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Performer: Christian Van Horn

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MunichTurandot

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Puccini: Turandot
Andrea Battistoni; La Fura dels Baus; Bavarian State Opera; Roland Olbeter; Chu Uroz; Urs Schönebaum; Bayerisches Staatsorchester

Aix-en-ProvenceLes Vêpres siciliennes (I vespri siciliani)Concert performance

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Verdi: Les Vêpres siciliennes (I vespri siciliani)
Daniele Rustioni; Festival d'Aix-en-Provence; Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon; Chœurs de l'Opéra de Lyon; Nicola Alaimo; John Osborn

BarcelonaVerdi’s Requiem

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Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K626
Orquesta Sinfónica del Gran Teatre del Liceu; Nicola Luisotti; Coro del Gran Teatre del Liceu; Pablo Assante; Lise Davidsen; Aigul Akhmetshina

MunichFaust

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Gounod: Faust
Patrick Lange; Lotte de Beer; Bavarian State Opera; Christof Hetzer; Jorine van Beek; Benedikt Zehm; Bayerisches Staatsorchester

ParisFaustConcert performance

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Gounod: Faust
Bastien Stil; Orchestre symphonique de la Garde républicaine; Chœur de l'Armée Française; Angélique Boudeville; Iván Ayón-Rivas

MunichLahav Shani, Elīna Garanča & Christian Van Horn

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Fauré, Bartók
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra; Lahav Shani; Elīna Garanča; Christian Van Horn
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Lepage’s Bluebeard and Erwartung pairing remains compelling theatre

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Some 30 years after its first appearance, Robert Lepage’s double bill of Duke Bluebeards Castle and Erwartung is still strikingly effective and very modern-looking music theatre.
*****
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Vocal thrills in Met’s traditional staging of Bellini’s I puritani

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Marco Armiliato conducts a finely balanced rendition of Bellini's final masterpiece with a stellar cast headed by Lisette Oropesa and Lawrence Brownlee.

*****
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Bernheim heads a powerhouse cast in the Met’s Hoffmann revival

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After a heavily promoted but underwhelming opening night, the company gets the new season back on track with plenty of star power in Offenbach’s final masterpiece. 

****1
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The Met Orchestra remains in opera mode at Carnegie Hall

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Yannick Nézet-Séguin led a blazing performance of Bluebeard's Castle, although interpretations of Wagner and Debussy sounded tired and under-rehearsed. 
***11
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Federica Lombardi headlines the Met's latest Bohème revival

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Franco Zeffirelli's perennial Bohème returns for yet another revival, with Federica Lombardi's luminous Mimì the standout performance. 
***11
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Quinn Kelsey triumphs in Opera Philadelphia's Simon Boccanegra

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In his role debut as the Genoan Doge, the American baritone continues to burnish his bona fides as the premier Verdi baritone of his generation.
****1
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ParisFaust

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Gounod: Faust
Lorenzo Viotti; Tobias Kratzer; Opéra national de Paris; Rainer Sellmaier; Michael Bauer; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris

ParisLes Troyens

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Berlioz: Les Troyens (The Trojans)
Philippe Jordan; Dmitri Tcherniakov; Opéra national de Paris; Elena Zaytseva; Gleb Filshtinsky; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris

ParisDon Quichotte

Opéra national de Paris
Massenet: Don Quichotte
Patrick Fournillier; Damiano Michieletto; Opéra national de Paris; Paolo Fantin; Agostino Cavalca; Alessandro Carletti; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris