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ZurichScylla et GlaucusNew production

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Leclair: Scylla et Glaucus
Emmanuelle Haïm; Claus Guth; Zurich Opera; Étienne Pluss; Ursula Kudrna; Martin Gebhardt; Le Concert d'Astrée

UtrechtMendelssohn's Midsummer Night's Dream

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Honegger, Debussy, Mendelssohn
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra (Radio Filharmonisch Orkest); Stéphane Denève; Elsa Benoit
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Semele at Dutch National Opera: myth, desire and fantasy

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Guth’s Semele turns myth into a contemporary domestic drama, where desire becomes obsession and illusion consumes reality. Handel’s music remains the true engine, driven by a thrilling, physically intense ensemble.

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Emmanuelle Haïm and Handel triumph in Berlin

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Handel's oratorio Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno receives its first-ever performance at Berlin's Philharmonie, proving that in the hands of Emmanuelle Haïm beauty can indeed defeat time. 
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Bright, bold, barking: Les Mamelles de Tirésias at Glyndebourne

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With Laurent Pelly directing, a very French evening sees a veritable feat of singing from Stéphanie d'Oustrac in La Voix humaine, followed by riotous surrealism in Les Mamelles de Tirésias.
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MunichLa FavoriteNew production

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Donizetti: La Favorite
Karel Mark Chichon; Amélie Niermeyer; Bavarian State Opera; Alexander Müller-Elmau; Kirsten Dephoff; Bayerisches Staatsorchester; Bayerischer Staatsopernchor