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BerlinSalomeNew production

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Strauss R.: Salome
James Gaffigan; Evgeny Titov; Komische Oper Berlin; Rufus Didwiszus; Esther Bialas; Sebastian Alphons

LondonNutcracker

English National Ballet
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
Marius Petipa; Lev Ivanov; Aaron Watkin; Arielle Smith; English National Ballet; Maria Seletskaja; Dick Bird; Paul Pyant

PragueMefistofele

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Boito: Mefistofele
Richard Hein; Ivan Krejčí; Prague State Opera; Milan David; Marta Rozskopfová; Daniel Tesař; Prague State Opera Orchestra

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

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

ParisOffenbach : Robinson CrusoéNew production

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Offenbach: Robinson Crusoé
Marc Minkowski; Laurent Pelly; Théâtre des Champs-Élysées; Chantal Thomas; Michel Le Borgne; Les Musiciens du Louvre

ParisNotre-Dame de Paris

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Jarre: Notre-Dame de Paris
Roland Petit; Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris; Jean-François Verdier; René Allio; Yves Saint Laurent; Jean-Michel Désiré
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Handel’s Ariodante returns home to Covent Garden

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Jetske Mijnssen’s house debut sees Handel’s opera transposed to a modern-day palace, with Emily D'Angelo angelic in the title role. 
****1
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Porgy and Bess returns stronger than ever at the Met

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Back to Catfish Row for another revival of The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess and James Robinson’s show continue to wow our writer. 
*****
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Shostakovitch’s Lady Macbeth conquers La Scala on opening night

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Shostakovich's brutal tale of sex, murder and madness storms La Scala's opening night, with Riccardo Chailly leading his final season premiere as Music Director. 

****1
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Massimo Moricone’s Romeo and Juliet in Bordeaux: fast paced action

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Strong drama and powerful central performances of Massimo Moricone's Romeo and Juliet in Bordeaux for the first time.
****1
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Jones’ wicked Hänsel und Gretel returns to the Bayerische Staatsoper

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Even without a gingerbread house, there’s enough wickedness in Richard Jones’ staging of Humperdinck’s opera for sweet tooths to savour.
****1
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An empty glitter bomb: Aschenbrödels Traum at the Volksoper Wien

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A dizzying premise from Martina Eisenreich and Axel Ranisch, loosely drawing on Johann Strauss II’s unfinished ballet Aschenbrödel, which tries to be everything, all at once. 
***11
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Scottish Ballet’s The Snow Queen in Edinburgh

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Scottish Ballet’s third outing of Christopher Hampson’s The Snow Queen sees some modifications to the story and it’s more spectacular than ever.
****1
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