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LondonDon Giovanni

Gordon Bintner (Don Giovanni) © RBO | Mihaela Bodlovic
Mozart: Don Giovanni
Stefano Montanari; Kasper Holten; The Royal Opera; Es Devlin; Anja Vang Kragh; Bruno Poet; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
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Don Giovanni spins round again to open The Royal Opera’s season

Gordon Bintner (Don Giovanni) © RBO | Mihaela Bodlovic
With its busy videography, Kasper Holten's 2014 production returns, vibrantly conducted by Stefano Montanari. 
***11
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Kasper Holten's cinematic Don Giovanni shines at the COC

Gordon Bintner (Don Giovanni) and Mané Galoyan (Donna Anna) © Michael Cooper
Kasper Holten’s much travelled and spectacular Don Giovanni gets a fresh and lively remount at Toronto’s Four Seasons Centre from a young cast headed up by Gordon Bintner. 
****1
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Kasper Holten’s powerful, hi-tech Don Giovanni arrives at LA Opera

Lucas Meachem (Don Giovanni) © Craig T Mathew | LA Opera
Lucas Meachem’s portrayal suggests a paraphrase of what another Hollywood Don Juan, Errol Flynn in 1949, said to his Leporello in excusing his escapades. “My dear friend, there’s a little bit of Don Giovanni in every man, and since I am Don Giovanni, there must be more of it in me!” 
*****
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English National Opera revives Akhnaten to spectacular effect

Anthony Roth Costanzo (Akhnaten) © Belinda Jiao
Philip Glass' operatic take on Ancient Egyptian history returns to the Coliseum in Phelim McDermott's hypnotic production, complete with jugglers...
*****
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On a knife-edge: Carmen returns to English National Opera

Sean Panikkar (Don José) and Ginger Costa-Jackson (Carmen) © Adiam Yemane
Bieito’s vivid production of Bizet's most famous work is a classic; his attack on toxic masculinity is visceral, made more potent by an excellent leading pair of singers.
****1
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Star-studded gloom in Kevin Puts' The Hours at the Met

Joyce DiDonato (Virginia Woolf) © Evan Zimmerman | Met Opera
Is it possible to have a minor success on every level? Kevin Puts' The Hours underwhelms in its world premiere production at the Metropolitan Opera. 
***11
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