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VilniusDon Giovanni

© Martynas Aleksa
Mozart: Don Giovanni
Valentin Egel; Aylin Bozok; Lithuanian National Opera; Dick Bird; Annemarie Woods; Fabiana Piccioli; Lithuanian National Opera Orchestra

VilniusAida

© Martynas Aleksa
Verdi: Aida (Aïda)
Martynas Staškus; Gediminas Šeduikis; Lithuanian National Opera; Ričardas Šumila; Sigita Šimkūnaitė; Sandra Straukaitė; Andrius Stasiulis

VilniusSymphony No. 9 | Freedom Defenders' Day

© Martynas Aleksa
Beethoven: Symphonie no. 9 en ré mineur, Op.125
Lithuanian National Opera Orchestra; Martynas Stakionis; Kamile Bonté; Jovita Vaškevičiūtė; Karolis Kašiuba; Kostas Smoriginas

TokyoSalome

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Strauss R.: Salomé
Ryusuke Numajiri; August Everding; New National Theatre; Jörg Zimmermann; Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra; Hedvig Haugerud

BregenzLa traviataNouvelle production

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Verdi: La Traviata
Kirill Karabits; Damiano Michieletto; Pietro Rizzo; Paolo Fantin; Carla Teti; Alessandro Carletti
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Le chant des ruines : Tosca à l’Opéra de Rouen

Première production à bénéficier de la nouvelle plateforme « Normandie Lyrique et Symphonique », la Tosca de David Bobée vaut le détour pour sa mise en scène saisissante comme pour son trio vocal principal.

Russian Spring: Elder and the Hallé reunite in glorious style

Kostas Smoriginas and the Hallé © Alex Burns | The Hallé
The music of Glinka, Stravinsky, Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky fills Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall with mystery, intrigue and jollity. 

BBC Phil's Bluebeard's Castle eclipsed by Boulanger and Kodály

Anja Bihlmaier and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra © Chris Payne
Anja Bihlmaier conducts the BBC Philharmonic in a moving D'un soir triste and joyful Dances of Galánta. Bluebeard's Castle, despite some fine things. feels less satisfying.

All that glitters is not gold in Budapest's new Lohengrin

Lohengrin at Hungarian State Opera © Valter Berecz/Hungarian State Opera
Klára Kolonits's radiant Elsa proves the main attraction in the Hungarian State Opera's visually appealing but conceptually lacking new Lohengrin.

Nail-biting Shostakovich from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Kostas Smoriginas, Ryan Bancroft and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales © BBC | Andy Paradise
Before a searing performance of Shostakovich's Thirteenth from Ryan Bancroft and his Welsh forces, Benjamin Grosvenor delivers a terrific performance of Ravel's Piano Concerto in G major

Grotesque and gripping: Opera Ballet Vlaanderen unveils a new Salome

Thomas Blondelle (Herodes) and Astrid Kessler (Salome) © OBV | Annemie Augustjins
Not a great day for the patriarchy: Ersan Mondtag's gripping new Salome emphasises grotesque caricatures and ends with a bloody, plot-twisting coup d’état