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AmsterdamDie Zauberflöte

Stanislas de Barbeyrac (Tamino) © Michel Schnater

Dutch National Opera and Ballet, Sep 23 14:00, Sep 26 19:30, Sep 29 19:30

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)

Antonello Manacorda; Simon McBurney; Dutch National Opera; Michael Levine; Nicky Gillibrand; Dimitry Ivashchenko; Stanislas de Barbeyrac

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Staatsoper, Sep 23 at 18:00

Verdi: La traviata

Evelino Pidò; Jean-François Sivadier; Vienna State Opera; Alexandre de Dardel; Virginie Gervaise; Albina Shagimuratova; Pavol Breslik

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Ekaterina Sergeeva (Carmen) devant Ildebrando d'Arcangelo (Escamillo) © Magali Dougados

L'Opéra des Nations, Sep 24, 26, 27 at 19:30

Bizet: Carmen

John Fiore; Reinhild Hoffmann; Grand Théâtre de Genève; Andrea Schmidt-Futterer; Ekaterina Sergeeva; Héloïse Mas; Sébastien Guèze

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La Scala, Sep 29, Oct 02, 06, 09, 13, 18, 22, 25 at 20:00

Verdi: Ernani

Ádám Fischer; Sven-Eric Bechtolf; Teatro alla Scala; Julian Crouch; Kevin Pollard; Francesco Meli; Ailyn Pérez

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Staatsoper, Sep 29, Oct 02, 06 at 19:30

Donizetti: Don Pasquale

Evelino Pidò; Irina Brook; Vienna State Opera; Nöelle Ginefri-Corbel; Sylvie Martin-Hyszka; Ambrogio Maestri; Andrea Carroll

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Teatro alle Tese, Arsenale, Sat 29 Sep at 16:30

Saunders, Lim, Aperghis, Rivas

Florentin Ginot; Olivier Defrocourt; Marie-Hélène Pinon; Jacques Bouault

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Latvian National Opera, Thu 4 Oct at 19:00

Čiurlionis

Giedrius Kuprevičius; Lietuvas Nacionala Opera un Baleta Treatra Viesirade; Juozas Mantas Jauniškis; Robertas Servenikas; Diana Marszałek; Julia Skrzynecka

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Latest reviewsSee more...

Guth's FroSch arrives at Unter den Linden

Sarah Grether (Weiße Gazelle) and Camilla Nylund (Die Kaiserin) © Hans Jörg Michel (2017)

Hugo Shirley, 16 Sep

Guth's incisive staging of Strauss and Hofmannsthal's grandest opera proves a moving and detailed experience at its transfer to the reopened Staatsoper.

****1

Pia Maltri, 14 Sep

Tom Creed's take on Offenbach's opéra fantastique works best in the Olympia act in this new production in Dublin.

***11

Nicolas Nguyen, 12 Sep

Back for its third run at Dutch National Opera, with a satisfying cast, McBurney's staging wins new converts.

****1

Maria Bengtsson Fiordiligi) and Ida Aldrian (Dorabella) © Jörn Kipping

Alexander Hall, 08 Sep

Hamburg State Opera launches its new season with a visually overpowering but musically satisfying Così fan tutte.

****1

Stacey Alleaume (Fiorilla) and Paolo Bordogna (Selim) © Keith Saunders

Zoltán Szabó, 10 Aug

Turco inspired many a great opera director in the past; understandably, as it offers plenty of splendid comic situations. Simon Phillips' hilarious 2014 production is revived by Opera Australia.

****1