln) © Karen Almond | Met Opera
George Saunders’ preisgekrönter Roman wird in Lileana Blain-Cruz’ genreübergreifender, visuell atemberaubender und überraschend heiterer Inszenierung der Opernadaption von Missy Mazzoli und Royce Vavrek vom Buch auf die Bühne gebracht.
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And the winner is: Terence Blanchard’s Champion comes to the Met

Ryan Speedo Green (Young Emile Griffith) and the cast of Champion © Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera
The compelling story of boxer Emile Griffith's struggles with guilt and sexuality are not ideally rendered in James Robinson's new production.
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A confidence-building exercise: the Tanglewood fellows in Die Walküre

Andris Nelsons finishes his 2019 Tanglewood residency on a high note.
****1
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Trittico's 100th anniversary and Domingo's 50th

All three operas in Puccini's triptych are strongly cast in this revival. 
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A pleasant Cendrillon première at the Metropolitan Opera

Laurent Pelly’s staging provided some of the most memorable moments in this performance of Cendrillon. 
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One Rheingold to rule them all

With Andris Nelsons' withdrawal from Bayreuth last year, the BSO’s summer home, Tanglewood, became the venue for his Wagner with a concert performance of Das Rheingold
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