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LondonThe Magic Flute

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Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)
Dalia Stasevska; Sir David McVicar; The Royal Opera; Julia Jones; John Macfarlane; Paule Constable
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Dudamel and the LA Phil illuminate Rheingold

Ryan Speedo Green (Wotan) and Raehann Bryce-Davis (Fricka) © Timothy Norris, courtesy of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association
A fully-staged performance of Wagner's Das Rheingold transforms Walt Disney Concert Hall to an opera house where the orchestra is the star. 
*****
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Cincinnati May Festival closes 150th season with a glorious Mahler 8

James Conlon and the Cincinnati Symphony © Mark Lyons
The May Festival pulls all the stops to close their sesquicentennial season with Mahler’s vast and triumphant Eighth Symphony.
****1
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Matthew Aucoin's timeless mythology Eurydice opens at The Met

Hell is a cold place with black walls and a black moon in Mary Zimmermann's production, which premiered at Los Angeles Opera in early 2020, and transfers to New York.

****1
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Tudor queen in the House of Windsor: Elisabetta regina d’Inghilterra

A new production by Davide Livermore transforms Elizabeth I into Elizabeth II. Evelino Pidò leads a solid cast in one of the earliest opera seria by Gioachino Rossini.

***11
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Matthew Aucoin’s Eurydice: a new take on an heroic journey

Matthew Aucoin’s Eurydice enjoys its world premiere at LA Opera. 
****1
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Prokofiev's commedia dell’arte showpiece in Philadelphia

Alessandro Talevi production for Festival O has sight gags and vaudeville tricks aplenty and features splendid voices in a fine cast. 
*****
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