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PragueThe Secret

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Smetana: The Secret (Tajemství)
Jan Chalupecky; Ondřej Havelka; Prague National Theatre Opera; Martin Černý; Barbora Maleninská; Prague National Theatre Orchestra; Prague National Theatre Chorus

BirminghamThe Nutcracker

Birmingham Royal Ballet
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
Sir Peter Wright; Lev Ivanov; Vincent Redmon; Birmingham Royal Ballet; John Macfarlane; David Finn; Royal Ballet Sinfonia

BergamoCaterina CornaroNew production

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Donizetti: Caterina Cornaro
Riccardo Frizza; Francesco Micheli; Fondazione Donizetti; Matteo Paoletti Franzato; Alessio Rosati; Alessandro Andreoli; Orchestra Donizetti Opera

ParisLes Noces de Figaro

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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)
Antonello Manacorda; Netia Jones; Opéra national de Paris; Lucy Carter; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris

ToulouseDon GiovanniNew production

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Mozart: Don Giovanni
Riccardo Bisatti; Agnès Jaoui; Opéra National du Capitole; Éric Ruf; Pierre-Jean Larroque; Bertrand Couderc; Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse

ParisLa WalkyrieNew production

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Wagner: Die Walküre
Pablo Heras-Casado; Calixto Bieito; Opéra national de Paris; Rebecca Ringst; Ingo Krügler; Michael Bauer; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris

BarcelonaL’elisir d’amore

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Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore
Diego Matheuz; Mario Gas; Gran Teatre del Liceu; Marcelo Grande; Quico Guitérrez; Orquesta Sinfónica del Gran Teatre del Liceu
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Singers bring passion and excitement to Met’s Andrea Chénier revival

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The Metropolitan Opera kicks off this season’s revival of Umberto Giordano’s tempestuous melodrama with standout performances from a resplendent cast.

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La clemenza di Tito at La Fenice: splendid score, sterile stage

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Ivor Bolton leads a great cast in a superb musical production of Mozart’s last masterpiece, in a lukewarm new production by Paul Curran.

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Masks and obsessions: Evgeny Titov’s Salome at Komische Oper Berlin

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Salome is faceless and the Dance of the Seven Veils becomes a sardonic commentary on seduction in Komische Oper Berlin's austere new staging. 
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La bohème as escapist epic at LA Opera

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Puccini's tale of bohemian love lives on at the Dorothy Chandler as LA Opera launches its 2025-26 season. 
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Irish National Opera’s Bartered Bride shines

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A tiny stage and five musicians prove no obstacle to Irish National Opera’s lively, witty Bartered Bride, where sharp casting and clever direction turn modest means into genuine delight.
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Richard Jones directs a successful new Wozzeck in Tokyo

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Richard Jones directs a new production at Tokyo's New National Theatre which lucidly articulates the structure of Berg’s expressionist music.
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Karpman’s opera Balls tells a great story, but overshoots the line

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An entertaining portrayal of the 1973 “Battle of the Sexes” tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs is marred by ham-fisted amplification.
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