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A pasticcio of superb musicianship is the main event at the Venice-themed Whitsun Festival.

Expect sequins and swinging chandeliers in the Australian director's new Fledermaus at the Bayerische Staatsoper. 

The Opernhaus Zürich revives a successful production by Barrie Kosky with a great cast under Gianandrea Noseda's baton.

A coherent, modern version of the Orpheus myth from the Italian director at the Komische Oper Berlin.

The Zurich Opernhaus tackles the pandemic with an innovative strategy: instead of reducing the size of orchestra and chorus (as many other European opera houses) it removes them from the theatre altogether. 

Barrie Kosky’s visually stunning and very finely sung Eugene Onegin from Komische Oper reaches Edinburgh, a triumphant showcase for soprano Asmik Grigorian.