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Staatskapelle Dresden; Daniele Gatti; Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien; Sara Blanch; Christa Mayer; Bernard Richter

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Staatskapelle Dresden; Daniele Gatti; Orfeó Català; Rosalia Cid; Silvia Tro Santafé; Bernard Richter
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Romeo Castellucci directs a new Pelléas et Mélisande at La Scala

Sara Blanch (Mélisande) and Bernard Richter (Pelléas) © Monika Rittershaus | Teatro alla Scala

The Italian director makes his long-awaited Italian operatic debut at the Teatro alla Scala in a production which perfectly mirrors Debussy’s most enigmatic creation.

****1
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An Idomeneo shattered to pieces at the Wiener Staatsoper

Bernard Richter (Idomeneo) © Michael Pöhn
A committed cast struggles to lend a spark of life to Kasper Holten's static staging of Mozart's first mature opera.
**111
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Unseduced: Don Giovanni opens the Budapest Festival Orchestra season

Andrè Schuen (Don Giovanni) and Luca Pisaroni (Leporello) © Judit Horvath
Iván Fischer's reworking of his 2017 production of Don Giovanni is musically capable, but dramatically unconvincing.
***11
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Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui presents Idomeneo as a confused ballet in Geneva

Lea Desandre (Idamante) © Grand Théâtre de Genève | Magali Dougados
The Grand Théâtre de Genève presents a new production of Mozart’s opera seria where the focus is all on dancing and rope twirling. Nevertheless, a good cast, led by Federica Lombardi as Elettra, manages to shine through.
**111
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Celebrating La Scala: Robert Carsen’s Don Giovanni returns

Robert Carsen’s imaginative 2011 production of Mozart’s masterpiece is revived in Milan with an excellent cast led by Christopher Maltman.

***11
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McVicar's Magic Flute staging revived at the Royal Opera House

Unlike many Flutes, David McVicar's 2003 production treats Mozart's score as a proper opera, albeit with romp instead of pomp. 
****1
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