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MunichOf One Blood

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Dean: Of One Blood
Markus Stenz; Claus Guth; Bavarian State Opera; Étienne Pluss; Ursula Kudrna; Michael Bauer; Bayerisches Staatsorchester

GenevaLes Noces de Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)New production

© GTG / Ronald Curchod
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)
Marta Gardolińska; Jetske Mijnssen; Grand Théâtre de Genève; Étienne Pluss; Gideon Davey; Fabrice Kebour; Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

MadridJanácek - Katia KabanováNew production

© Manuel Alcorlo
Janáček: Kátya Kabanová
Gustavo Gimeno; Christof Loy; Teatro Real; Étienne Pluss; Robby Duiveman; Fabrice Kebour; Orquesta Titular del Teatro Real

ParisMiroir de nos peinesWorld premiere

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Parra: Miroir de nos peines (Mirror of our sorrows)
Ingo Metzmacher; Mariame Clément; Opéra national de Paris; Étienne Pluss; Bianca Deigner; Fabrice Kebour; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris

Frankfurt am MainCosì fan tutte

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Mozart: Così fan tutte
Takeshi Moriuchi; Mariame Clément; Oper Frankfurt; Étienne Pluss; Bianca Deigner; Joachim Klein; Opera Frankfurt Orchestra

BerlinSamson et Dalila

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Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila
Alexander Soddy; Damián Szifron; Staatsoper Berlin; Étienne Pluss; Gesine Völlm; Olaf Freese; Staatskapelle Berlin
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Jetske Mijnssen’s Boccanegra a coup for DNO season finale

George Petean (Simon Boccanegra) and Georg Zeppenfeld (Jacopo Fiesco) © Dutch National Opera | Ben van Duin
Everything about this production is fresh and wonderful.
*****
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Handel’s Ariodante returns home to Covent Garden

Emily D’Angelo (Ariodante) © RBO 2025 | Marc Brenner
Jetske Mijnssen’s house debut sees Handel’s opera transposed to a modern-day palace, with Emily D'Angelo angelic in the title role. 
****1
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Claus Guth directs a tormented, harrowing new Salome at the Met

Elza van den Heever (Salome) © Evan Zimmerman | Met Opera
Claus Guth's new production at the Metropolitan Opera, originally seen at the Bolshoi in 2021, moves the action from biblical Judea to the era of the opera's composition. 
*****
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Anna Netrebko shines in a starry triumph for La Gioconda in Naples

Anna Netrebko (La Gioconda) © Luciano Romano
A traditional staging by Romain Gilbert is welcomed at the Teatro di San Carlo, with a glittering line-up of soloists. 
*****
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A game of light and darkness: Don Carlo in Riga

Gómez Bohórquez (Jester) and Arnold Rutkowski (Don Carlo) © Kristaps Kalns | Latvian National Opera
Claus Guth's staging walks a line between atmosphere and audacity, in a powerful company achievement from Latvian National Opera.
****1
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Grand opera, great voices: Don Carlo opens the San Carlo season

Ludovic Tézier (Posa) and Elīna Garanča (Eboli) © Luciano Romano
A delayed season opening at the Teatro di San Carlo, but a night of epic grand opera as Claus Guth and Juraj Valčuha deliver a weighty Don Carlo.
****1
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ParisIl Trittico

Opéra national de Paris
Puccini
Carlo Rizzi; Christof Loy; Opéra national de Paris; Étienne Pluss; Barbara Drosihn; Fabrice Kebour; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris

ParisLa VestaleNew production

La Vestale à l'Opéra de Paris © Guergana Damianova / Opéra national de Paris
Spontini: La Vestale
Bertrand de Billy; Lydia Steier; Opéra national de Paris; Étienne Pluss; Katharina Schlipf; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris; Chœurs de l'Opéra national de Paris

ParisLa bohèmeNew production

© Bernd Uhlig | OnP
Puccini: La bohème
Gustavo Dudamel; Claus Guth; Opéra national de Paris; Étienne Pluss; Eva Dessecker; Fabrice Kebour; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris