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New York CityLa bohème

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Puccini: La bohème
Ramón Tebar; Franco Zeffirelli; Metropolitan Opera; Peter J. Hall; Gil Wechsler; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

HamburgCarmen

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Bizet: Carmen
Omer Meir Wellber; Herbert Fritsch; Staatsoper Hamburg; N.N.; José Luna; Carsten Sander

ZürichDon Carlo

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Verdi: Don Carlo(s)
Petr Popelka; Sven-Eric Bechtolf; Oper Zürich; Rolf Glittenberg; Marianne Glittenberg; Jürgen Hoffmann; Orchester der Oper Zürich
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Liebesdreieck am englischen Königshof: Roberto Devereux in Zürich

Inga Kalna (Elisabetta) © Toni Suter

David Alden beschreitet einen Mittelweg zwischen Ausstattungsoper und Regietheater, Enrique Mazzola baut seinen historischen Ansatz aus, und Inga Kalna vermag die Erwartungen nicht ganz zu erfüllen.

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Zurich Opera’s brooding Ballo in maschera comes to Edinburgh

Un ballo in maschera © Jess Shurte

Gianandrea Noseda conducts his Zurich Opera forces as Adele Thomas' 2024 production arrives in Edinburgh with a cast led by Stephen Costello and Elena Stikhina. 

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A less familiar Madama Butterfly presented at Santa Fe Opera

Stephen Costello (Pinkerton) and Karen Chia-Ling Ho (Cio-Cio-San) © Bronwen Sharp for the Santa Fe Opera
Conductor John Fiore’s own performing version restores music and dramatic detail absent from the standard Madama Butterfly, with Karen Chia-Ling Ho a commanding Cio-Cio-San.
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Butterfly entre vrai classicisme et faux avant-gardisme à Genève

Madame Butterfly à Genève © Carole Parodi
La metteuse en scène tchèque Barbora Horáková propose une direction d’acteur précise et efficace, au milieu d'écrans vidéo avec lesquels la proposition a du mal à fusionner.
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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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Heggie’s newly staged Moby Dick lands triumphantly at the Met

Peter Mattei (Starbuck) © Karen Almond | Met Opera

Fifteen years after its Dallas Opera world premiere, Jake Heggie’s grand adaptation of Herman Melville’s sprawling epic arrives in New York in a stunning production with a standout cast.  

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