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GlyndebourneToscaNew production

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Puccini: Tosca
Jordan de Souza; Ted Huffman; Glyndebourne Festival Opera; Nadja Sofie Eller; Astrid Klein; DM Wood; London Philharmonic Orchestra
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Glyndebourne’s first Tosca: vocally strong but imperfect

Caitlin Gotimer (Tosca) and Matteo Lippi (Cavaradossi) © Glyndebourne Productions Ltd | Richard Hubert Smith
Ted Huffman brings some interesting ideas to his first Glyndebourne production. Excellent singing is let down by indifferent physical acting.
***11
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Love is in the hare: a new Cunning Little Vixen opens in Berlin

Monika Rittershaus (Forester) © Monika Rittershaus
The Staatsoper's new production of Janáček's opera buzzes with life thanks to Sir Simon Rattle's conducting and an excellent cast led by Vera-Lotte Boecker and Magdalena Kožená.
****1
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Implacable Werther at Opéra-Comique from Pichon and Huffman

Pene Pati (Werther) and Adèle Charvet (Charlotte) © Jean-Louis Fernandez
Tight orchestral playing, minimalist stage design: the conductor and director are perfectly in tune with each other, transforming Massenet's work into an intimate and timeless drama.
****1
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Soaring orchestral themes, minimalist staging: Eugene Onegin

Liparit Avetisyan (Lensky), Avery Amereau (Olga) © Royal Ballet and Opera | Tristram Kenton
The Royal Opera's season opener is a welcome return for Tchaikovsky's opera after nine years, and a house debut for American director Ted Huffman.
***11
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L’Otello brillamment classique de Ted Huffman à l’Opéra du Rhin

Adriana González (Desdémone), Mikheil Sheshaberidze (Otello) © Klara Beck
L'artiste new-yorkais signe une mise en scène intimiste, dépouillée et très lisible de l'œuvre de Verdi, tandis que Speranza Scappucci dirige l'OPS au plus près des chanteurs. La distribution en revanche est plus inégale.
****1
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Funktional und zeitlos: L’incoronazione di Poppea an der Oper Köln

Nicolò Balducci (Nerone) und Tamara Banješević (Poppea) © Matthias Jung
Agierte das Spezialistencontinuo unter Petrou als affektverbreitender Gestalter Monteverdis revolutionär-herrlicher Klänge, trug auch der ganz überwiegend stimmige Sängercast diese gelungene Produktion über reflektierte Widersprüche, Vernunft und opportunistische Gleichgültigkeit.
****1
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ParisWertherNew production

© Jean-Louis Fernandez
Massenet: Werther
Raphaël Pichon; Ted Huffman; Opéra-Comique; Astrid Klein; Bertrand Couderc; Ensemble Pygmalion; Maîtrise Populaire de l'Opéra-Comique