Performer: Jarrett Ott

GenevaLes Noces de Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)New production

Bâtiment des Forces Motrices, Dec 13, 15, 17, 18, 20 mat, 22, 26, 28, 29, 31

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)

Marta Gardolińska; Jetske Mijnssen; Grand Théâtre de Genève; Étienne Pluss; Gideon Davey; Fabrice Kebour; Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

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Nationaltheater, 2027 Feb 04, 08, 10, 13, 15

Adams: Doctor Atomic

Gemma New; Claus Guth; Bavarian State Opera; Michael Levine; Ursula Kudrna; Urs Schönebaum; Bayerisches Staatsorchester

Gran Teatre del Liceu: Auditorium, 2027 Apr 15, 16, 18, 19, 21, 22

Adès: The Exterminating Angel

Thomas Adès; Calixto Bieito; Gran Teatre del Liceu; Anna-Sofia Kirsch; Ingo Krügler; Reinhard Traub; Orquesta Sinfónica del Gran Teatre del Liceu

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Nationaltheater, 2027 Jul 05, 08

Adams: Doctor Atomic

Gemma New; Claus Guth; Bavarian State Opera; Michael Levine; Ursula Kudrna; Urs Schönebaum; Bayerisches Staatsorchester

Santa Fe Opera, Jul 17, 24, Aug 03, 08, 10, 15, 20, 26, 29

Puccini: Madama Butterfly

Lee Blakeley; Santa Fe Opera; Jean-Marc Puissant; Brigitte Reiffenstuel; Rick Fisher; Santa Fe Opera Orchestra

Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, 2027 May 29, Jun 06 mat, 09, 12, 17, 20 mat

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)

James Conlon; James Gray; LA Opera; Santo Loquasto; Christian Lacroix; York Kennedy; LA Opera Orchestra

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Thomas Adès’ high-flying Exterminating Angel in Paris

The Exterminating Angel at the Opéra de Paris © Agathe Poupeney / Opéra national de Paris

Erwan Gentric, 29 Feb

The French premiere of the British composer's opera will be the undisputed high point of the Grande Boutique's season: a perfect confluence of music, staging and cast.

*****

Peeping Tom's Dido and Aeneas overflowing with imagery in Geneva

Edward Sava-Segal, 03 May

How can one focus on the music? Purcell’s music is interspersed with contemporary interludes by Atsushi Sakaï in an overly busy staging.

****1

Magicking Flutes – and pink elephants

Hilary Stroh, 15 Sep

Mozart meets the movies as 1927's wacky production comes to Opera Philadelphia.

****1

Hindemith's opera a festive break from Messiah

Jacob Slattery, 19 Dec

A truly revolutionary music director, Leon Botstein programmed Hindemith's opera The Long Christmas Dinner alongside a full, staged version of Thorton Wilder's one-act play.

***11

A fresh, funny Martinů double bill

Richard Peters, 14 Oct

Gotham Chamber Opera's current double bill of Bohuslav Martinů's Alexandre bis and Comedy on the Bridge prove that an opera company doesn’t need to be the biggest in town to be the most innovative.

****1

Curtis students excel in a rare Henze revival in Philadelphia

Zerbinetta, 16 Mar

“What a funny kind of fairy tale we’ve gotten into!” proclaims one of the characters in Elegy for Young Lovers, Hans Werner Henze’s odd 1963 opera. The audience may sympathize. W.H. Auden and Chester Kallman’s libretto of an uninspired poet in search of a new muse is not standard operatic fare.

****1

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