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MunichRusalka

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Dvořák: Rusalka
Petr Popelka; Martin Kušej; Bavarian State Opera; Martin Zehetgruber; Heidi Hackl; Reinhard Traub; Bayerisches Staatsorchester

RomeFabio Luisi / Beethoven: Missa solemnis

Fondazione Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Beethoven: Mass in D major, “Missa solemnis”, Op.123
Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia; Fabio Luisi; Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia; Jacquelyn Wagner; Olesya Petrova; Allan Clayton

ViennaParsifal

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Wagner: Parsifal
Simone Young; Kirill Serebrennikov; Vienna State Opera; Franck Evin; Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera

ViennaDie Meistersinger von Nürnberg

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Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Axel Kober; Keith Warner; Vienna State Opera; Boris Kudlička; Kaspar Glarner; John Bishop; Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera
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No fairy tale: Kušej’s Rusalka works with devastating force in Munich

Asmik Grigorian (Rusalka) © Wilfried Hösl (2023)
Asmik Grigorian leads a searing performance in Martin Kušej’s 15-year-old, yet ever-fresh, outstanding production of Dvořák's opera.
****1
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A spectacular Freischütz in Bregenz

Der Freischütz © Bregenzer Festspiele | Anja Köhler
At the Bregenz Festival, director Philpp Stölzl gives us a radical updating of the classic, with an interpretation many miles away from Weber.
***11
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McBurney's Magic Flute makes a triumphant return to DNO

Thomas Oliemans (Papageno) and Ying Fang (Pamina) © Bart Grietens
After its Met Opera debut earlier in the year, Simon McBurney's popular staging returns to Amsterdam. 
*****
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A Dance to the Music of Time: Der Rosenkavalier returns to DNO

Maria Bengtsson (Marschallin) © Clärchen & Matthias Baus | Dutch National Opera
Jan Philipp Gloger's production returns to Amsterdam with a superb cast led by Maria Bengtsson and Angela Brower. 
****1
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Homoki's Ring Cycle continues with Die Walküre at Opernhaus Zürich

Tomasz Konieczny (Wotan) and Camilla Nylund (Brünnhilde) © Monika Rittershaus
A stellar production of Die Walküre premieres in Zurich, not far from the location where Richard Wagner composed it. 
****1
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Splendid performance of Parsifal amid Audi's bleakness in Munich

The Bayerische Staatsoper's revival of a controversial production containing Georg Baselitz’s artwork succeeds with strong musical performances led by veterans of Wagnerian operas.
****1
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