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Massenet: Werther
Nathalie Stutzmann; Robert Carsen; Opéra national de Paris; Radu Boruzescu; Luis F Carvalho; Peter van Praet; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris
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Bach: St John Passion, BWV245
Oslo Philharmonic; Richard Egarr; Joshua Ellicott; Matthew Brook; Berit Norbakken Solset; Marianne Beate Kielland
LondonDon Giovanni
Mozart: Don Giovanni
Stefano Montanari; Kasper Holten; The Royal Opera; Es Devlin; Anja Vang Kragh; Bruno Poet; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
New York CityThe Magic Flute: Holiday Presentation
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)
Nicholas Carter; Julie Taymor; Metropolitan Opera; Patrick Furrer; George Tsypin; Donald Holder
TorontoEmpire of WildWorld premiere
Cusson: Empire of Wild
Johannes Debus; Yvette Nolan; Canadian Opera Company; Gillian Gallow; Jeff Chief; Michelle Ramsay; Canadian Opera Company Orchestra
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Aldeburgh Festival dives in at the deep end with Pelléas et Mélisande
Rory Kinnear directs a minimally semi-staged performance of Debussy's problematic opera at Snape Maltings, but Ryan Wigglesworth and the BBC Scottish SO provide the detail.
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Excellent performances cannot turn a conventional production of Massenet’s Werther into a dramatic experience for the 21st century.
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Lyric Opera of Chicago revives its diverting and divisive 2015 original production by Barbara Gaines, who does it like a Shakespearean sex farce.
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ParisPelléas et Mélisande
Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande
Antonello Manacorda; Wajdi Mouawad; Opéra national de Paris; Emmanuel Clolus; Emmanuelle Thomas; Eric Champoux
ParisMédée
Charpentier: Médée
William Christie; Sir David McVicar; Opéra national de Paris; Bunny Christie; Paule Constable; Les Arts Florissants