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A Rosenkavalier in vivid hues opens the Zurich Opera season

Günther Groissböck (Baron Ochs), Diana Damrau (Marschallin) and Angela Brower (Octavian) © Matthias Baus

Lydia Steier stages Strauss’ masterpiece to open Zurich Opera’s first premiere under the new artistic direction – a triumphant success. 

****1
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Unsuk Chin's opera Die dunkle Seite des Mondes premieres in Hamburg

Andrew Dickinson (Lichtwesen) and Thomas Lehman (Dr Kieron) © Bernd Uhlig
At Staatsoper Hamburg, Unsuk Chin’s new opera The Dark Side of the Moon immerses audiences in an hypnotic, introspective journey, where dreams, science and psyche collide in a rigorously crafted, thought-provoking spectacle.
****1
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Waiting for Kurtág: Fin de partie receives Berlin premiere

Laurent Naouri (Hamm) © Monika Rittershaus
Director Johannes Erath and conductor Alexander Soddy bring György Kurtág's first and only opera to the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, starting the year with a dash of Beckett.
****1
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Malin Byström stars in a radiant Capriccio to close the EIF

Malin Byström and Bo Skovhus © Andrew Perry

Capriccio proves a fitting end to the Philharmonia’s EIF residency, with Alexander Soddy conducting a fine cast headed by Swedish soprano Malin Byström. 

****1
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Deconstructed within an inch of its life: a new Lulu in Vienna

Vera-Lotte Boecker (Lulu) and Bo Skovhus (Dr Schön) © Monika Rittershaus
Marlene Monteiro Freitas directs her first opera, in which Lulu, if not buried alive, is certainly left completely unrecognizable. 
**111
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Blunt force trauma: a flawed Wozzeck in Boston

When a voice as potent as Christine Goerke’s has to push to be heard, you know there’s a problem.
***11
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