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SofiaGustav Kuhn Presents

Sofia Philharmonic
Haydn: The Creation (Die Schöpfung), Hob XXI:2
Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra; Gustav Kuhn; Ania Vegry; Maria Radoeva; Ferdinand von Bothmer; Franz Hawlata

StuttgartThe Gambler

© Martin Sigmund
Prokofiev: The Gambler
Rotem Nir; Axel Ranisch; Staatsoper Stuttgart; Saskia Wunsch; Claudia Irro; Valentin Däumler; Staatsorchester Stuttgart

StuttgartLa bohème

© Martin Sigmund
Puccini: La bohème
Nicholas Carter; Andrea Moses; Staatsoper Stuttgart; Stefan Strumbel; Anna Eiermann; Reinhard Traub; Staatsorchester Stuttgart

StuttgartDie Meistersinger von Nürnberg

© Matthias Baus
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
John Fiore; Elisabeth Stöppler; Staatsoper Stuttgart; Valentin Köhler; Gesine Völlm; Elana Siberski; Staatsorchester Stuttgart

StuttgartDer RosenkavalierNew production

© Rebecca Brodskis
Strauss R.: Der Rosenkavalier
Nicholas Carter; Axel Ranisch; Staatsoper Stuttgart; Alexander Joel; Saskia Wunsch; Bettina Werner; Valentin Däumler
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A spectacular Freischütz in Bregenz

Der Freischütz © Bregenzer Festspiele | Anja Köhler
At the Bregenz Festival, director Philpp Stölzl gives us a radical updating of the classic, with an interpretation many miles away from Weber.
***11
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Blunt force trauma: a flawed Wozzeck in Boston

When a voice as potent as Christine Goerke’s has to push to be heard, you know there’s a problem.
***11
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Voltaire à la Kosky: a magical Candide at Komische Oper

Serious farce, warm-hearted sarcasm, operatic Broadway: Barrie Kosky and Komische Oper turn Bernstein's problem child into a show that thrills from start to finish.
*****
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La Fenice's superb new Widow is always Merry, even without sequins and ostrich feathers

Damiano Michieletto's new production in Venice sets the operetta in the 1950s. 
*****
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A commedia del Kosky staging in Munich

Barrie Kosky’s clever direction enlivens a Strauss rarity at the Bayerische Staatsoper but the minimalist stage setting sinks HMS Schweigsame Frau.
***11
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Rites of Spring: Tcherniakov embraces Rimsky

This Paris production of The Snow Maiden proves that director Dmitri Tcherniakov is today's greatest champion of Rimsky-Korsakov's operas. 
****1
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ParisSnegurochka (La Fille de neige/ The Snow Maiden)

© Elisa Haberer | OnP
Rimsky-Korsakov: Snegurochka, The Snow Maiden
Mikhail Tatarnikov; Dmitri Tcherniakov; Opéra national de Paris; Elena Zaytseva; Gleb Filshtinsky; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris