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GlyndebourneDie Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Harem)

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Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Harem)
Evan Rogister; Sir David McVicar; Glyndebourne Festival Opera; Vicki Mortimer; Paule Constable; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
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Immersive OAE submerged at Southbank’s Multitudes festival

The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment © Pete Woodhead
The road to immersion is paved with modish deflections as the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment performs 20th-century English string music. 
**111
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Massenet’s Cendrillon goes to the ball at Opera Australia

Emily Edmonds (Cinderella) © Rhiannon Hopley
This abridged version of Massenet's Cendrillon was clearly chosen for a wide Sydney audience, succeeding as a popular offering in the Australian summer holiday season. 
****1
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Blanchard’s problematic Fire Shut Up in My Bones returns to the Met

Ethan Joseph (Char'es-Baby) and Ryan Speedo Green (Charles) © Marty Sohl | Met Opera

An exceptionally strong cast, led by Ryan Speedo Green, fails to disguise Blanchard's bland score and the opera's weak libretto.

***11
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Toppling toxic masculinity: Don Giovanni opens Glyndebourne’s season

Mikhail Timoshenko (Leporello) and Andrey Zhilikhovsky (Don Giovanni) © Glyndebourne Productions Ltd; Photo: Monika Rittershaus
Mariame Clément wants her cake and eats it in a thought-provoking production that explores Mozart’s opera through Leporello’s perspective.
***11
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Göteborg Opera's gleaming new Siegfried, pandemic style

Forced to shift to online for the third episode of its Ring cycle, Göteborg Opera delivers absorbing new production by Stephen Langridge.
****1
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A #metoo Don Giovanni at Washington National Opera

Lots of people talk about keeping opera relevant. WNO shows why this opera always has been.
****1
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