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LisbonSt. John's Passion

Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian: Main Auditorium, Thu 9 Apr

Bach: St John Passion, BWV245

Gulbenkian Orchestra Lisbon; Michel Corboz; Sandrine Piau; Delphine Galou; Tuomas Katajala; Marco Alves dos Santos

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Opernhaus, Fri 10 Apr at 16:00

Wagner: Parsifal

Ulf Schirmer; Roland Aeschlimann; Oper Leipzig; Susanne Raschig; Petra Lang; Thomas Mohr

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Müpa: Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, Fri 10 Apr at 19:00

Kurtág: Fin de partie

Markus Stenz; Pierre Audi; Christof Hetzer; Frode Olsen; Leigh Melrose

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Opernhaus, Apr 17 19:00, Apr 26 14:00

Turnage: Coraline

Ann-Katrin Stöcker; Nina Russi; Zurich Opera; Stefan Rieckhoff; Deanna Breiwick; Sandra Hamaoui

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Staatsoper, Apr 17 19:00, Apr 20 19:00, Apr 23 19:00, Apr 26 18:30

Rossini: L'italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers)

Jean-Christophe Spinosi; Jean-Pierre Ponnelle; Vienna State Opera; Marie-Nicole Lemieux; Maxim Mironov

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Wortham Theater Center: Houston Grand Opera, Apr 17 19:30, Apr 19 14:00, Apr 25 19:30, Apr 28 19:30, May 01 19:30

Strauss R.: Salome

Eun Sun Kim; Francisco Negrín; Houston Grand Opera; Louis Désiré; Lise Lindstrom; Susan Graham

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Opernhaus, Apr 19, Jul 12 at 17:00

Strauss R.: Die Frau ohne Schatten

Ulf Schirmer; Balázs Kovalik; Oper Leipzig; Heike Scheele; Sebastian Ellrich; Jennifer Wilson; Manuela Uhl

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Iván Fischer focuses on the big picture in Mahler 5 at Lincoln Center

Edward Sava-Segal, 24 Feb

The players of the Budapest Festival Orchestra once again proved themselves to be a remarkably cohesive ensemble.

****1

Julia Sporsén (Pat Nixon) © James Glossop

David Smythe, 22 Feb

Scottish Opera’s Nixon in China in a stylish, living history production from John Fulljames, with strong performances across the board, Joana Carneiro stoking the fires in the pit.

****1

Marie-Nicole Lemieux © Geneviève LeSieur

Laura Servidei, 11 Feb

A great performance of Vivaldi's only surviving oratorio, with Marie-Nicole Lemieux as the protagonist, under the baton of Jean-Chirstophe Spinosi.

****1

Clare Presland, Claudia Boyle, Hilary Summers © ROH | Clive Barda

David Karlin, 04 Feb

Barry goes for out-weirding Carroll at a fast and furious pace. There's plenty of fun and it's beautifully staged – but is that enough?

**111

Megan Pachecano and Eric Carey © Kathy Wittman

Kevin Wells, 01 Feb

An earnest, posthumous premiere of a flawed opera from Odyssey Opera and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project.

****1

Fflur Wyn (Susanna) and Phillip Rhodes (Figaro) © Robert Workman

Richard Wilcocks, 01 Feb

Opera North's revival of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro directed by Jo Davies and conducted by Antony Hermus at Leeds Grand Theatre is still full of comic exuberance.

****1

Marjukka Tepponen (Tatyana) and John Moore (Onegin) © Sunny Martini

Thomas May, 11 Jan

Tomer Zvulun's mostly traditional account of the Tchaikovsky masterpiece arrives at Seattle Opera in an attractively staged but underwhelming package.

***11