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Reimann: Lear
Jukka-Pekka Saraste; Christoph Marthaler; Bavarian State Opera; Anna Viebrock; Dorothee Curio; Christian Gerhaher; Angela Denoke
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Korngold: Das Wunder der Heliane
Leon Botstein; Christian Räth; Esther Bialas; Aušrinė Stundytė; Alfred Walker
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An Elektra conducted like Mendelssohnian fairy music, sung not shouted, just as Strauss required.
Oscar Wilde takes centre stage in Staatsoper's Salome

The Staatsoper revives a confused production by Hans Neuenfels, under the baton of Thomas Guggeis.
Das Wunder der Heliane makes long-awaited US debut

Although Bard's production is only intermittently successful, the chance to hear this Korngold rarity live should be savored.
An emotional new Tosca from Christof Loy in Helsinki

Carè, Stundytė and Pursio all shine as singers and actors in an intense, exciting production at the Finnish National Opera.
Penetrating Schreker’s kaleidoscopic score

Franz Schreker’s Die Gezeichneten (The Branded One) is an unsettling work given the storyline’s background of abduction and clandestine sexual abuse. Calixto Bieito, as expected, eschews ambiguity regarding what goes on behind the scenes, and casts even the titular cripple Alviano Salvago in a damning light.
Occult, mystical, extreme: Prokofiev’s Fiery Angel in Aix

With a stunningly inventive and modern-sounding score, strong acting performances and a staging full of theatrical illusion and coherent in spite of general weirdness, Aix's Fiery Angel impresses.