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Rattle and the LSO chill the soul in Kátya Kabanová

By Mark Valencia, 11 January 2023

Amanda Majeski reprises her peerless Kátya, but Katarina Dalayman's flint-like characterisation as Kabanicha strikes the most sparks.

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London

11 Jan 2023

Rattle and the LSO chill the soul in Kátya Kabanová

By Mark Valencia

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Malin Byström and Alexander Soddy lead superb Salome revival at the Royal Opera House

By Roy Westbrook, 09 September 2022

Swedish soprano Malin Byström returns to Sir David McVicar's production at Covent Garden, where she is now probably unsurpassed in the role, vocally and histrionically.

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London

09 Sep 2022

Byström and Soddy lead superb Salome revival at the ROH

By Roy Westbrook

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Edinburgh

Salome stoked to red heat by Byström, Gardner and the Bergen Philharmonic in Edinburgh

By David Smythe, 14 August 2022

Returning to the Edinburgh International Festival after their astonishing Peter Grimes, the Bergen Philharmonic and Edward Gardner bring another opera, Richard Strauss' murderous Salome.

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Edinburgh

14 Aug 2022

Salome stoked to red heat by Byström and the Bergen Philharmonic

By David Smythe

Glyndebourne

In the bleak midsummer: Damiano Michieletto's Kátya Kabanová at Glyndebourne

By David Karlin, 20 May 2021

Glyndebourne's 2021 season opens with an intense, minimalist staging of Janáček’s tale of adultery, focused on the contrasts between its heroine's dreams and reality.

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Glyndebourne

20 May 2021

In the bleak midsummer: Kátya Kabanová at Glyndebourne

By David Karlin

Total Immersion: A deep dive into the work of Nadia and Lili Boulanger

By Timmy Fisher, 06 April 2019

James Gaffigan and the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus provide the climax to a worthy day of discovery at the Barbican.

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London

06 Apr 2019

A deep dive into the work of Nadia and Lili Boulanger

By Timmy Fisher

Melbourne

A compelling Parsifal from Victorian Opera in Melbourne

By Brian Angus, 20 February 2019

The Australian Youth Orchestra was full of poise and maturity and all the singing was impressive in Roger Hodgman's production.

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Melbourne

20 Feb 2019

A compelling Parsifal from Victorian Opera in Melbourne

By Brian Angus

Cavanagh's undercooked Aida returns to the Royal Swedish Opera with a new cast

By Laura Servidei, 27 October 2018

Carè, Katzarava and Treichl give committed performances in a reprise of Cavanagh’s production.

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Stockholm

27 Oct 2018

Aida returns to the Royal Swedish Opera with a new cast

By Laura Servidei

Great debut for Christina Nilsson as Aida in Stockholm

By Laura Servidei, 26 February 2018

The remarkable performance of young soprano Christina Nilsson does not completely rescue a mixed-bag cast and a lack of Personenregie at the Stockholm Royal Opera.

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Stockholm

26 Feb 2018

Great Aida debut for Christina Nilsson

By Laura Servidei

Iréne Theorin triumphs as Elektra in Stockholm

By Laura Servidei, 10 January 2018

A quasi-concertante setting highlights Theorin's masterful performance as Elektra, Cornelia Beskow's fragile, human Chrysothemis and Katarina Dalayman's haunting Klytaemnestra.

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Stockholm

10 Jan 2018

Iréne Theorin triumphs as Elektra in Stockholm

By Laura Servidei

Ragnarök: the long twilight of the Stockholm Ring

By John Johnston, 29 May 2017

Ragnarök: the Swedish title for Götterdämmerung resonates with Old Norse folk memories of universal inundation and overthow of the order of the gods.

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Stockholm

29 May 2017

Ragnarök: the long twilight of the Stockholm Ring

By John Johnston

An outstanding Swedish Sieglinde in a strongly cast Walküre in Stockholm

By John Johnston, 25 May 2017

Stemme as Brünnhilde delivered her opening battle cry in Victorian riding habit like one of Trollope's racier fox- hunting heroines.

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Stockholm

25 May 2017

An outstanding Swedish Sieglinde in Stockholm

By John Johnston

A highly accomplished start to Stockholm's Ring

By John Johnston, 24 May 2017

John Lundgren, bullet-headed, youthful and overbearing, gave a world-class performance as Wotan.

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Stockholm

24 May 2017

A highly accomplished start to Stockholm's Ring

By John Johnston

The Met's new Rusalka: a missed opportunity but with great musical values

By Ako Imamura, 09 February 2017

The Metropolitan Opera's new produdtion of Rusalka fails to explore a deeper complexity of the fairy tale, although a strong ensemble of singers and the superb Met Orchestra make it a musically compelling performance.

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New York City

09 Feb 2017

A missed opportunity but with great musical values

By Ako Imamura

Magnificent climax to the Philharmonia Stravinsky series

By David Truslove, 29 September 2016

Searing performances from a mixed cast, superb choir and orchestra; all brilliantly conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen.

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London

29 Sep 2016

Magnificent climax to the Philharmonia Stravinsky series

By David Truslove

Cleveland

A darkly dramatic Bartók double bill in Cleveland

By Timothy Robson, 07 April 2016

The Cleveland Orchestra and Joffrey Ballet team up for staged performances of Bartók's The Miraculous Mandarin and Bluebeard's Castle.

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Cleveland

07 Apr 2016

A darkly dramatic Bartók double bill in Cleveland

By Timothy Robson

Amsterdam

A miraculous Lohengrin at the Concertgebouw

By Nicolas Nguyen, 18 December 2015

Sir Mark Elder led the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and an inspired team of soloists headed by Klaus Florian Vogt into a highly-charged performance of Lohengrin.

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Amsterdam

18 Dec 2015

A miraculous Lohengrin at the Concertgebouw

By Nicolas Nguyen

Paris

Esa-Pekka Salonen dirige de somptueux et lumineux Gurrelieder

By Gilles Lesur, 14 March 2014

Les occasions d’entendre les Gurrelieder d’Arnold Schönberg ne sont pas si fréquentes.

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Paris

14 Mar 2014

Esa-Pekka Salonen s'illustre dans les Gurrelieder

By Gilles Lesur

Christof Loy's Parsifal at the Royal Swedish Opera

By Aksel Tollåli, 05 October 2013

German director Christof Loy’s second production for the Royal Swedish opera was of Wagner’s Parsifal. The cast is rather on the luxurious side as well, sporting three of the greatest Wagner singers working today – two of them Swedish, no less!Loy’s Parsifal is a distinctly human drama.

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Stockholm

05 Oct 2013

Christof Loy's Parsifal at the Royal Swedish Opera

By Aksel Tollåli

Prom 57: The Hallé's heavenly Parsifal

By Andrew H. King, 25 August 2013

Celebrating the Wagner centenary in 1913, the Hallé Orchestra gave a concert performance in Manchester of Acts II and III from Wagner’s epic final masterpiece Parsifal.

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London

25 Aug 2013

Prom 57: The Hallé's heavenly Parsifal

By Andrew H. King

Götterdämmerung at the Met

By Meg Wilhoite, 02 May 2013

The word Götterdämmerung contextually translated becomes “twilight of the gods”, and Thursday night’s story at the Met was indeed full of endings: the conclusion of the saga of the ring and the end of several lives, human and god alike.

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New York City

02 May 2013

The Met: Götterdämmerung

By Meg Wilhoite

Flashes of brilliance in the Met's Siegfried

By David Karlin, 29 April 2013

All things considered, this Met Siegfried was a mixed affair. There was much to enjoy and much to marvel at; there were times where the performance felt as if it might achieve real lift-off, but it never quite achieved the sustained momentum of Friday's Walküre.

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New York City

29 Apr 2013

The Met: Siegfried

By David Karlin

Die Walküre at the Met

By David Karlin, 26 April 2013

In last night’s performance of Die Walküre at the Met, Martina Serafin as Sieglinde and Simon O’Neill as Siegmund drew us completely into the process of two people falling into illicit love.

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New York City

26 Apr 2013

The Met: Die Walküre

By David Karlin