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Janáček: Katia Kabanova
Simone Young; Christoph Marthaler; Opéra national de Paris; Aliisa Neige Barrière; Anna Viebrock; Olaf Winter
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Christopher Alden’s Rigoletto returns to Canadian Opera Company

Quinn Kelsey (Rigoletto) and Gregory Dahl (Monterone) © Michael Cooper
Christopher Alden’s Victorian-era Rigoletto still divides opinions, despite top-notch performances all around in this Toronto revival. 

LA Opera’s Rigoletto: a feast for the ears – and the mind

Quinn Kelsey (Rigoletto) and LA Opera Chorus © Cory Weaver
Quinn Kelsey shines as Verdi’s court jester as Tomer Zvulun's production opens in Los Angeles. 

Glück in der Musik, Pech in der Inszenierung: Der Spieler in Salzburg

Asmik Grigorian (Polina) und Sean Panikkar (Alexej Iwanowitsch) © SF | Ruth Walz
Szenisch enttäuscht der Abend auf ganzer Linie, da Peter Sellars Regie lieb- und ideenlos daherkommt; musikalisch bleiben allerdings keine Wünsche offen! 

Dudamel and the LA Phil illuminate Rheingold

Ryan Speedo Green (Wotan) and Raehann Bryce-Davis (Fricka) © Timothy Norris, courtesy of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association
A fully-staged performance of Wagner's Das Rheingold transforms Walt Disney Concert Hall to an opera house where the orchestra is the star. 

Kasper Holten’s powerful, hi-tech Don Giovanni arrives at LA Opera

Lucas Meachem (Don Giovanni) © Craig T Mathew | LA Opera
Lucas Meachem’s portrayal suggests a paraphrase of what another Hollywood Don Juan, Errol Flynn in 1949, said to his Leporello in excusing his escapades. “My dear friend, there’s a little bit of Don Giovanni in every man, and since I am Don Giovanni, there must be more of it in me!” 

Frederick Ballentine’s Loge shines in Das Rheingold

Sarah Larsen (Flosshilde), Jacqueline Piccolino (Woglinde), Shelly Traverse (Wellgunde) © Philip Newton
Despite some confused visual elements, an excellent musical performance makes Seattle Opera's production well worth watching.