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LondonProm 72: Symphonie Fantastique

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Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique (orchestral theatre staging)

Aurora Orchestra; Nicholas Collon; Mathew Baynton; Blind Summit Theatre

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Staatsoper, Sep 07, 10, 13, 16 at 00:00

Puccini: Madama Butterfly

Philippe Jordan; Anthony Minghella; Vienna State Opera; Michael Levine; Han Feng; Asmik Grigorian; Freddie De Tommaso

Opernhaus: Studiobühne, Sep 20 15:00, Sep 26 15:00, Sep 27 11:00, 15:00, Nov 07 13:00, 15:00, Nov 08 14:00, Nov 28 15:00, Nov 29 11:00, 15:00, Dec 01 10:30, Dec 02 10:30, Dec 03 10:30, Dec 06 11:00, 15:00, Dec 08 10:30, 2021 Jan 24 11:00, 15:00, Jan 30 15:00, Jan 31 11:00, 15:00

Mitterer: Das tapfere Schneiderlein

Ann-Katrin Stöcker; Kai Anne Schuhmacher; Zurich Opera; Tobias Flemming; Luca Bernard; Nathan Haller

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Staatsoper, 2021 Jan 07, 10, 13, 16 at 00:00

Puccini: Madama Butterfly

Philippe Jordan; Anthony Minghella; Vienna State Opera; Ramón Tebar; Michael Levine; Han Feng; Asmik Grigorian

Staatsoper, 2021 Mar 28, 31, Apr 05, 09 at 00:00

Puccini: Madama Butterfly

Joana Mallwitz; Anthony Minghella; Vienna State Opera; Michael Levine; Han Feng; Hui He; Roberto Alagna

CardiffThe Nightingale | Bluebeard's CastleNew production

Wales Millennium Centre, Jun 09, 11, 13 at 19:15

Stravinsky, Bartók

Tomáš Hanus; David Pountney; Welsh National Opera; Niki Turner; Olga Pudova; Benjamin Hulett

LondonThe Nightingale | Bluebeard's CastleNew production

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Jul 21, 22 at 19:30

Stravinsky, Bartók

Tomáš Hanus; David Pountney; Welsh National Opera; Niki Turner; Olga Pudova; Benjamin Hulett

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Pulling the heart strings: Madam Butterfly returns to ENO

Natalya Romaniw (Cio-Cio-san) © Jane Hobson

Dominic Lowe, 26 Feb

Anthony Minghella's classic production of Madam Butterfly makes a welcome return with a sensational role debut by Natalya Romaniw as Cio-Cio-san.

****1

David Portillo (Tamino) © Karen Almond | Met Opera

Linda Holt, 15 Dec

New York City's Metropolitan Opera restages its shorter, family-friendly version of Mozart's The Magic Flute with great music and delightful visuals.

*****

Hui He (Cio-Cio-San) © Richard Termine | Met Opera

Robert Levine, 15 Oct

Anthony Minghella's production remains a feast for the eyes, but this performance failed to gel into a dramatic whole.

***11

Mark Pullinger, 12 Sep

Berlioz on acid: Nicholas Collon and Mathew Baynton lead the Proms audience through the streets of Paris before a wild ride through the Symphonie fantastique.

*****

Brenda Rae (Ginevra) and Kyle Ketelsen (King of Scotland) © Cory Weaver

Katherine Syer, 02 Mar

A revival of Richard Jones’ production of Handel’s emotionally probing opera.

*****

Hagoromo: a Tale of Heaven and Humanity

Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn, 07 Nov

Wendy Whelan is proving that there’s plenty of life for older dancers if there are new works that can make use of their special abilities and lifetime of experience.

***11

At the World's Edge with London Sinfonietta in Spitalfields

Paul Kilbey, 19 Jun

It’s all about puppets at the moment, from War Horse to Madama Butterfly – even Studio Ghibli’s complicated cult film Princess Mononoke has had the puppet treatment – and the latest musical project to do the string thing, so to speak, is from the London Sinfonietta.

***11

Performers

Blind Summit Theatre Clift, Fiona Giertler, Emilia Kob, Marius