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Two operas on marital discord by Bernstein and Menotti come with a content warning in Guildhall's delightful double bill.

Odyssey Opera makes a convincing case that The Last Savage’s time has come.

English National Ballet opens its season at Sadler’s Wells with a quadruple bill showcasing the versatility, virtuosity and endless capabilities of the company throughout the ranks.

Martha Graham Dance Company impresses in its third program at The Joyce Theater, especially in Errand into the Maze.

Osipova has always, since her very earliest appearances on stage, stood out for the sheer energy and commitment she shows in all her work. This is no exception.

Yorke Dance Project presents a finely honed programme with California Connections: Three Pioneering Women.

There is magic aplenty in director Stefan Herheim’s bold recontextualization of Gian Carlo Menotti's holiday opera. 

Gian Carlo Menotti's seasonal opera, performed in Kansas City, finds a new audience online. 

Attractive music and delicious comedy abound in Scottish Opera's short film of Gian Carlo Menotti's 1947 comic opera, made for Edinburgh International Festival.

Guildhall School of Music and Drama tackles Gian Carlo Menotti's rarity, a tale of stateless and paperless 'citizens of nowhere' seeking refuge amid Kafkaesque bureaucracy. 

This exquisite children’s opera, rarely performed in Adelaide, received a welcome return to inspire a new generation of admirers. 

Menotti's strange morality tale about the dangers of conjuring up responses from the Other Side gets an original and creative outing at Grimeborn, including an aerialist on stage at all times. 

The Montreal International Musical Competition, this year devoted to voice, ended on a high note with the Winners’ Gala Concert on June 8. First, Second and Third Prize winners sang two arias each, but, in a gratifying show of solidarity with the remaining finalists, the program afforded concertgoers the opportunity to hear the five runners-up as well.

The final leg of Lammermuir Festival's Musical Journey brought us within a few metres of the shore, to the church of St. Andrew Blackadder and to arguably the most challenging programme of the day. Contemplation of the end of life informed each piece and the contrasting circumstances, responses and outcomes could be heard in the music.

The Secret Consul starts with a magic trick. Christopher Whitelock as Nika Magadoff, a Magician, selects one of the audience and performs a disappearing trick with their ring. It is here, however, that fantasy ends and cold hard realism begins.

Avec quelques semaines d'avance, la Martha Graham Dance Company fête son centenaire en faisant dialoguer la danse d’avant-garde de sa fondatrice et le génie créatif effervescent de notre époque.

Javier Franco, Raquel Lojendio, la OEX y la dirección de Salado llevaron con pulso vivo y dinámico las humorísticas articulaciones de Menotti y Wolf-Ferrari.  

L'Operafest de Lisbonne propose une nouvelle production du trop rare Médium de Menotti, montée avec beaucoup de soin et servie par une impeccable distribution. 

Die Oper Frankfurt bereitet wieder einen ihrer ungewöhnlichen Doppel-Opernabende, diesmal im Bockenheimer Depot.

Das Opernstudio der Bayerischen Staatsoper lieferte  im Münchner Cuvilliés-Theater eine bis zur letzten Minute packende Neuinszenierung von Gian Carlo Menottis Dreiakter.