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AmsterdamJohn Adams' The Death of KlinghofferConcert performance
Adams: The Death of Klinghoffer
John Adams; Netherlands Radio Philharmonic (Radio Filharmonisch Orkest); Netherlands Radio Choir (Groot Omroepkoor); Elizabeth DeShong; Étienne Dupuis
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Tomáš Hanus; Dmitri Tcherniakov; Vienna State Opera; Maria Danilova; Gleb Filshtinsky; Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera
BerlinHérodiadeConcert performance
Massenet: Hérodiade
Enrique Mazzola; Deutsche Oper Berlin; Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin; Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin; Nicole Car; Clémentine Margaine
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Puccini: La bohème
Paolo Carignani; Richard Jones; Teatro Real; Stewart Laing; Stephen Costello; Anita Hartig
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Musical excellence mired by stale production in the Met's Don Carlos
The Metropolitan Opera performs the original French version of Don Carlos for the first time with a distinguished ensemble of soloists, but the static production offers no new insights into the depth of Verdi's masterpiece.
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Adam Palka shines as the devil in this revival of Frank Castorf's multimedia staging that relocates the work to mid-20th century Paris, around the end of the Algerian War.
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A bit too much buffo and scenic sensory overload mar the otherwise new enjoyable Il barbiere di Siviglia in Vienna.
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Faust and Méphistophélès pal around like buddies in Castorf's multi-media staging, the devil here less diabolical and more anarchistic party-boy.
Don Giovanni according to Ivo van Hove: a puritan despite himself?
Don Giovanni returns to the Palais Garnier. The production by Ivo van Hove lacks energy but is wonderfully served by a cast of great young talents.
Edward Gardner conducts Berlioz: L'Enfance du Christ
Berlioz was well served in a performance that rose to heights of inspiring dignity and devotional beauty.