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PesaroLa scala di seta (The Silken Ladder)

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Rossini: La scala di seta (The Silken Ladder)
Iván López Reynoso; Damiano Michieletto; Rossini Opera Festival; Paolo Fantin; Alessandro Carletti; Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna

ToulousePeter Grimes

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Britten: Peter Grimes
Frank Beermann; David Alden; Opéra National du Capitole de Toulouse; Paul Steinberg; Brigitte Reiffenstuel; Adam Silverman; Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse

DortmundWeinberg: Die Passagierin – Mirga Gražinyte-TylaConcert performance

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Weinberg: The Passenger
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; CBSO Chorus; Adrienn Miksch; Daveda Karanas
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Asmik Grigorian strengthens the Met’s revival of Eugene Onegin

Asmik Grigorian (Tatyana) and Iurii Samoilov (Onegin) © Evan Zimmerman | Met Opera

The Lithuanian soprano’s riveting performance as the central character in Tchaikovsky’s operatic masterpiece lights up Deborah Warner’s mostly bland production.

****1
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Franz-Welser Möst leads a profound Cleveland Orchestra pairing

Franz Welser-Möst conducts The Cleveland Orchestra © Yevhen Gulenko
The Cleveland Orchestra couples a war-torn symphony of Arthur Honegger with Gustav Mahler’s sublime orchestral song cycle Das Lied von der Erde.
*****
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A magnificent Bohème at Irish National Opera

Merūnas Vitulskis (Rodolfo) and Celine Byrne (Mimì) © Ros Kavanagh
Orpha Phelan directs a terrific cast of singers in an inventive and faithful production making for an evening to remember. 
*****
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From light-hearted to heartbreaking: Il trittico at Salzburg Festival

Suor Angelica: Karita Mattila (La Zia Principessa) and Asmik Grigorian (Suor Angelica) © SF | Monika Rittershaus
Asmik Grigorian is captivating in an unobtrusive production of Puccini's three one-act operas. Under Franz Welser-Möst, the Vienna Philharmonic is on top form.
*****
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Prom 28: to the Moon via Russia

The BBC NOW gave us two hearty Russian works and celebrated the lunar landing with a world premiere of Huw Watkins' The Moon.
***11
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L'elisir d'amore finds an ideal setting at Macerata

With unbridled imagination, Michieletto fills this usually-problematic space with a wealth of racy detail.
*****
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ParisIl Trittico

Opéra national de Paris
Puccini
Carlo Rizzi; Christof Loy; Opéra national de Paris; Étienne Pluss; Barbara Drosihn; Fabrice Kebour; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris