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Anne Sofie von Otter dominates the scene in Stockholm's Carmélites
The Royal Swedish Opera revives Garpe’s production of Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmélites with a committed cast.
La OSE cierra su temporada con un Requiem de Verdi espectacular
La Orquesta Sinfónica de Euskadi y el Orfeón Donostiarra ponen un brillante punto final a la temporada con una colosal Messa da Requiem de Verdi.
A 24 carat Rheingold from the Hallé
The Hallé's oddly-ordered Ring arrives at the beginning with Das Rheingold.
Voltaire and vino: Maskarade bubbles over
Accompanied by an ebulliant Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, a fine Danish cast popped open the comedic bubbly at a concert performance of Nielsen’s Maskarade at the Concertgebouw.
The king is not well: Nielsen’s Saul og David
The Royal Danish Opera's new production of Carl Nielsen's first opera Saul og David updates the action to the present-day Middle east and, while well-sung, comes off as overly simplistic.
A tartan Falstaff in Munich
The Merry Wives of Windsor – relocated to Scotland – sing beautifully, as does their wooer, Falstaff. But it's not clear why they're in Scotland in the first place, or how the rest of the staging fits the opera.