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Gil Rose conducts all three of Rachmaninov's operas in Boston, with impressive performances making a convincing case for at least two of them. 

The first fully staged American production of Chausson's sole opera features remarkable singing, fine storytelling and plush orchestral playing.

 An unusual double bill of operas by Joby Talbot and Sergei Rachmaninov under conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya in Chicago.  

Zambello's politically re-'woke' West Side Story comes to Kansas.

David McVicar's uninspiring Cavalleria rusticana remains problematic, but a strong Pagliacci leaves the New York audience gasping. 

David Jones' First World War epic poem comes to musical life in Iain Bell's newly-commissioned opera. 

Two mountain-themed operas were performed recently in Dallas, including the much-anticipated world première of Joby Talbot's Everest. 

Brigitte Fassbaender inszeniert Parsifal an der Oper Frankfurt. Doch ihre Regie wirft mehr Fragen auf, als sie beantwortet. Thomas Guggeis hingegen triumphiert mit seinem Dirigat.

Zwei Verismo-Klassiker, die sich nach kurzfristigen Umbesetzungen auf unterschiedlichem Niveau präsentierten, wurden von Roberto Alagna in Höchstform zusammengehalten.