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Performer: Erwin Schrott

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MunichLa Cenerentola

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Rossini: La Cenerentola (Cinderella)
Antonino Fogliani; Jean-Pierre Ponnelle; Bavarian State Opera; Bayerisches Staatsorchester; Bayerischer Staatsopernchor

MunichLucrezia Borgia

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Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia
Antonino Fogliani; Christof Loy; Bavarian State Opera; Henrik Ahr; Barbara Drosihn; Joachim Klein; Bayerisches Staatsorchester

RomeLe nozze di Figaro

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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)
Emmanuel Tjeknavorian; Claus Guth; Teatro dell'Opera di Roma; Christian Schmidt; Olaf Winter; Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

BerlinL'elisir d'amore

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Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore
Giuseppe Mentuccia; Percy Adlon; Staatsoper Berlin; Frank Philipp Schlößmann; Kathi Maurer; Franz Peter David; Staatskapelle Berlin

BerlinLes Contes d'Hoffmann

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Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)
Keri-Lynn Wilson; Lydia Steier; Staatsoper Berlin; Momme Hinrichs; Ursula Kudrna; Olaf Freese; Staatskapelle Berlin

ViennaIl barbiere di Siviglia

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Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Antonino Fogliani; Herbert Fritsch; Vienna State Opera; Victoria Behr; Carsten Sander; Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera
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At La Scala, Livermore sets Gioconda in a dreamy Venetian landscape

La Scala presents a new production of Ponchielli’s masterpiece, the first one in more than 20 years and a sequence of beautiful images supporting a solid cast, led by Saioa Hernández.

***11
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Moïse et Pharaon in Pesaro: the Rossini Opera Festival is back!

A new production by Pier Luigi Pizzi opens the festival in Pesaro with Giacomo Sagripanti in the pit leading a strong cast and powerful chorus.
****1
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More dramma than giocoso: Don Giovanni at Covent Garden

Unimpeachable voices and fine playing light up The Royal Opera's latest revival of Kasper Holten's dark staging.
****1
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Highway to Hell: Don Giovanni returns to Covent Garden

Kasper Holten's psychological take on the louche lothario remains controversial, but in its third revival, Erwin Schrott's powerful assumption of the title role is a delight.
***11
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Faust finds salvation thanks to jump-in soprano

A devilishly fun performance of Gounod's take on Goethe, saved when Mandy Fredrich flew in at short notice to take over the role of Marguerite. 
****1
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A superb, sinister Hoffmann at Dutch National Opera

Selectively unearthed from current critical editions, this fabulously performed new Hoffmann plumbs the murky depths of its antihero’s psyche.
*****
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Leaping across the footlights: Erwin Schrott on opera's “bad boy”

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The bass-baritone talks about returning to the role of Don Giovanni, how the role is played and his love for “devilish” repertoire.