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Verdi: Aida
Daniele Callegari; Michael Mayer; Metropolitan Opera; Marco Armiliato; John Keenan; Christine Jones; Susan Hilferty
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Claus Guth directs a tormented, harrowing new Salome at the Met

Elza van den Heever (Salome) © Evan Zimmerman | Met Opera
Claus Guth's new production at the Metropolitan Opera, originally seen at the Bolshoi in 2021, moves the action from biblical Judea to the era of the opera's composition. 
*****
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Stutzmann and the Philadelphia Orchestra at Carnegie Hall

Nathalie Stutzmann conducts the Philadelphia Orchestra © Chris Lee
In her final Carnegie Hall appearance as principal guest conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra, the French conductor leads Schumann’s Fourth Symphony and Mozart’s Requiem
****1
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Otto Schenk's Tannhäuser returns to the Met

Andreas Schager (Tannhäuser( and Ekaterina Gubanova (Venus) © Evan Zimmerman | Met Opera
Andreas Schager is the main reason to catch the latest revival of Otto Schenk's ultra-traditional Tannhäuser.
***11
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Saint-Saëns rarity Henry VIII takes the crown at Bard SummerScape

Amanda Woodbury (Catherine of Aragon) and Alfred Walker (Henry VIII) © Stephanie Berger
Conductor Leon Botstein and director Jean-Roumain Vesperini treat this Tudor soap opera with appropriate grandeur, while a top-notch cast deliver the vocal goods.
****1
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Simon McBurney’s richly inventive Zauberflöte arrives at the Met

Lawrence Brownlee (Tamino) and Met Orchestra principal flute Seth Morris © Karen Almond | Met Opera

With a stellar cast and fine orchestral playing, Mozart’s enigmatic fairy tale takes on a darker, more grown-up tone in its first new Metropolitan Opera staging in 19 years.

*****
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Strauss' Silent Woman makes a grand noise at Bard

Harold Wilson (Sir Morosus) and Edward Nelson (The Barber) © Stephanie Berger
Bard’s always courageous Music Director, Leon Botstein, never one to shy away from a challenge, presents Strauss' comedy uncut.
****1
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