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MunichLa bohème
Puccini: La bohème
Francesco Ivan Ciampa; Otto Schenk; Bavarian State Opera; Rudolf Heinrich; Bayerisches Staatsorchester; Bavarian Radio Choir
ParisDon GiovanniNew production
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Mozart: Don Giovanni
Finnegan Downie Dear; Louisa Proske; Opéra national de Paris; Stephanie Childress; Christof Hetzer; Kaye Voyce; Valerio Tiberi
ParisL'Élixir d'amour
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Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore
Evelino Pidò; Laurent Pelly; Opéra national de Paris; Chantal Thomas; Joël Adam; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris
SalzburgCarmenNew production
Bizet: Carmen
Teodor Currentzis; Gabriela Carrizo; Christof Hetzer; Tom Visser; Utopia
BerlinTosca
Puccini: Tosca
Alexander Soddy; Alvis Hermanis; Staatsoper Berlin; Kristīne Jurjāne; Gleb Filshtinsky; Staatskapelle Berlin
ViennaLes Pêcheurs de perles
Bizet: Les Pêcheurs de perles
Emmanuel Villaume; Ersan Mondtag; Vienna State Opera; Henning Streck; Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera
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Energetic cast brightens up the Met’s tired-looking Barbiere
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Bartlett Sher’s 2006 production of Rossini’s tuneful masterpiece is showing its age, but a superb cast and conductor keep the comedy moving.
Aleksandra Kurzak emerges as a charismatic Butterfly at the Met
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Anthony Minghella’s highly stylized Madama Butterfly returns to New York for its ninth revival, with the Polish soprano delivering a thrilling performance in a Met role debut.
Bellini's last monument to bel canto: I puritani in Naples
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Appearing in Naples after an absence of 34 years, Bellini's opera was given in a concert performance headed by Lisette Oropesa and Xabier Anduaga.
Jessica Pratt hits the virtuosic heights in San Carlo's Barbiere
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An impressive revival of Filippo Crivelli's 1998 production of Il barbiere di Siviglia, with a lively cast in Naples.
A hole in the heart: Salzburg Festival’s new Don Giovanni
The pairing of controversial director and bad-boy conductor brings some thrills but the Salzburg Festival's new Don Giovanni proves disappointingly uninvolving.
DNO brings off a Covid-adapted Figaro with brilliance
Shortened and simplified to adapt to restrictions, David Bösch's 2016 production succeeds in bringing Mozart's brilliant opera to a modern setting with a splendid cast of singers.