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In a week where Vienna welcomes two new productions of Bellini's Norma, MusikTheater an der Wien sets a high bar with Vasily Barkhatov's staging. 

Elīna Garanča's Kundry proves the star of Kirill Serebrennikov's prison staging of Parsifal, a powerful exploration of religion and violence. 

Keith Warner directs a new opera which packs in betrayal, murder, oppression, freedom, love and the Spanish Inquisition into a mere 90 minutes.

Deutsche Oper Berlin’s new production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a delightful and whimsical homage to Britten’s masterpiece. The orchestra, soloists and children’s chorus performed with energy and charm under the baton of Donald Runnicles.

It is all very easy on the eyes, although pondering what it is all supposed to mean is a recipe for a migraine.

Nicola Raab puts Byron at the heart of Il corsaro in her new production for the Palau de les Arts, but doesn’t always know what to do with him.

A high-flying, zip-wire staging of Haydn's The Creation in Tallinn. 

The set for this Faust is a series of blank screens, which slide about quickly and frequently, tall canvases for constantly changing images provided by Berlin-based video artist Lillevan.

Weihnachten mal anders: Die Oper Frankfurt zeigt eine Rimsky-Korsakow Rarität und beschert so ein Fest fernab der gewohnten „Weihnachtsopern“.

Trotz so manchen Regie-Untiefen beweisen das grandiose Sängerensemble und die Chöre, warum Wagners Oper ein erhebendes Werk ist.