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Stuart Stratford conducts the world premiere of Fujikura’s opera about Hokusai’s image at Scottish Opera, with Satoshi Miyagi directing with his Japanese creative team.

***11

Vampires, Disney and Donald Trump: Monster’s Paradise in Hamburg

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Kevin W Ng, 01 Feb

Olga Neuwirth and Elfriede Jelinek take on Donald Trump in their latest operatic collaboration.

****1

The Ring returns to the Rhine: Götterdämmerung at La Scala

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Laura Servidei, 01 Feb

Under Alexander Soddy’s powerful conducting and Sir David McVicar’s dark, evocative staging, the Ring finds a searing conclusion, anchored by a powerful Brünnhilde from Camilla Nylund, as the world burns.

*****

Between ecstasy and abyss: Korngold’s Violanta at the Deutsche Oper

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Zenaida des Aubris, 25 Jan

David Hermann directs a new production of Korngold’s teenage opera, conducted by Sir Donald Runnicles, at the Deutsche Oper Berlin.

****1

Sir David McVicar’s psychologically driven Salome arrives in Chicago

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Graham Meyer, 25 Jan

Revived at Lyric Opera of Chicago, the notorious opera director’s take stirs sympathy for Salome, but leans on some of his theatrical hobby-horses

****1

UK premiere of Julia Wolfe’s unEarth impresses on scale, not substance

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Susannah Moody, 23 Jan

Wolfe's climate-change oratorio, performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, already feels out of date.

**111

Performers

Abel, Bibi Achitz, Thomas Aleu, Franc Baltiņš, Rūdolfs Bebi, Janic Bergman, David Berrada, Hicham Biedma, Aitor Bollaín, Félix Braun, Manuel Burkhalter, Tieni Carcopino, Charles Carlier, Emmanuel Cerri, Carlo Chad, Eric Chalcińska, Jagoda Cogitore, Clément Collishaw, Mat Czeglédi, Zsombor D'Abbraccio, Francesco D-Wok Dahl, Jonas Deinert, Andreas Derendinger, Sarah Derrier, Fanny Wilhelmine Duke, William Duranteau, Eric Emetaz, Greg Endo, Ryu Filshtinsky, Gleb Fischer-Dieskau, Mathias Flores Flo, Mar Fokin, Aleksei Fouche, Janus Giusti, Marco Grinda, Gabriel Hartel, Manuela Herold, Falko Hinrichs, Momme Hogben, Ruth Horvath, Roland Hurtevent, Nicolas Jones, Netia Juhász, András K.-H., Patrick Karih, Yurii Karikh, Yurii Kim, Hana S.Koerselman, Annechien Krawen, Luis August Kreuz, Sarah Kulz, Johannes Lendorff, Georg Light, Dan Lux, Sophie Maniengui, Éric Markosian, Diana McLean, Duncan Mocňák, Michal Muramatsu, Mucho Møller {Moller}, Torge O'Connell, Douglas O'Driscoll, Neil OOOPStudio video Officine K Panoch, Lukáš Papa, Alessandro Perconte, Jacques Perroys, Éric Polak, Kamil Pont, Grégoire Pottier, Arnaud Predin, Rok Przybylski, Kamila Rehm, Lukas Ross, Finn Rothfuchs, Tabea Scheidler, Jérémie Selenko, Judith Shagalov, Ilya Simon, Amélie Sommer, Michael Stefan, Vincent Stofer, Ruth Stoll, Fabio Stratmann, Sven Stryła, Leszek Sugg, Jeff Tcherniakov, Dmitri Toutain-Lopez, Mehdi Trenchard, Dan Tucker, S Katy Ulysse, Lefort Unknown Vallés, Cachito Van Hoeck, Bas Verde, Sergio Voigt, Robi Volpini, Max Vöhringer, Gabriele Walther, Arne Wasileski, Hannah Wysocka, Barbara Wölfl, Leonard Yamaguchi, Sho Zander, Bert Zeldenrust, Emile Zorn, Friedrich fettFILM rocafilm Šilec Petek, Dorian