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BarcelonaThe Exterminating Angel

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Adès: The Exterminating Angel
Thomas Adès; Calixto Bieito; Gran Teatre del Liceu; Anna-Sofia Kirsch; Ingo Krügler; Reinhard Traub; Orquesta Sinfónica del Gran Teatre del Liceu

New York CityLincoln in the BardoWorld premiere

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Mazzoli: Lincoln in the Bardo
Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Lileana Blain-Cruz; Metropolitan Opera; Steven Osgood; Adam Rigg; Montana Levi Blanco; Yi Zhao

New York CityDiamond Jubilee: 60 Years at Lincoln Center

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The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Yannick Nézet-Séguin; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Aigul Akhmetshina; Roberto Alagna; Xabier Anduaga
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A didactic Decameron: The Seasons at Opera Philadelphia

Emi Ferguson, Kangmin Justin Kim (The Painter) and Anthony Roth Costanzo (The Poet) © Steven Pisano
Conceived by Anthony Roth Costanzo and Sarah Ruhl, this high-handed pasticcio sets the climate crisis to a soundtrack of Vivaldi.
***11
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Mark Morris’ dance-intensive Orfeo ed Euridice returns to the Met

Ying Fang (Euridice) and Anthony Roth Costanzo (Orfeo) © Ken Howard | Met Opera
The latest revival of the company’s 2007 stylish production of Gluck’s operatic take on the Orpheus myth is enlivened with superb singing and dancing.
*****
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Thomas Adès’ high-flying Exterminating Angel in Paris

The Exterminating Angel at the Opéra de Paris © Agathe Poupeney / Opéra national de Paris
The French premiere of the British composer's opera will be the undisputed high point of the Grande Boutique's season: a perfect confluence of music, staging and cast.
*****
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Child's play: inventive, moving Rinaldo at Glimmerglass

Anthony Roth Costanzo (Rinaldo) © Evan Zimmerman | The Glimmerglass Festival
Director Louisa Proske refracts Handel's tale of warlords and witches through the prism of a juvenile dream world, aided by a game cast headed by Anthony Roth Costanzo.
****1
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English National Opera revives Akhnaten to spectacular effect

Anthony Roth Costanzo (Akhnaten) © Belinda Jiao
Philip Glass' operatic take on Ancient Egyptian history returns to the Coliseum in Phelim McDermott's hypnotic production, complete with jugglers...
*****
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Sensory overload: Costanzo's Glass–Handel at Printworks London

Anthony Roth Costanzo © BBC | Mark Allan
Anthony Roth Costanzo's multidisciplinary project arrives at the BBC Proms in the grungy, industrial space of Printworks London, but music seems a long way down the pecking order. 
**111
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ParisThe Exterminating AngelNew production

The Exterminating Angel at the Opéra de Paris © Agathe Poupeney / Opéra national de Paris
Adès: The Exterminating Angel
Thomas Adès; Calixto Bieito; Opéra national de Paris; Courtney Lewis; Anna-Sofia Kirsch; Ingo Krügler; Reinhard Traub
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Baroque Inquisition: Anthony Roth Costanzo

Facing our Baroque Inquisition, countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo is fascinating about the processes of creating ornamentation and provides a splendid selection of operatic weirdnesses.