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PragueLe nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)

Prague National Theatre
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)
Marek Šedivý; Barbora Horáková; Prague National Theatre Opera; Julia Jones; Falko Herold; Nicole von Graevenitz; Ivo Dankovič

PragueLe nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)

Prague National Theatre
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)
Marek Šedivý; Barbora Horáková; Prague National Theatre Opera; Julia Jones; Falko Herold; Nicole von Graevenitz; Ivo Dankovič

BudapestPuccini: Madama ButterflyNew production

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Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Cornelius Meister; Barbora Horáková; Hungarian State Opera; Wolfgang Menardi; Eva Maria van Acker; Felice Ross; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra

ViennaDie Zauberflöte

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Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)
Axel Kober; Barbora Horáková; Vienna State Opera; Falko Herold; Eva Butzkies; Stefan Bolliger; Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera

ViennaDie Zauberflöte

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Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)
Axel Kober; Barbora Horáková; Vienna State Opera; Falko Herold; Eva Butzkies; Stefan Bolliger; Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera
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An ambitious update of Dialogues of the Carmelites in Prague

Jana Sibera (Blanche de la Force) © Petr Neubert

Barbora Horáková’s new staging of Poulenc’s historic tragedy hits hard at the Prague State Opera, but it never quite reaches its goal. 

***11
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Calixto Bieito’s Zelmira opens the Rossini Opera Festival

Anastasia Bartoli (Zelmira) © Amati Bacciardi

A production where vocal brilliance battles directorial gimmicks in Pesaro, with a superb cast led by Anastasia Bartoli and Lawrence Brownlee.

***11
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Reimann's Lear makes for a dark season finale at Prague State Opera

MIloš Horák (Gloucester) and Tómas Tómasson (Lear) © Petr Neubert
Aribert Reimann's Lear takes no prisoners in a disturbing portrayal of a world gone awry, but Barbora Horáková's scattergun direction adds to the confusion. 
***11
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Death Becomes Him: Haas' Thomas gets a new staging in Berlin

Jaka Mihelač (Thomas) and actor (Matthias) © Gianmarco Bresadola
In a new production for the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, director Barbora Horáková and conductor Max Renne guide the audience through Georg Friedrich Haas' deep reflection on death. 
****1
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Muddled Mozart: a new Figaro in Prague

Ekaterina Krovateva (Susanna) © Ilona Sochorová
Barbora Horáková's imaginative updating of The Marriage of Figaro sags under its own weight at the Estates Theatre, Prague.
***11
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Spinning the Wheel of Fortune: Vivaldi's Il Giustino in Berlin

Raffaele Pe (Anastasio) © Matthias Baus
A new production of Vivaldi's Byzantine opera Il Giustino charms Berlin, thanks to René Jacobs' exemplary conducting and a top-level cast led by Christophe Dumaux.
****1
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