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Santa FeEugene Onegin

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Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
Keri-Lynn Wilson; Alessandro Talevi; Santa Fe Opera; Robert Tweten; Gary McCann; Rick Fisher

TorontoAriadne auf NaxosNew production

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Strauss R.: Ariadne auf Naxos
Johannes Debus; Paul Curran; Canadian Opera Company; Gary McCann; Howard Hudson; Canadian Opera Company Orchestra
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Viennese splendour in Garsington’s Rosenkavalier revival

Niamh O'Sullivan (Octavian), Matilda Sterby (the Marschallin) and Andreas Bauer Kanabas (Baron Ochs) © Julian Guidera
Bruno Ravella's splendid 2021 production of Strauss' opera of Viennese manners returns with a fine cast. 
****1
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Anna Netrebko gatecrashes Riccardo Chailly’s La Scala farewell

Anna Netrebko (Abigaille) © Brescia e Amisano | Teatro alla Scala
Riccardo Chailly’s final new production as artistic director is a celebration of Verdi and of a conductor whose relationship with the Milanese audience has clearly deepened over the years.
*****
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Sasha Cooke brings sharp intelligence to Seattle Opera’s Carmen

Sasha Cooke (Carmen) and Christian Pursell (Escamillo) © Sunny Martini
Sasha Cooke’s thoughtful role debut anchors Paul Curran’s visually and musically alert but dramatically uneven production.
****1
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Rossini Opera Festival’s clever pairing of first and last laughs

Paola Leoci (Fannì), Ramiro Maturana (Norton), Jack Swanson (Edoardo Milfort) © Amati Bacciardi

Rossini’s first staged opera, La cambiale di matrimonio, in a spirited production by Laurence Dale, paired with his late work Les soirées musicales in a successful performance.

****1
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A radically trad Fidelio at Garsington

Robert Murray (Florestan) © Julian Guidera
Simple solutions prove the best in Beethoven's "problem" opera as John Cox's staging is revived at Garsington.
****1
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Die Fledermaus at The Grange: Cabaret meets G&S

Myra Dubois (Frosch, centre stage) © Richard Hubert Smith
A fine singing cast gives creditable performances in Johann Stauss II's most famous operetta, but Paul Curran's updating of Act 2 to 1930s Berlin takes the fizz out of the Champagne.
***11
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