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Performer: Andrei Bondarenko

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Opera Australia’s Eugene Onegin shines musically

Andrei Bondarenko (Onegin) and Lauren Fagan (Tatyana) © Keith Saunders
Eugene Onegin returns to the Sydney Opera house in Kasper Holten’s slightly awkward production but the singing and orchestral playing are exemplary. 
****1
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Wagner’s Lohengrin finally returns – swanless – to Rome

Dmitry Korchak (Lohengrin) © Fabrizio Sansoni | Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Damiano Michieletto is entrusted with the first staging of Lohengrin in Rome for 50 years, but his distracting staging is redeemed by the musical side of things. 
***11
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Confusion clouds any central critique in Clément's Don Giovanni

Andrei Bondarenko (Don Giovanni) and Sam Carl (Leporello) © Glyndebourne Productions Ltd. Photo: Richard Hubert Smith
Strong musical performances in a flawed and confused production revived for the autumn season at Glyndebourne. 
***11
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Gerts' dark Rachmaninov brings NSO season to a close in Dublin

Mihhail Gerts conducts the National Symphony Orchestra © Mark Stedman
The Isle of the Dead and The Bells make gloomy bookends to the final concert of the season, but Mihhail Gerts makes a great case for both at the National Concert Hall. 
****1
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McVicar's The Marriage of Figaro lights up the Opera Australia stage

A beautiful 17th-century setting does nothing to dim the freshness and relevance of Sir David McVicar's production for Opera Australia.
****1
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Sensuality and solidarity in Zurich's new Così

If ever a new production of a Mozart opera had a riveting backstory, this one is it. 
*****
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