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Welsh National Opera’s new season commemorating the centenary of the 1917 Revolution with three Russian-themed works opens with both a bang and a whimper with this trenchant revival.

That both the lead and a second key role were ill and couldn’t sing did not bode well, yet this performance of Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera shook up the house nonetheless.

Rudolf Frey's production of Nabucco for Welsh National Opera undercuts the solemnity and beauty of the opera, detracting from some fine performances. 

Starke Bilder und vielschichtigen Klang gibt es bei der Grazer Erstaufführung von Karol Szymanowskis Oper zu erleben.

Taschentuchalarm: Charles Gounods Grand opéra rührt in Hochglanzoptik mit erstklassiger Besetzung zu Tränen. 

Karina Gauvin y Christine Rice lideran el estreno escénico en Madrid de la obra maestra de Händel