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Norma is presented in its original two-soprano version, in the new critical edition by musicologist Roger Parker. 

The Ukrainian director's “revisioning” of Beethoven's only opera plunges it into an incoherent underworld in Amsterdam.

Seven months ago, when Tokyo’s musical scene was brought to a standstill by the Covid-19 pandemic, it was hard to envisage any orchestra performing Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony by December, an important year-end custom in Japan.

Vienna's Theater an der Wien stage a seldom performed opera by Carl Maria von Weber with an excellent cast, orchestra, and chorus.  

The Gran Teatre del Liceu’s orchestra performs challenging works by Strauss under resident conductor Josep Pons.

Daniele Gatti is the winner of the night, managing to draw an astounding outcome from a far from ideal cast.

A fascinating, psychologically penetrating reading of Verdi’s penultimate opera, performed to the highest standards, promises much for the new season at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein. 

A strong cast stars in Christof Loy's unsettling rethinking of Richard Strauss’ Arabella at the Dutch National Opera.