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ParisGala Régine Crespin

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Wagner, Verdi, Berlioz, Puccini
Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris; Nathalie Stutzmann; Yves Lenoir; Damien Caille-Perret; Jean-Jacques Delmotte; Victor Egéa

MunichMazeppaNew production

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Tchaikovsky: Mazeppa
Daniele Rustioni; Dmitri Tcherniakov; Bavarian State Opera; Timur Zangiev; Elena Zaytseva; Gleb Filshtinsky

MunichTannhäuser

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Wagner: Tannhäuser
Nathalie Stutzmann; Romeo Castellucci; Bavarian State Opera; Bayerisches Staatsorchester

DortmundRichard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde – Klaus Florian VogtConcert performance

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Wagner
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen; Tarmo Peltokoski; Klaus Florian Vogt; Vida Miknevičiūtė; Ekaterina Gubanova; Cody Quattlebaum

MunichDas Rheingold

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Wagner: Das Rheingold
Vladimir Jurowski; Tobias Kratzer; Bavarian State Opera; Rainer Sellmaier; Michael Bauer; Bayerisches Staatsorchester

MunichDie Walküre

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Wagner: Die Walküre
Vladimir Jurowski; Tobias Kratzer; Bavarian State Opera; Rainer Sellmaier; Michael Bauer; Bayerisches Staatsorchester
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Tristan und Isolde at the Met: staging gets in the way of the music

Lise Davidsen (Isolde) and Michael Spyres (Tristan) © Karen Almond | Met Opera
Michael Spyres shines in his debut as Tristan alongside powerhouse soprano Lise Davidsen as Isolde in Yuval Sharon's new, beguiling production at the Metropolitan Opera.
***11
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The starry trio of Davidsen-Hilley-Mälkki saves Tristan und Isolde

Lise Davidsen (Isolde) © Sergi Panizo | Gran Teatre del Liceu

A highly unbalanced premiere, its opportunity to become one of the Liceu's historic productions prevented by the contrast between dramaturgy and music.

****1
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Wagner’s Lohengrin finally returns – swanless – to Rome

Dmitry Korchak (Lohengrin) © Fabrizio Sansoni | Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Damiano Michieletto is entrusted with the first staging of Lohengrin in Rome for 50 years, but his distracting staging is redeemed by the musical side of things. 
***11
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Mahler’s groovy songs open LA Phil festival

Gustavo Dudamel conducts the LA Phil © Farah Sosa, courtesy of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association
Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic open their “Mahler Grooves” festival, featuring Simon Keenlyside and Ekaterina Gubanova in Des Knaben Wunderhorn
****1
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Death and lunacy in Juraj Valčuha's Houston Symphony program

Ekaterina Gubanova, Juraj Valčuha, Gábor Bretz and the Houston Symphony © Melissa Taylor
A mad March hare, a murdered child, a hypochondriac prince, and a roomful of dead wives make for a stellar concert by the Houston Symphony Orchestra. 
*****
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Tcherniakov’s bold reading of Rusalka opens the season in Naples

Asmik Grigorian (Rusalka) and Gábor Bretz (Vodník) © Luciano Romano
Dmitri Tcherniakov’s staging of Rusalka in Naples has a starkly modern visual style which occasionally dilutes the story’s emotional impact.
***11
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ParisDuke Bluebeard's Castle | La Voix humaine

© Bernd Uhlig | OnP
Bartók, Poulenc
Ingo Metzmacher; Krzysztof Warlikowski; Opéra national de Paris; Małgorzata Szczęśniak; Felice Ross; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris

ParisLohengrinNew production

Lohengrin à l'Opéra Bastille © Charles Duprat / Opéra national de Paris
Wagner: Lohengrin
Alexander Soddy; Kirill Serebrennikov; Opéra national de Paris; Olga Pavluk; Tatyana Dolmatovskaya; Franck Evin; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris

ParisŒdipe

© Elisa Haberer | OnP
Enescu: Œdipe
Ingo Metzmacher; Wajdi Mouawad; Opéra national de Paris; Emmanuel Clolus; Emmanuelle Thomas; Eric Champoux; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris