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GlyndebourneToscaNouvelle production
Puccini: Tosca
Jordan de Souza; Ted Huffman; Glyndebourne Festival Opera; Nadja Sofie Eller; Astrid Klein; DM Wood; London Philharmonic Orchestra
New YorkSamson et Dalila
Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila
Giacomo Sagripanti; Darko Tresnjak; Metropolitan Opera; Alexander Dodge; Linda Cho; Donald Holder; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
PhiladelphiaAidaNouvelle production
Verdi: Aida (Aïda)
Corrado Rovaris; Kaneza Schaal; Opera Philadelphia; Amy Rubin; Charlese Antoinette; Pablo Santiago; Opera Philadelphia Orchestra
New YorkParsifal
Wagner: Parsifal
Yannick Nézet-Séguin; François Girard; Metropolitan Opera; Michael Levine; Thibault Vancraenenbroeck; David Finn; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
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Porgy and Bess returns stronger than ever at the Met
Back to Catfish Row for another revival of The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess and James Robinson’s show continue to wow our writer.
Heaven is a place on earth: Verdi's Requiem in Saratoga Springs
Returning to the first work he officially conducted as the Philadelphia Orchestra's Music Director, Yannick Nézet-Séguin offers a powerful study in contrasts, supported by a superb quartet of opera soloists.
Almost rescued from tyranny: Smetena's Dalibor stuns at Bard
Bedřich Smetana’s patriotic opera Dalibor is given a rare outing at Bard College, directed by Jean-Romain Vesperini and conducted by Leon Botstein.
John Adams’ Antony and Cleopatra arrives at the Met
John Adams’ Antony and Cleopatra puts the composer's propulsive music at the service of both moments of riveting human drama and less effective scenes of battle and politics.
Damning with faint praise: Berlioz at Bard
As part of a festival considering the composer's oeuvre, Leon Botstein leads a concert performance of La Damnation de Faust lacking in French style.
Sondra Radvanovsky triumphs in COC's darkly grand Medea
In the title role of Canadian Opera Company's Medea, soprano Sondra Radvanovsky offers the vocal and dramatic goods required by this flawed masterpiece.
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Annandale-on-HudsonThe Miracle of Heliane
Korngold: Le Miracle d'Héliane (Das Wunder der Heliane)
Leon Botstein; Christian Räth; Esther Bialas; Aušrinė Stundytė; Alfred Walker