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Performer: Iván Ayón-Rivas

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BarcelonaI Capuleti e i Montecchi

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Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi (The Capulets and The Montagues)
Riccardo Frizza; Allex Aguilera; Gran Teatre del Liceu; Sasha Yankevych; Françoise Raybaud; Luis Perdiguero

MunichMaria StuardaNew production

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Donizetti: Maria Stuarda
Antonino Fogliani; Francesco Micheli; Bavarian State Opera; Giulia Bruschi; Alessio Rosati; Alessandro Verazzi; Bayerisches Staatsorchester

ParisFaustConcert performance

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Gounod: Faust
Bastien Stil; Orchestre symphonique de la Garde républicaine; Chœur de l'Armée Française; Angélique Boudeville; Iván Ayón-Rivas

LondonOpera Rara: Il campo de’ Crociati

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Mercadante: Il campo de’ Crociati
Carlo Rizzi; Opera Rara; London Philharmonic Orchestra; English National Opera Chorus; Giorgi Manoshvili; Rosa Feola

MunichMaria StuardaNew production

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Donizetti: Maria Stuarda
Antonino Fogliani; Francesco Micheli; Bavarian State Opera; Giulia Bruschi; Alessio Rosati; Alessandro Verazzi; Bayerisches Staatsorchester

Santa FeEugene Onegin

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Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
Keri-Lynn Wilson; Alessandro Talevi; Santa Fe Opera; Robert Tweten; Gary McCann; Rick Fisher
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A riveting Rigoletto revival at the Royal Opera House

George Petean (Rigoletto) © RBO 2026 | Marc Brenner
Sir Mark Elder celebrates 50 years at Covent Garden by returning to his first opera there in 1976 – Verdi's Rigoletto – in a revival of Oliver Mears' excellent 2021 production.
****1
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Ermonela Jaho gives a tragic twist to Puccini's La rondine

Ermonela Jaho © BBC | Opera Rara | Russell Duncan
A new edition of Puccini's score springs to life in a meticulously prepared Opera Rara concert performance at the Barbican. 
****1
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A memorable 1857 Simon Boccanegra from Elder and The Hallé

Sir Mark Elder, Eri Nakamura and The Hallé © David Hughes, The Hallé
Sir Mark Elder conducts his final opera performance as Musical Director of The Hallé, a rare chance to hear the original version of Verdi's middle period opera. 
*****
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Twists in the tales: Michieletto brings Offenbach’s Hoffmann to life

Marko Mimica (Dapertutto) and Jessica Pratt (Giulietta) © Keith Saunders
Damiano Michieletto's imaginative take on Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann is lavish fun, with star turns from Jessica Pratt, Iván Ayón Rivas and Marko Mimica.
*****
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Love and death in Scotland: Mercadante’s Il proscritto

A great orchestral performance of an exciting score don't quite mask the dramatic weaknesses of Opera Rara's latest.
***11
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Méphistophélès returns to the stage in Gounod’s Faust at La Fenice!

The Teatro La Fenice reprises Joan Anton Rechi’s production in its full stage version, less inspiring than the one expanded through the whole theatre during Covid times.

***11
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VeniceLa Favorite

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Donizetti: La Favorite
Donato Renzetti; Rosetta Cucchi; Teatro La Fenice; Massimo Checchetto; Claudia Pernigotti; Veronica Simeoni; John Osborn