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BerlinThe Golden Cockerel
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Rimsky-Korsakov: Le Coq d'or (The Golden Cockerel)
James Gaffigan; Barrie Kosky; Komische Oper Berlin; Rufus Didwiszus; Victoria Behr; Franck Evin; Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin
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Seeing double: Iolanta and The Nutcracker reunited
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Tchaikovsky's final opera and ballet were always intended to be paired; at the Royal Albert Hall Petrenko and the RPO present them together in a rewarding double-bill, marred by microphones.
A feast of Purcell in Sir David Pountney’s Masque of Might
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Sir David Pountney directs a satirical take on dictatorship and the climate crisis inventively set to the music of Purcell.
WNO’s Figaro revival crackles with humour and exudes joie de vivre
A solid Figaro in Cardiff, in which individual performances are a joy, and humour abounds.
A White House Rigoletto with some impressive voices
Welsh National Opera brought a cast of strong voices to Birmingham for a production of Rigoletto intriguingly set in the White House of the 1960s.
L'enchantement de Hansel et Gretel au Wiener Staatsoper
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Tout au long de la représentation, on a l'impression de feuilleter l'un de ces beaux livres de contes illustrés par Gustave Doré qui font les souvenirs d'enfance, ou de retrouver l'atmosphère des premiers Walt Disney.
Zerstobene Träume vom Liebesglück: Eugen Onegin in Karlsruhe
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Die Inszenierung überzeugt in einer Kombination von klassischer Ausstattung und moderner Focussierung auf die Psychologie der Figuren. Die musikalische Umsetzung ist exzellent. Tschaikowskis Oper wird zu einem packenden Seelendrama von Figuren, die in überkommenen Mustern verstrickt sind.