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PragueThe Bartered BrideNew production
Smetana: The Bartered Bride
Jaroslav Kyzlink; Alice Nellis; Prague National Theatre Opera; David Švec; Matěj Cibulka; Kateřina Štefková
AthensFalstaffNew production
Verdi: Falstaff
Pier Giorgio Morandi; Stephen Langridge; Greek National Opera; George Souglides; Peter Mumford; Greek National Opera Orchestra
AntwerpThe Mystery Sonatas / For Rosa
Biber: The Mystery Sonatas
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker; Rosas; Amandine Beyer; Minna Tiikkainen; Fauve Ryckebusch
MadridLa Dolores
Bretón: La Dolores
Guillermo García Calvo; Amelia Ochandiano; Teatro de la Zarzuela; Ricardo Sánchez Cuerda; Jesús Ruiz; Juan Gómez-Cornejo; Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid
BudapestWar and PeaceNew production
Prokofiev: War and Peace
Alan Buribayev; Calixto Bieito; Hungarian State Opera; Rebecca Ringst; Ingo Krügler; Michael Bauer; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra
CréteilGarden / The Statement / Bedroom Folk
Various, Belton, Lichtik
Medhi Walerski; Crystal Pite; Sharon Eyal; Gai Behar; Ballet BC; Theun Mosk; Pierre Pontvianne
LeipzigDon GiovanniNew production
Mozart: Don Giovanni
Jonathan Darlington; Katharina Thoma; Oper Leipzig; Étienne Pluss; Irina Bartels; Susanne Reinhardt; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
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Tim Albery's Tannhäuser gets a second revival at the ROH
Albery's production allows the opera to speak for itself, although sluggish pacing in the pit detract from the musical merits of this revival.
Chabrier’s L’Étoile is a box of zany effervescent delight at the RCS
The spirited principals and chorus of the Royal Conservatoire Scotland are directed by PF Harris in Chabrier’s fizzing opéra bouffe.
Polish National Ballet: two substantial new works by women
If the world is short on female choreographers then there are two in Poland just waiting to be discovered!
Out of the closet and into the cage: La Cage aux Folles in Berlin
Thanks to Barrie Kosky's flamboyant imagination and a solid cast, the Komische Oper's new production of La Cage aux Folles glitters, but could be more gay.
Peace and War: a Hungarian victory for Bieito’s bold production
Calixto Bieito takes on Prokofiev's Tolstoy epic – and wins in the opera's Hungarian premiere.
COC's sexed up Figaro: beautifully sung, creepily funny
The COC revival of its 2016 production of Le nozze di Figaro is still rooted in Claus Guth’s gloomy Scandinavia but it’s lightened up to become much sexier and funnier.
Hilarious Périchole sends up Austrian political scandals
“Lima darf nicht Österreich werden!” Offenbach's operetta is set in Lima, but really it’s Vienna in director Nikolaus Habjan uproarious production.
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Abreu, DanielAccolas, ClaudeAdam, JoëlAdams, KevinAdey, MatthewAlba, MarcoAlexandropoulou, ElizaAlphons, SebastianAnché, YannickAnderson, PaulAnrochte, MarcAntoci, FabioArlaud, PhilippeBadalassi, LeonardoBailes, StuartBaldiserri, FiammettaBalfour, CharlesBarettin, FabioBates, RonaldBaudoin, TristanBauer, MichaelBaumgarte, LotharBeaureilles, PaulBeecher, BonnieBek Jensen, ThomasBen Van CauwenberghBennison, SimonBenoin, DanielBerger, Laurent P.Berthomé, PhilippeBertoli, GianniBesombes, PatriceBevoort, TomBillino, DieterBiondi, LuigiBishop, JohnBjarke, SteenBlomkvist, TorkelBoizard, JulienBolliger, StefanBonvini, FaustoBookman, KirkBorelli, AndreaBorrini, DominiqueBoucher, EtienneBovis, SimoneBravo, EduardoBrockhaus, HenningBrodie, AlanBrok, AlexBroomhead, MitchBrosch, RaoulBruguière, DominiqueBruno, EvaBryan, RobertBurrett, AlanBuswell, JonCabanes, MathieuCaboort, JoopCarletti, AlessandroCarluccio, GianniCarrée, AdamCarsen, RobertCarter, LucyCaso, AlessandroCasper, RainerCastaingt, LaurentCastello, RobertoCastellucci, RomeoCastro, AntonioCavinia, NevioCerri, CarloChaupin, ChristopheCheli, VinicioChelton, NickChevalier, EricCibulka, MatějCitterio, FrancoCiulli, BrunoClark, JonClark, Michael JamesClausse, OlivierCleven, GerardCohen, AlonCollins, PatConstable, PauleCorder, SimonCouderc, BertrandCouture, François-PierreCunningham, DavyCura, JoséCurran, LeeD'haenens, GlenDalhuysen, BertDana, F MitchellDautovský, PavelDe Pace, ClaudioDebrinay, DavidDegen, FriedewaltDel Carlo, LuccaDelgadillo, JorgeDeng, DoriDennis, ChristopherDiek, ThomasDietzel, MarcoDijkema, MichielDodd, StephenDoone, MartinDoran, AnthonyDoublier, Henri-EmmanuelDreyfus, ThierryDrillot, DominiqueDubet, ChristianDésiré, Jean-MichelDörner, JanEdrich, RolandEdwards, CharlesEggert, FriedrichEgéa, VictorEisenbraun, RainerEisenstein{Lighting Designer}, RobertEkman, AlexanderEllis, AndrewEmmons, BeverlyEvin, FranckFabing, JoëlFarncombe, JamesFedinger, JanFellbom, LinusFields, BradFilibeck, MarcoFilshtinsky, GlebFinn, DavidFischer, RudolfFischtel, NicolásFomin, IgorForey, ChristopheForsythe, WilliamFouassier, YannickFowler, AbigailFrankenberg, ÅsaFreese, OlafFrench, JimFrigerio, EzioGad, UlrikGades, AntonioGallasch, BerndGanzevoort, FloriaanGarcia Navas, BegoñaGarcía, NadiaGarcía, OlgaGary, HervéGasparon, MassimoGasquet, Jean-PierreGat, EmanuelGebhardt, MartinGeerts, SylvainGehrke, MartinGemignani, LorisGentner, GillesGerckens, T.J.Gielgud, MainaGiusti, MarcoGladieux, PhilippeGodest, ArnaudGrundner, MichaelGrépinet, AdèleGrünberg, KlausGrüter, AndreasGupwell, BethanyGómez-Cornejo, JuanGöbbel, WolfgangHaberland, UdoHajdinjak, AndrejHartmann, JanHase, Thomas CHaskins, MatthewHeidinger, MichaelHeinz, MarcHenderson, MarkHiggins, ElanorHioco, KenHoffmann, JürgenHofstra, JanHolder, DonaldHoppe, SteffenHowell, RichardHudson, HowardHulls, MichaelHungsberg, NicolIgielski, MaciejIles, WilliamIlsanker, MarioIngalls, James F.Irbil, ClementIzaguirre, RhazilJacques, David MartinJansa, BernatJeanneteau, 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