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Performer: Alexandros Stavrakakis

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New York CityMedea

Sonya Yoncheva (Medea) © Met Opera | Marty Sohl
Cherubini: Médée/Medea
Carlo Rizzi; Sir David McVicar; Metropolitan Opera; Doey Lüthi; Paule Constable; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

New York CityLa bohème

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Puccini: La bohème
Marco Armiliato; Franco Zeffirelli; Metropolitan Opera; Peter J. Hall; Gil Wechsler; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

New York CityGražinytė-Tyla Leads Shostakovich, Elgar & Britten

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Britten, Elgar, Shostakovich
New York Philharmonic; Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla; Julia Hagen; Lidia Fridman; Alexandros Stavrakakis

LondonAida

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Verdi: Aida
Michele Mariotti; Robert Carsen; The Royal Opera; Miriam Buether; Annemarie Woods; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
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Sonya Yoncheva electrifies the Met Opera’s revival of Medea

Sonya Yoncheva (Medea) © Met Opera | Marty Sohl
Four years after the Met’s first-ever staging of Cherubini’s rarely performed take on Euripides’ ancient Greek tragedy, the opera returns with the Bulgarian soprano conquering the notoriously difficult title role.
****1
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Tomb Raider: Sonja Frisell’s Aida exhumed one last time at the Met

Michelle Bradley (Aida) © Ken Howard | Met Opera

A loud, unsubtle performance of a loud, unsubtle production – the Met really deserves a new Aida.

**111
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A fine showing for the 1884 Italian version of Don Carlo at the Met

A revival for Sir David McVicar's staging from last season, but this time reverting from French to the four-act Italian version, conducted by Carlo Rizzi. 
****1
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Nabucco marks a successful debut of Saioa Hernández as Abigaille

Saioa Hernández leads a solid cast in Dresden in a somewhat disappointing new production by David Bösch.

***11
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Exhilarating operatic talent at the Hans Gabor Belvedere Competition

A wonderful showcase of operatic voices at the 37th International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition in Latvia. 

Rusalka inunda el Liceu bajo las voces de Grigorian y Beczała

Asmik Grigorian (Rusalka) © Antoni Bofill | Gran Teatre del Liceu
Las voces para esta ópera fantástica de Dvořák serán recordadas en el Liceu; un plantel internacional en el que no faltó la excelencia y una dirección magistral del gran Pons.
****1
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