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ViennaDie WeidenWorld première

Staatsoper, Dec 08, 11, 14, 16, 20 at 19:00
Staud: Die Weiden
Ingo Metzmacher; Andrea Moses; Vienna State Opera; Jan Pappelbaum; Kathrin Plath; Rachel Frenkel; Tomasz Konieczny
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AmsterdamCinderella

Cinderella
Dutch National Opera and Ballet, Dec 13 20:00, Dec 14 20:00, Dec 16 14:00, Dec 17 20:00, Dec 19 20:00, Dec 20 20:00, Dec 22 20:00, Dec 23 14:00, Dec 24 14:00, Dec 26 14:00, Dec 27 14:00, 20:00, Dec 29 14:00, 20:00, Dec 30 14:00, Dec 31 14:00, 2019 Jan 01 20:00
Prokofiev: Cinderella
Christopher Wheeldon; Jacquelin Barrett; Dutch National Ballet; Martin West; Julian Crouch
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ViennaDas Rheingold

Staatsoper, Tue 8 Jan 2019 at 19:00
Wagner: Das Rheingold
Axel Kober; Sven-Eric Bechtolf; Vienna State Opera; Rolf Glittenberg; Marianne Glittenberg; Tomasz Konieczny; Norbert Ernst
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ViennaDie Walküre

Staatsoper, Sat 12 Jan 2019 at 18:00
Wagner: Die Walküre
Axel Kober; Sven-Eric Bechtolf; Vienna State Opera; Rolf Glittenberg; Marianne Glittenberg; Christopher Ventris; Tobias Kehrer
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AmsterdamRequiemWorld première

Requiem
Dutch National Opera and Ballet, 2019 Feb 09, 16, 22, 23, 24 14:00, 27, Mar 01 (at 20:15 unless shown)
Brzóska, Bryars
David Dawson; Dutch National Ballet; Matthew Rowe; Eno Henze; Yumiko Takeshima; Altin Kaftira
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MunichKarl V.New production

Karl V.
Nationaltheater, 2019 Feb 10 18:00, Feb 13 19:30, Feb 16 19:30, Feb 21 19:30, Feb 23 19:00
Krenek: Karl V.
Erik Nielsen; Carlus Padrissa; Bavarian State Opera; Lita Cabellut; Bo Skovhus; Okka von der Damerau
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AmsterdamThe Second ViolinistNew production

The Second Violinist
Muziekgebouw aan’t IJ: Main Hall, 2019 Mar 07, 09 at 21:00
Dennehy: The Second Violinist
Ryan McAdams; Enda Walsh; Dutch National Opera; Jamie Vartan; Joan O'Clery; Adam Silverman; Jack Phelan
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Strange and stirring Satyagraha at LA Opera

Sean Panikkar (Gandhi) © Cory Weaver
Néstor Castiglione, 20 Oct
After appearances in London and New York, Phelim McDermott's bold and imaginative production of Philip Glass’ Satyagraha arrives in Los Angeles.
****1
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Strongly cast Guillaume Tell hits its mark at Theater an der Wien

Christoph Pohl (Guillaume Tell) and Anita Rosati (Jemmy) © Moritz Schell
Chanda VanderHart, 16 Oct
Osborn absolutely lives the part; he negotiated formidable heights, intricate passage work and the sheer volume of notes with style and clarity as well as colour and nuance. 
****1
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Codes of honour trip up Bechtolf's Ernani at La Scala

Francesco Meli (Ernani and Ailyn Pérez (Elvira) © Marco Brescia & Rudy Amisano | Teatro alla Scala
Mark Pullinger, 29 Sep
Verdi's fifth opera can be considered a blueprint for Trovatore and deserves a more regular place in the repertoire, but it needs more sincere advocacy than Bechtolf is prepared to grant.
***11
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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
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La Cenerentola in Edinburgh: comic direction to savour

Taylor Stayton, Nikolay Borchev, Michèle Losier, Renato Girolami © Xavi Montojo
David Karlin, 24 Aug
Herheim pulls us in unexpected directions, makes us laugh and makes us think as we enjoy fine Rossinian music and singing in Opéra de Lyon's production.
****1
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Sparks fail to fly at the Staatsoper Berlin's new Macbeth

Plácido Domingo (Macbeth) and Anna Netrebko (Lady Macbeth) © Bernd Uhlig
Hugo Shirley, 21 Jun
Anna Netrebko shines opposite Plácido Domingo in Harry Kupfer's uncertain new production.
***11
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House arrested: Janáček's last opera in Munich

Bo Skovhus (Šiškov) and Chorus © Wilfried Hösl
Matthew Rye, 26 May
The profusion of images and ideas in Frank Castorf's Bavarian Staatsoper production of From the House of the Dead threatens to rob Janáček's opera of its humanity.
***11
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