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The LA Phil's Fidelio with Deaf West Theatre gives Beethoven a voice

By Laurence Vittes, 17 May 2024

Gustavo Dudamel's concept of a semi-staged Fidelio in collaboration with Deaf West Theatre gives a voice to Beethoven so enormous that those with hearing impairments can surely hear.

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Los Angeles

20 May 2024

The LA Phil's Fidelio with Deaf West Theatre gives Beethoven a voice

By Laurence Vittes

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New York City

Girard's new Lohengrin: old-fashioned Wagner makes a return to the Met

By Kevin W Ng, 26 February 2023

The Met's new Lohengrin descends into old-fashioned hilarity, despite an excellent cast.

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New York City

26 Feb 2023

Girard's Lohengrin: old-fashioned Wagner makes a return to the Met

By Kevin W Ng

Great Barrington

Berkshire Opera makes a triumphant return with Verdi's Falstaff

By Robert Levine, 21 August 2021

The world could use a laugh... and Brian Garman and his team deliver belly laughs aplenty at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center.

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Great Barrington

22 Aug 2021

Berkshire Opera makes a triumphant return with Verdi's Falstaff

By Robert Levine

Toronto

Classic Robert Wilson: Turandot opens Canadian Opera Company season

By John Gilks, 28 September 2019

Director Robert Wilson and conductor Carlo Rizzi combine effectively to create a visually striking and musically memorable Turandot that emphasizes the hieratic and the mythical with a notable absence of unnecessary histrionics.

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Toronto

29 Sep 2019

Classic Robert Wilson: Turandot opens Canadian Opera Company season

By John Gilks

Los Angeles

Kitschy, bombastic, virtuosic: the LA Phil and Dudamel’s Mahler 8

By Néstor Castiglione, 30 May 2019

Mahler's Eighth was the composer’s “gift to the nation”; Dudamel’s performance was a gift to Los Angeles.

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Los Angeles

04 Jun 2019

Kitschy, bombastic, virtuosic: the LA Phil and Dudamel’s Mahler 8

By Néstor Castiglione

Cleveland

Welser-Möst unveils a musically superb Ariadne auf Naxos in Cleveland

By Timothy Robson, 13 January 2019

Tamara Wilson was a top-notch Ariadne, supported by a strong cast, including Kate Lindsey as a passionate Composer, a thrilling Zerbinetta by Daniela Fally, and an unbeatable Bacchus in Andreas Schager.

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Cleveland

14 Jan 2019

Welser-Möst unveils a musically superb Ariadne auf Naxos

By Timothy Robson

Edinburgh

Wonderful choral singing makes for a stirring Mahler 8 in Edinburgh

By David Karlin, 26 August 2018

A superb choral performance and some memorable solo moments bring Mahler's "Symphony of a Thousand" to life, even if the sheer energy of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra turns frantic at times.

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Edinburgh

27 Aug 2018

Wonderful choral singing in Edinburgh's Mahler 8

By David Karlin

London

Prom 11: A Mahlerian leaving party

By Rohan Shotton, 22 July 2018

Thomas Søndergård’s final performance as chief of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales sees them pull off Mahler 8 in style.

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London

25 Jul 2018

Prom 11: A Mahlerian leaving party

By Rohan Shotton

Washington

Graffiti meets Nefertiti: Aida in Washington DC

By Hilary Stroh, 09 September 2017

Francesca Zambello’s engaging Aida opened the season at Washington National Opera, eventually getting into its stride.

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Washington

11 Sep 2017

Graffiti meets Nefertiti: Aida in Washington DC

By Hilary Stroh

Amsterdam

Christine Goerke's superb Brünnhilde at the Concertgebouw

By Nicolas Nguyen, 09 December 2016

At the Concertgebouw, the three soloist headed by Christine Goerke’s Brünnhilde’s lift the performance of Act III of Die Walküre conducted by Valery Gergiev to the Valhalla of music.

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Amsterdam

11 Dec 2016

Christine Goerke's superb Brünnhilde

By Nicolas Nguyen

Berlin

A few inconsistencies but many splendours in Deutsche Oper's Ballo

By Stephen Crowe, 19 November 2016

People who claim that opera is nothing more than a glorified pantomime would have their prejudices confirmed at Deutsche Oper Berlin's Un ballo in maschera. This is, however, high praise. It’s an evening of camp entertainment, not a philosophy lesson.

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Berlin

22 Nov 2016

Deutsche Oper's Un ballo in maschera

By Stephen Crowe

Atlanta

Drenched by the sea in Atlanta: Elgar and Vaughan Williams from Spano and the ASO

By William E Ford, 03 November 2016

The summer’s extreme heat and lack of rain have created drought conditions in Atlanta. As fate would have it, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra this week programmed two works drenched with water, albeit of the salty variety.

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Atlanta

05 Nov 2016

Drenched by the sea in Atlanta

By William E Ford

Amsterdam

A worthy rarity: I due Foscari at the Concertgebouw

By Nicolas Nguyen, 17 September 2016

Electrifying playing under the baton of Giancarlo Andretta and a strong cast of singers convince that Verdi's I due Foscari deserves more than the occasional revival.

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Amsterdam

19 Sep 2016

A worthy rarity: I due Foscari at the Concertgebouw

By Nicolas Nguyen

London

Prom 74: An intense Verdi Requiem from Marin Alsop

By Dominic Lowe, 09 September 2016

In the penultimate concert of the 2016 Proms, Marin Alsop drew together some impressive forces for Verdi's Requiem, led by the remarkable soprano Tamara Wilson.

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London

11 Sep 2016

Prom 74: An intense Verdi Requiem

By Dominic Lowe

London

Prom 11: Wagner and Tippett make an effective pairing

By Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres, 23 July 2016

Wagner's Die Walküre and Tippett's A Child of Our Time both attempt to capture the essence of humanity. Despite making for an unusual pairing, the programme was an effective one.

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London

26 Jul 2016

Prom 11: Wagner and Tippett

By Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres

London

Barbed wire and gruel: cold comfort in ENO’s Force of Destiny

By Mark Pullinger, 09 November 2015

Calixto Bieito’s new production of Verdi’s The Force of Destiny for English National Opera is – for him – a tame affair.

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London

10 Nov 2015

Barbed wire and gruel in ENO’s Force of Destiny

By Mark Pullinger

Toronto

Christopher Alden goes batty for the Canadian Opera Company's Die Fledermaus

By Stanley Fefferman, 04 October 2012

It took me a while to warm to director Christopher Alden’s revisionist production of Johann Strauss II’s chestnut and whipped cream torte of an operetta, but gradually the outrageous battiness of it won me over.The story that Alden and his team fashion into a Freudian farce with touches of Bram Stoker goes like this.

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Toronto

08 Oct 2012

Christopher Alden goes batty for the Canadian Opera Company's Die Fledermaus

By Stanley Fefferman

New York City

Marin Alsop revives Honegger's Joan of Arc

By Zerbinetta, 19 November 2011

The short life and terrifying death of Joan of Arc are the subject of Arthur Honegger’s Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher ("Joan of Arc at the Stake"), a curious masterpiece of an oratorio dating from 1938. The nearly-forgotten work received a well-deserved resurrection by Marin Alsop and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall on Saturday night.

New York City

20 Nov 2011

Marin Alsop revives Honegger's Joan of Arc

By Zerbinetta

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Paris

Le Fidelio inclusif de Gustavo Dudamel avec le LA Phil à la Philharmonie de Paris

By Erwan Gentric, 31 May 2024

Ironie du sort, un an après sa démission de l'Opéra de Paris, le chef vénézuélien est de retour à Paris pour un opéra mis en scène... à la Philharmonie ! Pour un résultat mitigé.

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Paris

03 Jun 2024

Le Fidelio inclusif de Dudamel avec le LA Phil à la Philharmonie

By Erwan Gentric

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Barcelona

Las manos y los oídos de Beethoven: Gustavo Dudamel hace oír a Fidelio en el Liceu

By Maria Sánchez, 26 May 2024

Conocimiento y sensibilidad en la propuesta liderada por Dudamel, posibilitando una interpretación para oyentes y sordos con la participación del Coro de Manos Blancas y la Deaf West Theatre.

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Barcelona

26 May 2024

Las manos y los oídos de Beethoven: Dudamel dirige Fidelio en el Liceu

By Maria Sánchez

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Paris

Yannick Nézet-Séguin dirige une Walkyrie au-delà du chant au TCE

By Pierre Michel, 04 May 2024

À la tête d'un Orchestre philharmonique de Rotterdam d'une cohésion irréprochable et aux côtés d'une distribution de grande qualité, le chef québécois a proposé une très belle version de concert du deuxième volet du Ring.

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Paris

05 May 2024

Yannick Nézet-Séguin dirige une Walkyrie au-delà du chant au TCE

By Pierre Michel

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Paris

Opéra mal-aimé de Bellini, Beatrice di Tenda entre au répertoire de l'Opéra de Paris

By Stéphane Lelièvre, 09 February 2024

Dans une mise en scène sage de Peter Sellars, l'œuvre de Bellini, étrangement amputée de certains passages, ne remplit pas tout à fait ses promesses. Elle bénéficie cependant d'une belle distribution.

***11

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Paris

11 Feb 2024

Beatrice di Tenda entre au répertoire de l'Opéra de Paris

By Stéphane Lelièvre

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Paris

L'idéale Adriana Lecouvreur de l'Opéra de Lyon au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées

By Jean-Pierre Rousseau, 05 December 2023

Soirée superlative avenue Montaigne : donné en version de concert, l'opéra de Francesco Cilea est magnifiquement servi par un chef – Daniele Rustioni – parfait, un orchestre excellent et une distribution de haut vol.

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Paris

07 Dec 2023

L'idéale Adriana Lecouvreur de l'Opéra de Lyon au TCE

By Jean-Pierre Rousseau

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Paris

Turandot : la princesse de glace met le feu à l'Opéra Bastille

By Stéphane Lelièvre, 06 November 2023

La mise en scène de Bob Wilson se confirme comme l'une des grandes réussites de l'artiste américain dans le domaine lyrique. Servi par une distribution de premier ordre, le spectacle est un magnifique succès.

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Paris

08 Nov 2023

Turandot : la princesse de glace met le feu à l'Opéra Bastille

By Stéphane Lelièvre

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Amsterdam

Hör gut zu, Fremdling: Barrie Koskys unsichtbare Turandot in Amsterdam

By Michael Klier, 06 December 2022

Barrie Kosky holt an der Dutch National Opera Puccinis unvollendete Oper ins Hier und Jetzt.

***11

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Amsterdam

08 Dec 2022

Hör gut zu, Fremdling: Barrie Koskys unsichtbare Turandot in Amsterdam

By Michael Klier

Paris

Riccardo Chailly et la Scala de Milan : un Requiem de Verdi extatique

By Julien Hanck, 07 June 2018

L’« opéra en robe d’ecclésiastique », s’est trouvé des voix de collection, un chef et un orchestre fabuleux ! Puissent Riccardo Chailly, son choeur et son orchestre nous en livrer encore, et longtemps !

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Paris

08 Jun 2018

Riccardo Chailly et la Scala de Milan : un Requiem de Verdi extatique

By Julien Hanck

Toulouse

Ernani au Capitole : du bel canto avant toute chose

By Arnaud Saura-Ziegelmeyer, 17 March 2017

Adaptation de l’œuvre de Victor Hugo, l’Ernani de Verdi capte les tensions de la société d’Ancien Régime révélée par un amour impossible entre Elvire et ses trois prétendants le roi Don Carlo, le vieux duc Donc Ruy Gomez de Silva et celui qu’elle aime en secret Ernani. Les adeptes du bel canto seront servis durant cette soirée.

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Toulouse

20 Mar 2017

Ernani au Capitole : du bel canto avant toute chose

By Arnaud Saura-Ziegelmeyer

Lyon

Solistes de choix, choristes en voix : un Requiem belcantiste aux mille facettes

By Beate Langenbruch, 23 September 2016

Premier grand rendez-vous lyrique de la saison 2016-2107, le Requiem de Verdi a tonné dans l’Auditorium de Lyon ce jeudi 24 septembre. Entre la transparence de la lumière divine et la foudre du jugement dernier, chœurs, solistes et instrumentistes ont épuisé toute la palette sonore à leur disposition.

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Lyon

27 Sep 2016

Solistes de choix, choristes en voix : un Requiem belcantiste aux mille facettes

By Beate Langenbruch