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Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)
David Afkham; Rolando Villazón; Harald Thor; Tanja Hofmann; Stefan Bolliger; Javier Camarena
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A classic opera buffa gets an update by Rolando Villazón to a produce a staging that celebrates the timeless vitality of Rossini’s comic imagination.
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Despite some forgivable excesses, Nicola Alaimo and Cecilia Bartoli led a dream cast for a fun, engaging performance of Rossini's classic.
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Deutsche Oper Berlin presents Verdi’s old-age masterpiece in Kriegenburg’s production, which still fails to convince. A much more satisfying cast seals a successful musical production.
Jörg Widmann's Babylon revised for Staatsoper Berlin premiere
Widmann packs everything into Babylon – from classical arias to dissonant clusters, military marches, film music and a few chamber music moments.
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It's a big night at the Opéra Bastille for their 350th anniversary season; Oropesa's dazzling coloratura stops the show; Andreas Kriegenburg sets the action interestingly in a Star Trek future.
Murderously brilliant: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk in Salzburg
Under Mariss Jansons, the Vienna Philharmonic are on top form in Shostakovich's opera; together with a top class cast of singers, they create sonic and emotional intoxication.
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Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots
Michele Mariotti; Andreas Kriegenburg; Opéra national de Paris; Harald Thor; Tanja Hofmann; Andreas Grüter; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris