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Blue in Amsterdam: aktueller kann Oper nicht sein!

Kenneth Kellogg (Vater) und Darius Gillard (Sohn) © Clärchen and Matthias Baus | Dutch National Opera
Das außergewöhnlich gute Sängerensemble trägt diese aussagekräftige Opernvorstellung bei ihrer europäischen Premiere.
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Acre sensación tras la brillante producción de Theodora

© Javier del Real | Teatro Real
La comprensión errónea del oratorio Theodora enturbia una, por lo demás, excelente producción de Katie Mitchell.
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Crowning glory: DNO's Donizetti Tudor trilogy concludes

Barno Ismatullaeva (Elisabetta), Angela Brower (Sara) and Nikolay Zemlianskikh (Nottingham) © Ben van Duin | Dutch National Opera
Angela Brower steals the crown in the final instalment of Jetske Mijnssen’s Donizetti trilogy with a voice of apparently limitless emotional range. 
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Dove and Middleton's Odyssey wins hearts in Bristol

Francesca Chiejina, Thando Mjandana and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra © Giulia Spadafora (Soul Media)
The refurbished Beacon stages a world premiere of a large choral work which imbues complete empathy for one migrant and his story.
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WNO’s abstract Magic Flute proves more contemporary than cohesive

Julia Sitkovetsky (Queen of the Night) © Craig Fuller

WNO delivers a well-performed production of Mozart’s Magic Flute with some fresh ideas, but other which dilute it. 

***11
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Richard Jones’ tacky Samson et Dalila fails to bring down the house

Inspiration eludes the director as a new staging of Saint-Säens’ biblical epic falls flat but for some excellent musical performances led by outstanding mezzo Elīna Garanča. 
***11
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