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LondonParsifalNew production
Wagner: Parsifal
Jakub Hrůša; Evgeny Titov; The Royal Opera; Étienne Pluss; Esther Bialas; DM Wood; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
WarsawKátya KabanováNew production
Janáček: Kátya Kabanová
Yoel Gamzou; Kornél Mundruczó; Polish National Opera; Vladislav Ogay; Lyubov Korolkova; Nico de Rooij; Orchestra of the Teatr Wielki
SalzburgRichard Wagner’s “Die Walküre”Concert performance
Wagner: Die Walküre
Kirill Petrenko; Berliner Philharmoniker; Jamez McCorkle; Brindley Sherratt; Christopher Maltman
BerlinRichard Wagner’s “Die Walküre”Concert performance
Wagner: Die Walküre
Kirill Petrenko; Berliner Philharmoniker; Jamez McCorkle; Brindley Sherratt; Christopher Maltman
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Titov and Hrůša’s new Parsifal: musically sublime dystopia
In The Royal Opera’s latest Wagner outing, Jakub Hrůša and the orchestra give a performance for the record books, while Evgeny Titov creates intelligently nuanced dystopia.
Wretches like us: the LPO’s concert Wozzeck cuts to the quick
Beautifully prepared singing and playing brings out the tender side to Berg's modernist classic as part of the Southbank Centre’s Multitudes festival.
The starry trio of Davidsen-Hilley-Mälkki saves Tristan und Isolde
A highly unbalanced premiere, its opportunity to become one of the Liceu's historic productions prevented by the contrast between dramaturgy and music.
Willis-Sørensen headlines a successful Arabella revival at the Met
The Metropolitan Opera revives Otto Schenk’s venerable staging of Strauss’s intimate melodrama.
ENO, BBC join forces in stunning Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
David Pountney's vernacular translation and Ruth Knight's vivid staging lent a thrilling immediacy to Shostakovich's chilling opera.
In Mears’ bleak Royal Opera Semele, Pretty Yende stands out
Superb Handelian singing and intense character acting light up Handel’s Semele, staged as a stark, uncompromising indictment of the rich and powerful.
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Aix-en-ProvenceDie ZauberflöteNew production
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)
Leonardo García-Alarcón; Clément Cogitore; Festival d'Aix-en-Provence; Alban Ho Van; Wojciech Dziedzic; Sylvain Verdet; Cappella Mediterranea
BergenParsifal
Wagner: Parsifal
Edward Gardner; Nicolai Riise; Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra; Bergen Philharmonic Chorus; Stuart Skelton; Brindley Sherratt
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