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StuttgartLucia di LammermoorNouvelle production

© Rebecca Brodskis
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (Lucie de Lammermoor)
Andriy Yurkevych; Katie Mitchell; Staatsoper Stuttgart; Vlad Iftinca; Vicki Mortimer; Jon Clark

GlyndebourneDie Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Harem)

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Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (L'Enlèvement au sérail)
Evan Rogister; Sir David McVicar; Glyndebourne Festival Opera; Vicki Mortimer; Paule Constable; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

BerlinIdomeneo, re di Creta

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Mozart: Idomeneo, re di Creta
Sir Simon Rattle; Sir David McVicar; Staatsoper Berlin; Vicki Mortimer; Gabrielle Dalton; Paule Constable; Staatskapelle Berlin
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Aldeburgh Festival dives in at the deep end with Pelléas et Mélisande

Sophie Bevan (Mélisande) and Jacques Imbrailo (Pelléas) © Craig Fuller
Rory Kinnear directs a minimally semi-staged performance of Debussy's problematic opera at Snape Maltings, but Ryan Wigglesworth and the BBC Scottish SO provide the detail. 

The Royal Opera stages its first Makropulos Case

Aušrinė Stundytė (Emilia Marty) and Sean Panikkar (Albert Gregor) © The Royal Opera | Camilla Greenwell
Katie Mitchell wheels out her tired old tropes in The Makropulos Case, redeemed by its musical performances. 

Wayne McGregor’s Jocasta’s Line offers powerful performances

Guiseppe Ventura and Paul Appleby in Wayne McGregor's Jocasta's Line/Oedipus Rex © Erik Berg
A dramatic staging of two Greek myths, Wayne McGregor’s Jocasta’s Line is an epic production for Norwegian National Opera and Ballet, a truly modern and totally original work.

Nadine Sierra leads a musically formidable Lucia di Lammermoor

Nadine Sierra (Lucia) and Rachael Lloyd (Alisa) © ROH | Camilla Greenwell
Katie Mitchell's provocative staging is revived to great effect, elevated by glorious music-making led by Nadine Sierra's sensational Lucia. 

Oedipus Rex and Antigone a double triumph for DNO and DNB

Qian Liu (Antigone) and Sean Panikkar (Oedipius) © Bart Grietens
When the director walks four weeks ahead of opening night, Dutch National Opera and Ballet hastily create a searing double bill of classical tragedy. 

Im besten Sinne werkgetreu: Mozarts Idomeneo an der Staatsoper Berlin

Andrew Staples (Idomeneo) © Bernd Uhlig
Ein aufwühlender Opernabend, an dem vor allem in der Musik das grandiose Drama stattfand.