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Widmann packs everything into Babylon – from classical arias to dissonant clusters, military marches, film music and a few chamber music moments.

It's a big night at the Opéra Bastille for their 350th anniversary season; Oropesa's dazzling coloratura stops the show; Andreas Kriegenburg sets the action interestingly in a Star Trek future.

Under Mariss Jansons, the Vienna Philharmonic are on top form in Shostakovich's opera; together with a top class cast of singers, they create sonic and emotional intoxication.

Arranca el Festival Internacional de Santander por todo lo alto con la producción operística de La flauta mágica de Rolando Villazón, en la que, además de una voces idóneas, David Afkham ha sabido equilibrar elementos para un resultado redondo.

An der Grazer Oper erlebt man ein Orchester in Hochform und einen Regisseur, der Strauß’ Stück misstraut.