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Performer: Chœur d'enfants de l'Opéra National de Paris

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Tcherniakov triumphs with Iolanta, but hobbles Nutcracker

In Paris, Russian enfant terrible reunites Iolanta with The Nutcracker... with wildly mixed results. 
***11
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Rustic chivalry and clowns in Paris: Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci

​In each case, you know the murder is coming. In each case the music is explosive and closes the opera: there is nothing left to say except Canio's simple words: "La commedia è finita.
****1
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Otello in Paris, a night for the singers

Otello, Verdi’s penultimate opera, is a tightly-wound setting of Shakespeare’s familiar tragedy. From the opening storm to the title character dying upon a kiss, it is more fragmentary and emotionally cool than his earlier work, an opera that tends to be more admired than loved.
****1
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ParisMoses and Aron

Opéra national de Paris
Schoenberg: Moses and Aron
Philippe Jordan; Romeo Castellucci; Opéra national de Paris; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris

ParisThe Cunning Little Vixen

Opéra national de Paris
Janáček: The Cunning Little Vixen
Dennis Russell Davies; André Engel; Opéra national de Paris; Nicky Rieti; Elizabeth Neumuller; André Diot; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris

ParisL'Enfant et les sortilèges

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Patrick Lange; Richard Jones; Opéra national de Paris; Antony McDonald; Matthew Richardson; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris